Migration Trends and Outlook 2007/08

APPENDIX F: NATIONALITY OF PEOPLE APPROVED A WORK PERMIT FROM 1998/99 TO 2007/08

Table F1 Number of people approved a work permit by source country, 1998/99-2007/08

Country	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08
United Kingdom	8,366	8,785	12,475	15,114	17,473	19,185	19,346	18,659	18,696	20,431
China	1,420	1,120	1,955	3,156	3,618	4,023	6,953	11,954	14,889	14,966
Germany	612	725	1,116	1,923	2,601	3,530	3,971	6,241	7,302	8,016
United States	2,629	2,621	2,803	3,201	3,990	4,504	5,146	6,327	7,185	7,851
India	978	1,281	2,233	3,639	3,450	3,659	4,473	4,889	5,659	7,107
Philippines	540	473	636	805	812	913	1,175	2,176	3,666	5,849
Fiji	730	798	1,410	1,779	1,534	1,680	2,214	3,278	4,427	5,579
Japan	4,891	5,545	6,074	6,716	7,664	6,957	6,664	6,142	5,803	5,454
South Africa	1,168	1,278	1,632	2,509	2,861	3,062	3,314	3,420	3,985	5,279
South Korea	603	694	1,431	2,587	2,768	3,311	3,615	4,063	4,785	4,987
Malaysia	474	513	617	686	708	962	936	1,657	3,026	3,413
Brazil	25	43	71	122	237	451	685	1,823	3,009	3,108
Canada	1,307	1,367	1,422	1,812	2,121	2,427	2,619	3,042	3,016	3,028
France	370	569	669	909	1,262	1,471	1,637	2,135	2,249	2,877
Ireland	549	761	1,235	1,543	2,403	2,609	2,833	2,921	2,596	2,780
Samoa	240	218	898	873	325	417	813	1,060	1,376	2,203
Tonga	266	221	1,150	902	418	424	803	912	1,243	2,171
Thailand	730	789	1,180	1,205	946	990	1,173	1,338	1,861	2,083
Chile	25	37	63	155	400	405	563	948	1,392	1,789
Vanuatu	10	8	16	12	23	16	24	29	118	1,597
Other	5,587	6,229	7,516	9,500	11,213	12,591	13,540	16,660	19,174	19,894
Total	31,520	34,075	46,602	59,148	66,827	73,587	82,497	99,674	115,457	130,462

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