Migration Trends and Outlook 2007/08

APPENDIX H: PEOPLE APPROVED A STUDENT PERMIT BY NATIONALITY IN 1998/99-2007/08

Table H1 Number of people approved a student 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
China	1,851	5,566	14,655	32,424	41,598	40,748	34,070	26,661	20,227	16,366
South Korea	2,627	3,892	7,216	12,510	15,590	13,729	11,346	10,091	11,148	11,023
India	149	256	727	1,834	2,076	2,174	2,208	2,370	3,085	5,778
Japan	3,255	3,586	4,060	4,529	4,770	4,608	4,297	3,955	3,670	3,459
Fiji	776	766	1,167	1,254	1,117	1,142	1,298	1,702	2,094	2,759
United States	1,024	1,151	1,360	1,657	2,211	2,740	2,858	2,662	2,736	2,730
Germany	601	666	1,007	1,180	1,483	1,953	2,057	2,421	2,611	2,695
United Kingdom	459	543	681	961	1,499	2,330	2,714	2,103	2,131	2,277
South Africa	516	506	583	843	966	1,114	1,181	1,137	1,513	2,016
Thailand	1,412	1,569	2,076	2,475	2,474	2,256	1,947	1,708	1,820	1,997
Malaysia	1,685	1,363	1,250	1,194	1,230	1,350	1,494	1,745	2,049	1,983
Philippines	151	156	250	213	213	263	320	794	1,466	1,786
Saudi Arabia	1	1	28	68	110	134	223	306	668	1,387
Taiwan	1,362	1,476	1,656	1,832	1,672	1,493	1,356	1,308	1,349	1,316
Brazil	424	420	670	912	864	678	553	616	858	1,014
Hong Kong	981	1,099	1,292	1,392	1,374	1,316	1,090	1,031	978	958
Vietnam	337	303	598	910	920	978	801	773	749	846
Russia	95	135	146	225	344	414	448	535	533	618
Canada	267	253	327	354	502	579	603	570	523	581
France	172	209	244	302	385	403	419	429	500	532
Other	4,275	4,629	5,826	6,454	6,440	6,673	6,280	6,306	6,439	7,072
Total	22,420	28,545	45,819	73,523	87,838	87,075	77,563	69,223	67,147	69,193