309 Visa Grant Numbers by Citizenship – Australian Information

Subclass 309 Visas granted over the past 5 years by Citizenship Country.

The following chart shows the numbers of subclass 309 visas granted over the last 5 years, based on the Applicants Nationalities.

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The Ten Nationalities with the largest number of subclass 309 grants in the last 5 years have been:

16,650 India
10,122 China, Peoples Republic of (excl SARs)
5,424 United Kingdom
4,690 Philippines
4,688 Vietnam
4,643 Thailand
4,476 Pakistan
3,651 Afghanistan
2,248 Sri Lanka
1,991 United States of America

The 2019-20 figures are shown for the 10 months of that year ended in April.

Citizenship Country	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	2019-20
Afghanistan	834	944	792	475	606
Albania	14	22	18	16	10
Algeria	11	19	13	8	9
Angola	Under 5	Under 5	0	0	0
Argentina	24	12	11	17	10
Armenia	6	11	8	7	Under 5
Austria	9	19	14	11	9
Azerbaijan	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	6	Under 5
Bahrain	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	0
Bangladesh	474	431	309	262	187
Barbados	Under 5	0	0	0	0
Belarus	20	16	16	10	5
Belgium	32	21	Under 5	12	7
Belize	0	0	0	Under 5	0
Benin	0	0	Under 5	0	Under 5
Bermuda	0	0	0	0	Under 5
Bhutan	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5
Bolivia	6	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	0
Bosnia and Herzegovina	50	76	47	29	16
Botswana	7	Under 5	0	0	Under 5
Brazil	73	98	48	68	53
Brunei Darussalam	0	0	0	Under 5	0
Bulgaria	11	6	12	7	Under 5
Burkina Faso	0	0	0	0	Under 5
Burundi	27	25	12	21	43
Cabo Verde	0	0	0	0	Under 5
Cambodia	240	241	297	192	138
Cameroon	9	9	6	Under 5	Under 5
Canada	361	227	141	169	186
Chile	40	29	33	19	21
China, (excl SARs)	2757	2481	1771	2120	993
Colombia	75	47	64	47	32
Comoros	Under 5	0	0	0	0
Congo, Dem Republic	30	27	18	14	24
Congo, Republic	Under 5	Under 5	5	Under 5	7
Costa Rica	Under 5	Under 5	0	Under 5	5
Cote d’Ivoire	0	Under 5	0	0	Under 5
Croatia	34	22	11	15	9
Cuba	Under 5	10	Under 5	11	Under 5
Cyprus	Under 5	Under 5	6	Under 5	Under 5
Czechia	20	32	13	7	11
Denmark	16	15	12	14	15
Djibouti	Under 5	5	Under 5	Under 5	0
Dominican Republic	Under 5	7	Under 5	Under 5	0
Ecuador	9	7	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5
Egypt	274	201	165	132	100
El Salvador	17	14	8	22	6
Eritrea	54	44	31	27	21
Estonia	7	6	Under 5	6	Under 5
Ethiopia	221	195	154	165	99
Fiji	283	230	149	122	66
Finland	15	12	10	20	13
France	139	125	59	69	70
Gabon	Under 5	0	0	Under 5	0
Gambia	Under 5	0	5	0	0
Georgia	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	11	Under 5
Germany	144	161	86	130	87
Ghana	80	73	45	61	28
Greece	57	58	28	23	12
Grenada	0	0	0	Under 5	0
Guatemala	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5
Guinea	17	22	16	6	7
Guinea-Bissau	0	0	Under 5	0	0
Haiti	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	0	0
Honduras	0	Under 5	Under 5	0	Under 5
Hong Kong	219	186	184	190	253
Hungary	18	13	18	14	7
Iceland	5	Under 5	5	Under 5	Under 5
India	4841	4238	3213	2603	1755
Indonesia	459	368	224	183	162
Iran	216	182	184	237	170
Iraq	243	274	228	197	141
Ireland	126	105	76	78	52
Israel	63	40	43	38	11
Italy	115	116	40	67	28
Jamaica	6	0	Under 5	9	Under 5
Japan	176	157	74	100	53
Jordan	69	47	64	56	47
Kazakhstan	6	16	11	15	8
Kenya	74	56	57	36	32
Kiribati	Under 5	0	Under 5	Under 5	0
Korea, South	169	137	73	107	79
Kosovo	9	18	6	Under 5	Under 5
Kuwait	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	0	0
Kyrgyzstan	5	5	7	Under 5	Under 5
Lao	23	10	12	11	15
Latvia	9	0	5	Under 5	6
Lebanon	352	398	486	314	272
Lesotho	0	Under 5	Under 5	0	0
Liberia	26	34	24	12	15
Libya	Under 5	6	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5
Liechtenstein	0	0	0	Under 5	0
Lithuania	10	8	7	Under 5	Under 5
Luxembourg	Under 5	Under 5	0	0	0
Macau	Under 5	7	Under 5	6	Under 5
Madagascar	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5
Malawi	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5
Malaysia	288	209	150	149	118
Maldives	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5
Mali	0	Under 5	0	0	Under 5
Malta	6	Under 5	Under 5	7	Under 5
Marshall Islands	Under 5	0	0	0	0
Mauritania	0	0	Under 5	0	0
Mauritius	32	19	29	16	37
Mexico	48	34	27	37	31
Micronesia	0	Under 5	0	0	0
Moldova	Under 5	11	8	Under 5	Under 5
Mongolia	Under 5	6	9	10	Under 5
Montenegro	6	5	Under 5	6	Under 5
Morocco	35	31	27	40	24
Mozambique	0	Under 5	0	Under 5	0
Myanmar	57	45	54	61	47
Namibia	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5
Nauru	Under 5	0	0	Under 5	0
Nepal	437	491	356	307	173
Netherlands	73	79	36	57	34
New Caledonia	0	0	Under 5	0	0
New Zealand	Under 5	Under 5	12	Under 5	8
Nicaragua	5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5
Niger	0	Under 5	0	0	0
Nigeria	77	67	31	26	70
North Macedonia	116	147	120	91	35
Norway	17	23	13	13	14
Oman	Under 5	Under 5	0	Under 5	0
Pakistan	762	861	1073	923	857
Palestinian	26	28	31	22	19
Panama	Under 5	Under 5	0	Under 5	Under 5
Papua New Guinea	21	36	23	17	5
Paraguay	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	0	Under 5
Peru	27	27	34	22	22
Philippines	1671	1431	820	453	315
Poland	65	61	33	42	24
Portugal	25	23	14	8	Under 5
Refugee	Under 5	0	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5
Republic of South Sudan	112	72	69	50	40
Romania	41	22	18	25	6
Russian Federation	125	148	119	133	65
Rwanda	18	20	15	11	8
Samoa	25	9	13	15	Under 5
Saudi Arabia	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	0	Under 5
Senegal	6	0	0	Under 5	Under 5
Serbia	86	93	77	62	27
Serbia and Montenegro	0	0	0	0	Under 5
Seychelles	5	Under 5	0	0	Under 5
Sierra Leone	19	37	27	6	16
Singapore	86	87	92	101	61
Slovakia	11	12	12	7	Under 5
Slovenia	Under 5	0	Under 5	Under 5	0
Solomon Islands	9	6	6	8	Under 5
Somalia	93	70	44	45	28
South Africa	167	186	158	69	111
Spain	50	46	26	28	10
Sri Lanka	564	514	477	459	234
St Kitts and Nevis	0	0	0	Under 5	0
St Vincent & the Grenadines	0	Under 5	0	0	0
Sudan	70	57	65	42	40
Sweden	53	55	40	38	35
Switzerland	29	38	30	37	6
Syrian Arab Republic	87	112	92	76	76
Taiwan	70	61	58	68	52
Tajikistan	0	Under 5	0	Under 5	Under 5
Tanzania	11	29	14	9	6
Thailand	1104	1130	984	906	519
Timor-Leste	Under 5	6	Under 5	Under 5	0
Togo	0	Under 5	0	Under 5	Under 5
Tonga	49	62	40	37	17
Trinidad and Tobago	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	0
Tunisia	9	9	8	14	9
Turkey	171	133	132	239	152
Turkmenistan	0	0	0	Under 5	Under 5
Tuvalu	Under 5	0	0	0	0
Uganda	24	25	25	10	9
Ukraine	77	58	62	49	25
UN Convention Refugee	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5
United Arab Emirates	0	Under 5	0	0	0
United Kingdom	1703	1328	890	944	559
United States of America	524	264	297	453	453
Uruguay	9	7	7	6	Under 5
Uzbekistan	19	7	11	14	6
Vanuatu	Under 5	Under 5	Under 5	6	0
Venezuela	18	8	14	12	5
Vietnam	990	1046	1002	922	728
Yemen	14	9	Under 5	12	6
Yugoslavia	Under 5	Under 5	0	0	0
Zambia	5	13	5	Under 5	5
Zimbabwe	55	59	47	33	63
Not Specified	23	54	14	16	20
Grand Total	24145	22029	17446	15991	11358

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