Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister representing the Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, upon notice, on 4 November 2011:

(1) For each of the following financial years: 2008-09, 2009-2010, 2010-11 and 2011 to date, what is the current average processing time for visa applications at each overseas post in relation to:

(a) the migration program;

(b) the skilled program;

(c) the family program; and

(d) the refugee/humanitarian program.

(2) For each of the following financial years: 2008-09, 2009-2010, 2010-11 and 2011 to date, what is the current average processing time for onshore visa applications in relation to:

(a) the migration program;

(b) the skilled program;

(c) the family program; and

(d) the refugee/humanitarian program.

(3) How many requests for labour agreements for semi-skilled occupations have been received in the 2010-11 financial year and the 2011-12 financial year to date, and of those requests:

(a) how many have been approved and how long did it take to approve each agreement; and

(b) how many individually do those agreements cover.