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Expanding Australia’s Trade and Investment Relations with North Africa

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Appendix D – North Africa : visa applications, approvals and non-return

Table D.1 Visitor Visa Activity by Subclass : 2004-2005


Subclass		Algeria	Egypt	Libya	Morocco	Tunisia	Global
456 Businsess (Short Stay)	Applications	71	541	139	54	37	185,771
	Approvals	65	504	108	49	38	174,617
	Approval Rate %	98.48	94.56	94.75	92.45	100.00	95.27
675 Medical Treatment (Short Stay)	Applications	0	1	0	0	0	3,923
	Approvals	0	0	0	0	0	3,767
	Approval Rate %	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	98.33
676 Tourist (Short Stay)	Applications	63	1,419	17	127	48	428,296
	Approvals	47	1,036	12	106	31	383,694
	Approval Rate %	100.00	73.06	80.00	82.17	68.89	90.95
679 Sponsoned Family Visitor	Applications	0	98	1	6	2	13,962
	Approvals	1	74	1	3	1	10,655
	Approval Rate %	100.00	82.20	100.00	75.00	100.00	79.83
685 Medical Medical Treatment (Long Stay)	Applications	0	1	0	0	0	197
	Approvals	0	3	0	0	0	175
	Approval Rate %	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	90.21
686 Tourist (Long Stay)	Applications	6	332	1	9	3	45,803
	Approvals	5	282	0	6	3	41,003
	Approval Rate %	62.50	85.45	0.00	66.67	75.00	90.42

Table D.2 Business (Short Stay) Visa Activity - 2003-2004 to 2004-2005

Country	Applications		Approvals
Country	2003-2004	2004-2005	2003-2004	2004-2005
Egypt	537	541	454	504
Algeria	22	71	21	65
Libya	43	139	25	108
Morocco	57	54	43	49
Tunisia	42	37	39	38

Table D.3 Visitor Visa Approval and Non-Return Rates 2002-2003 to 2004-2005

Citizenship	Year	Approval Rate %	Visitor Arrivals	NRR %	Modified NRR %
Egypt	2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005	78.26 77.14 79.99	1,749 1,676 16,91	7.95 5.94 4.77	5.09 4.39 3.94
Algeria	2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005	67.24 81.48 87.41	107 58 83	2.80 3.45 1.20	0.93 1.72 1.20
Libya	2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005	88.24 75.00 93.08	44 36 81	4.55 30.56 1.23	4.55 13.89 1.23
Morocco	2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005	78.35 73.74 84.10	225 118 146	1.33 4.67 2.74	0.00 4.67 2.74
Tunisia	2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005	80.77 86.59 82.95	113 67 61	3.42 2.99 4.11	1.65 2.99 4.11
Global Average	2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005	98.05 98.40 98.50	3,498,294 3,448,190 3,735,251	1.60 1.47 1.22	0.85 0.81 0.69

Non-return rate

The 'non-return rate' (NRR) is a calculation of the percentage of visitors who arrive and do not depart within the validity of their initial visa. They may have:

remained in Australia unlawfully, or
departed Australia on an expired visa, or
have applied for a subsequent visa while in Australia. and have:

since departed lawfully on the subsequent visa; or

remained lawfully in Australia; or

been granted a Bridging Visa.

Modified non-return rate

The 'modified non-return rate' is a calculation of the percentage of Visitors who have arrived, whose initial visa has expired within the reporting period and have either:

remained in Australia unlawfully, or
departed Australia on an expired visa, or
applied for a subsequent visa other than one of the following (which are deemed to be of benefit to Australia): Business Visitor (Short Stay), Temporary Business Entry, Skilled or Business Migration, Tourist ( Short Stay) or (Long Stay), Medical Treatment (Short Stay) or (Long Stay), Student visa.

Source DIMIA, Submission No 17, Tables 3-5,

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