Almost 150,000 foreigners were granted permanent visas to live in Australia last year, with two-thirds of them skilled migrants.
Britain (24,800), India (15,865), China (14,688), South Africa (4,293) and Malaysia (3,838) were the leading sources of skilled workers.
They accounted for 97,920 of the 148,200 permanent visas issued in 2006-07, according to figures released by Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews.
Accountants, computing professionals, registered nurses were the leading occupations among skilled migrants, whose average age was 31.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Govt-releases-la...6/1186857656649.htmlAlan Collett
alan-at-gomatilda-dot-com
Registered Migration Agent Number 0102534
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia
http://www.gomatilda.com and
http://www.collettandco.co.ukOffices in Southampton - England; Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, and Geelong - Australia