Official OFLC PERM Figures FY2018 Q2

The Selected Statistics and Full Disclosure figures have been released today.

Here's a summary broken down by Country/Group for Certified cases as at the end of Q2 FY2018:

Country/Group -- No. ----- %
CHINA -------- 4,093 --- 11.42%
INDIA ------- 17,700 --- 49.38%
MEXICO ------- 1,053 ---- 2.94%
PHILIPPINES ---- 489 ---- 1.36%
ROW --------- 12,513 --- 34.91%

TOTAL ------- 35,848 -- 100.00%

PERM Received - 51,788 (This is a 7% increase on Q2 FY2017)
PERM Processed - 40,439 (This is a 18% decrease on Q2 FY2017)
Backlog - 49,746 (This an increase of 28% on the backlog at the end of FY2017)