Official OFLC PERM Figures FY2018 Q1

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

Here's a summary broken down by Country/Group for Certified cases:

Country/Group -- No. ----- %
CHINA -------- 1,765 --- 11.08%
INDIA -------- 8,006 --- 50.27%
MEXICO --------- 427 ---- 2.68%
PHILIPPINES ---- 251 ---- 1.58%
ROW ---------- 5,476 --- 34.39%

TOTAL ------- 15,925 -- 100.00%

PERM Received - 27,050 (This is a 20% increase on Q1 FY2017)
PERM Processed - 18,279 (This is a 26% decrease on Q1 FY2017)
Backlog - 47,717 (This an increase of 23% on the backlog at the end of FY2017)