List of tourist and working holiday visas approved in 2017

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Dear Department of Immigration and Border Protection,

Could you please send through the latest documents that include, a list of working holiday visas as well as tourist visas, received and approved in 2017.

If possible, please treat this as an administrative/ informal request. Otherwise please proceed with my request as a formal information request under the Act.

Yours faithfully,

Ludmila Zie

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Dear Ludmila

Thank-you for your email below which was received by the Freedom of
Information (FOI) Section of the Department of Home Affairs (the
Department).

We understand that you are seeking statistics about the number of “holiday
visas as well as tourist visas, received and approved in 2017”.

This information is available on the Department’s website and may be
accessed at the following webpage:
[1]https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/rep....

Given that the information you seek is publically available, we will not
register or process your request as a request for access to documents or
information under the Freedom of Information Act 1982.

Kind regards,

Sarah Ingram
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Corporate Division
Department of Home Affairs
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From: M Z <[FOI #4487 email]>
Sent: Monday, 9 April 2018 8:33 PM
To: FOI <[DIBP request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - List of tourist and working
holiday visas approved in 2017

Dear Department of Immigration and Border Protection,

Could you please send through the latest documents that include, a list of
working holiday visas as well as tourist visas, received and approved in
2017.

If possible, please treat this as an administrative/ informal request.
Otherwise please proceed with my request as a formal information request
under the Act.

Yours faithfully,

Ludmila Zie

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