Appendix A – Additional caseload statistics

This appendix presents additional statistical information regarding the MRT and RRT caseloads.

Table 17 – Lodgements
	2013–14	2012–13	2011–12	% change 2012–13 to 2013–14
MRT
Visa refusal – Bridging	407	356	276	+14%
Visa refusal – Visitor*	1,507	1,204	1,026	+25%
Visa refusal – Student	2,854	3,456	3,824	-17%
Visa refusal – Temporary work	1,507	1,047	745	+44%
Visa refusal – Permanent business	1,116	1,163	811	-4%
Visa refusal – Skilled	2,127	4,341	3,619	-51%
Visa refusal – Partner	3,154	1,865	1,361	+69%
Visa refusal – Family	885	1,175	727	-25%
Cancellation – Student	593	726	1,043	-18%
Nomination/Sponsor approval refusal	1,121	719	534	+56%
Other*	155	112	122	+38%
Total MRT	15,426	16,164	14,088	-5%
RRT
Sri Lanka	1,644	701	65	+135%
China	900	610	689	+48%
Afghanistan	651	513	44	+27%
India	575	434	435	+32%
Pakistan	534	332	312	+61%
Iran	510	232	107	+120%
Egypt	203	104	185	+95%
Lebanon	196	206	94	-5%
Fiji	186	98	130	+90%
Nepal	174	124	184	+40%
Other	1,290	875	960	+48%
Total RRT	6,863	4,229	3,205	+62%
Total MRT and RRT	22,289	20,393	17,293	+9%

*In 2013–14, the composition of the MRT ‘other’ and ‘visitor’ case categories changed. Visa cancellations were moved from the ‘other’ case category in to their respective case categories (e.g. partner visa cancellations moved from ‘other’ to the ‘partner’ case category). Subclass 417 (Working Holiday) visa reviews were removed from the ‘other’ case category to the ‘visitor’ case category. These changes have been applied to the statistical data for previous years in this report. As a result, MRT caseload category data for 2011–12 and 2012–13 in this report will vary from data included in previous annual reports.

Figure 8 – MRT lodgements, decisions and cases on hand by quarter

Figure 9 – RRT lodgements, decisions and cases on hand by quarter

Figure 10 – MRT and RRT decisions

Figure 11 – Number and age of cases on hand

Table 18 – Cases on hand at the end of the year
	2013–14	2012–13	2011–12
MRT
Visa refusal – Bridging	13	16	15
Visa refusal – Visitor	661	615	630
Visa refusal – Student	1,994	5,036	5,209
Visa refusal – Temporary work	1,572	1,285	1,109
Visa refusal – Permanent business	1,206	1,811	1,419
Visa refusal – Skilled	841	3,325	3,566
Visa refusal – Partner	3,211	2,412	1,980
Visa refusal – Family	795	1,200	1,003
Cancellation – Student	245	621	811
Nomination/Sponsor approval refusal	1,132	1,038	938
Other	49	78	183
Total MRT	11,719	17,437	16,863
RRT
Sri Lanka	1,555	314	34
China	506	350	303
Afghanistan	603	58	39
India	302	170	174
Pakistan	432	212	210
Iran	413	73	55
Egypt	175	74	81
Lebanon	128	136	46
Fiji	134	58	61
Nepal	102	103	89
Other	901	425	409
Total RRT	5,251	1,973	1,501
Total MRT and RRT	16,970	19,410	18,364

Table 19 – Cases decided and set-aside rates
	2013–14		2012–13		2011–12
	Cases	% set-aside	Cases	% set-aside	Cases	% set-aside
MRT
Visa refusal – Bridging	410	11%	355	14%	271	13%
Visa refusal – Visitor	1,461	51%	1,219	55%	782	64%
Visa refusal – Student	5,896	26%	3,629	23%	2,333	31%
Visa refusal – Temporary work	1,220	22%	871	24%	636	27%
Visa refusal – Permanent business	1,721	38%	771	35%	236	30%
Visa refusal – Skilled	4,611	22%	4,582	23%	776	37%
Visa refusal – Partner	2,355	45%	1,433	52%	1,119	55%
Visa refusal - Family	1,290	36%	978	41%	557	44%
Cancellation – Student	969	17%	916	13%	834	21%
Nomination/Sponsor approval refusal	1,027	34%	619	23%	346	16%
Other	184	21%	217	17%	329	40%
Total MRT	21,144	30%	15,590	29%	8,011	36%
RRT
Sri Lanka	402	22%	421	37%	67	28%
China	744	10%	564	18%	665	17%
Afghanistan	106	72%	494	84%	12	75%
India	443	7%	438	6%	343	6%
Pakistan	314	41%	330	65%	161	50%
Iran	170	59%	214	61%	71	80%
Egypt	101	33%	110	49%	216	61%
Lebanon	205	17%	116	26%	99	41%
Fiji	113	10%	101	13%	133	20%
Nepal	175	4%	110	6%	151	9%
Other	812	23%	859	26%	886	27%
Total RRT	3,585	22%	3,757	37%	2,804	27%
Total MRT and RRT	24,729	29%	19,347	30%	10,815	34%