Appendix A
Table 1: Applications approved for Accredited Employer Work Visa, broken down by applicants’
nationality and gender as at 19 September 2024.
Gender
Nationality
Female Diverse
Male
Total
Afghanistan
3
0
129
132
Albania
2
0
21
23
Algeria
2
0
7
9
American Samoa
1
0
2
3
Act
Andorra
0
0
1
1
Angola
0
0
1
1
Argentina
451
0
841
1,292
Armenia
1
0
0
1
Austria
13
0
27
40
Azerbaijan
3
0
5
8
Bahamas
1
0
0
1
Bahrain
0
0
2
2
Bangladesh
25
Information
0
1,285 1,310
Belarus
2
0
6
8
Belgium
40
0
49
89
Belize
1
0
0
1
Bhutan
5
0
13
18
Bolivia
1
0
9
10
Official
Bosnia & Herzegovina
1
0
0
1
Botswana
6
0
6
12
Brazil
421
0
1,130 1,551
the
British Indian Ocean Territory
3
0
11
14
Brunei Darussalam
0
0
1
1
Bulgaria
2
0
12
14
Cambodia
365
0
641
1,006
under
Cameroon
0
0
9
9
Canada
257
0
253
510
Chile
321
0
751
1,072
China
2,912
0
12,776 15,688
Colombia
105
0
271
376
Congo
0
0
3
3
Costa Rica
1
0
4
5
Croatia
7
0
16
23
Released
Cuba
0
0
3
3
Cyprus
2
0
0
2
Czech Republic
78
0
133
211
Democratic Republic of Congo
3
0
12
15
Denmark
13
0
37
50
Dominican Republic
0
0
1
1
Ecuador
8
0
18
26
Egypt
6
0
108
114
El Salvador
0
0
3
3
Eritrea
0
0
1
1
Estonia
18
0
12
30
Ethiopia
0
0
3
3
Fiji
1,410
1
6,468 7,879
Finland
22
0
18
40
France
214
0
277
491
Act
French Polynesia
2
0
1
3
Georgia
0
0
2
2
Germany
174
0
249
423
Ghana
37
0
51
88
Great Britain
1,631
0
2,280 3,911
Greece
6
0
13
19
Guatemala
0
0
1
1
Haiti
0
0
2
2
Honduras
1
0
0
1
Information
Hong Kong
52
0
43
95
Hungary
36
0
61
97
Iceland
3
0
9
12
India
7,620
0
25,651 33,271
Indonesia
153
0
348
501
Iran
53
0
148
201
Official
Iraq
1
0
33
34
Ireland
369
0
423
792
the
Israel
10
0
48
58
Italy
123
0
314
437
Jamaica
0
0
5
5
Japan
232
0
212
444
Jordan
12
0
219
231
under
Kazakhstan
7
0
11
18
Kenya
45
0
53
98
Kiribati
3
0
40
43
Kosovo - Republic of
1
0
1
2
Kyrgyzstan
2
0
16
18
Laos
6
0
29
35
Latvia
14
0
24
38
Released
Lebanon
3
0
25
28
Lesotho
4
0
3
7
Liberia
0
0
6
6
Libya
0
0
2
2
Lithuania
9
0
10
19
Luxembourg
1
0
1
2
Macau
1
0
2
3
Macedonia
1
0
37
38
Malawi
2
0
6
8
Malaysia
534
0
768
1,302
Maldives
1
0
1
2
Malta
1
0
1
2
Mauritius
4
0
20
24
Mexico
76
0
116
192
Moldova
2
0
4
6
Act
Mongolia
7
0
19
26
Morocco
4
0
26
30
Mozambique
0
0
2
2
Myanmar
62
0
53
115
Namibia
3
0
16
19
Nepal
319
0
1,478 1,797
Netherlands
118
0
125
243
Nicaragua
1
0
1
2
Nigeria
50
0
110
160
Information
North Korea
1
0
0
1
Norway
5
0
13
18
Oman
2
0
0
2
Pakistan
70
0
684
754
Palestine
1
0
9
10
Panama
0
0
1
1
Official
Papua New Guinea
10
0
51
61
Paraguay
0
0
2
2
the
Peru
41
0
67
108
Philippines
5,338
0
22,055 27,393
Poland
37
0
47
84
Portugal
18
0
49
67
Romania
9
0
13
22
under
Russia
69
0
237
306
Samoa
145
0
1,038 1,183
Saudi Arabia
1
0
1
2
Serbia
2
0
40
42
Singapore
126
0
83
209
Slovakia
12
0
26
38
Slovenia
9
0
12
21
Released
Solomon Islands
43
0
108
151
Somalia
0
0
2
2
South Africa
1,442
0
4,223 5,665
South Korea
287
0
277
564
Spain
42
0
92
134
Sri Lanka
459
0
3,066 3,525
St Kitts - Nevis
1
0
0
1
Sudan
0
0
5
5
Swaziland
0
0
3
3
Sweden
37
0
61
98
Switzerland
28
0
41
69
Syria
1
0
17
18
Taiwan
108
0
74
182
Tanzania
4
0
0
4
Thailand
870
1
509
1,380
Act
Timor Leste
0
0
1
1
Tonga
175
0
822
997
Trinidad and Tobago
1
0
2
3
Tunisia
1
0
4
5
Turkey
40
0
207
247
Turkmenistan
0
0
1
1
Tuvalu
2
0
43
45
Uganda
5
0
13
18
Ukraine
15
0
16
31
Information
United States of America
527
1
578
1,106
Uruguay
78
0
186
264
Uzbekistan
1
0
36
37
Vanuatu
8
0
30
38
Venezuela
3
0
32
35
Vietnam
1,643
0
2,996 4,639
Official
Virgin Islands, British
2
0
0
2
Yemen
1
0
1
2
the
Zambia
13
0
15
28
Zimbabwe
159
0
585
744
Total
30,414 3
96,969 127,386
* Please note that there is no data available for the Accredited Employer Work Visa category prior to
July 2022 as the category only became available to apply on 4 July 2022.
under
Released
Table 2: Applications declined for Accredited Employer Work Visa, broken down by applicants’
nationality and gender as at 19 September 2024
Nationality
Females Males
Total
Afghanistan
4
59
63
American Samoa
0
1
1
Angola
0
1
1
Argentina
4
15
19
Bangladesh
1
93
94
Belgium
0
1
1
Act
Brazil
4
26
30
Cambodia
18
30
48
Cameroon
0
1
1
Canada
1
3
4
Chile
3
11
14
China
71
262
333
Colombia
1
5
6
Costa Rica
0
1
1
Czech Republic
1
3
4
Information
Egypt
0
12
12
Fiji
19
376
395
France
1
6
7
Germany
1
3
4
Ghana
0
3
3
Official
Great Britain
14
32
46
Hungary
0
1
1
India
168
1,616
1,784
the
Indonesia
5
15
20
Iran
2
11
13
Iraq
1
8
9
Ireland
1
6
7
Israel
0
1
1
under
Italy
0
8
8
Japan
3
3
6
Jordan
2
7
9
Kazakhstan
1
0
1
Kenya
0
2
2
Kiribati
0
1
1
Kuwait
1
0
1
Released
Kyrgyzstan
0
1
1
Laos
0
1
1
Lebanon
0
3
3
Lithuania
0
1
1
Malawi
0
1
1
Malaysia
9
14
23
Mauritius
0
3
3
Mexico
1
0
1
Myanmar
1
0
1
Nepal
4
66
70
Netherlands
1
0
1
Nigeria
2
2
4
Pakistan
3
53
56
Palestine
0
1
1
Papua New Guinea
0
2
2
Act
Philippines
50
306
356
Poland
2
0
2
Portugal
0
1
1
Russia
0
2
2
Samoa
4
45
49
Serbia
0
1
1
Seychelles
0
1
1
Singapore
0
1
1
South Africa
13
39
52
Information
South Korea
2
6
8
Spain
0
2
2
Sri Lanka
10
109
119
Sudan
0
1
1
Sweden
0
1
1
Syria
0
4
4
Official
Taiwan
0
1
1
Thailand
28
12
40
the
Tonga
8
72
80
Turkey
0
1
1
Tuvalu
0
3
3
Uganda
0
1
1
Ukraine
2
1
3
under
United States of America 6
12
18
Uruguay
0
7
7
Uzbekistan
0
1
1
Venezuela
0
3
3
Vietnam
60
187
247
Zimbabwe
1
20
21
Total
534
3,611
4,145
Released
* Please note that there is no data available for the Accredited Employer Work Visa category prior to
July 2022 as the category only became available to apply on 4 July 2022.
