Temporary visa holders in India top the list of passport nationalities that made requests for Australian travel exemption

According to the Australian Department of Home Affairs data, India has emerged as the top in the list of 10 source countries for inward travel exemption requests – accounting for 2,531 of the total 14,458 requests received by the ABF (Australian Border Force)  in the first 20 days of the month of August.

The Department of Home Affairs has provided an analysis of top 10 passport nationalities by exemption requests received and approved between 1 and 20 August 2020.

According to the data, non-citizens from the United Kingdom has been the second-highest number of requests followed by visa holders stuck in New Zealand, the United States and China accounting for 1,417,1,398,1366 and 836 respectively .

However, a very small percentage of requests for such applications from India have been allowed by the athorities. Out of the total number of requests lodged by Indian passport holders, only 4% were approved .

Visa holders from New Zealand received the highest number of travel exemptions following the UK and U.SA. India has been positioned fourth in this list.