TABLE 9.1.1
	WORK PERMITS ISSUED BY COUNTRY OF BIRTH OF RECIPIENT, ANNUALLY 1994 - 2015
	COUNTRY OF  BIRTH	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	% Change 2015/14
	St. Kitts-Nevis	66	66	53	49	40	60	70	65	57	39	32	38	47	111	91	64	45	40	37	29	31	-1	6.9%
	Jamaica	0	0	0	0	0	109	109	119	101	94	85	108	111	211	206	181	163	175	172	150	159	0	6.0%
	Dominican Republic	0	0	0	0	0	60	64	90	55	69	102	64	139	375	301	279	210	221	239	221	249	-1	12.7%
	Guyana	0	0	0	0	0	68	90	87	82	78	64	101	110	189	169	143	121	121	98	83	83	0	0.0%
	Other Caribbean	280	340	387	424	415	280	278	286	229	235	319	29	48	966	866	574	455	391	350	281	353	#DIV/0!	25.6%
	TOTAL CARIBBEAN	346	406	440	473	455	577	611	647	524	515	602	340	455	1852	1633	1241	994	948	896	764	875	#DIV/0!	14.5%
	UK	42	36	28	24	26	34	31	33	47	31	40	36	42	77	76	59	44	26	37	38	33	0	-13.2%
	France	33	23	21	34	35	25	20	14	11	18	15	14	17	43	21	26	16	18	20	21	20	1	-4.8%
	USA	94	119	84	83	85	144	127	102	79	128	96	125	180	233	205	172	151	145	119	105	137	-1	30.5%
	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	53	3	4	1	2	7	11	9	5	5	3	6	4	3	#DIV/0!	-25.0%
	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	59	0	43	34	34	30	26	30	25	29	28	23	15	23	23	29	-2	26.1%
	China	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	16	18	18	24	18	21	229	38	50	34	62	52	46	81	0	76.1%
	Other	29	50	51	63	66	49	114	38	51	33	67	236	376	988	968	608	174	104	137	143	149	-1	4.2%
	TOTAL	544	634	624	677	667	910	903	946	767	781	875	797	1,128	3,458	2,979	2,189	1,441	1,321	1,290	1,144	1,327	#DIV/0!	16.0%
	Annual % Change		16.5%	-1.6%	8.5%	-1.5%	36.4%	-0.8%	4.8%	-18.9%	1.8%	12.0%	-8.9%	41.5%	206.6%	-13.9%	-26.5%	-34.2%	-8.3%	-2.3%	-11.3%	16.0%	#DIV/0!
	Source: Labour Department
	*Table Revised
	NB: Preliminary Figures
	Last Updated: January 19, 2016