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Acronyms
| 4CC | Four Countries Conference |
| AAO | Administrative Arrangement Order |
| AAP | Annual Audit Plan |
| AAT | Administrative Appeals Tribunal |
| A-Based | Australian-based |
| ABP | Automated Border Processing |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ABTC | APEC Business Travel Card |
| ACAD | Aboriginal Cadet |
| ACM | Australasian Correctional Management Pty Ltd |
| ACS | Australian Customs Service |
| ACTU | Australian Council of Trade Unions |
| ADS | Approved Destination Scheme |
| ADV | Australian Declaratory Visas |
| AEC | Australian Electoral Commission |
| AFMA | Australian Fisheries Management Authority |
| AFP | Australian Federal Police |
| AL | Assessment Level |
| ALO | Airline Liaison Officer |
| AMEP | Adult Migrant English Program |
| ANAO | Australian National Audit Office |
| APC | Asia-Pacific Consultations on Refugees, Displaced Persons, and Migrants |
| APEC | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| API | Advance Passenger Information |
| APIMRP | Australian Population, Immigration, and Multicultural Research Programme |
| APP | Advance Passenger Processing |
| APS | Australian Public Service |
| ARC | Australian Red Cross |
| ARMS | AMEP Reporting Management System |
| ASA | Asylum Seeker Assistance |
| ASCO | Australian Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations |
| ATIS | Automated Telephone Interpreting Service |
| ATNS | Agreements, Treaties, Negotiations, and Settlements |
| ATO | Australian Taxation Office |
| ATSB | Australian Transport Safety Bureau |
| ATSIC | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission |
| AusAID | Australian Agency for International Development |
| AUSCO | Australian Cultural Orientation |
| AWA | Australian Workplace Agreement |
| BIO | Border Intelligence Officer |
| BPLAA | Border Protection Legislation Amendment (Deterrence of Foreign Fishing) Act 2005 |
| BSD | Border Security Division |
| BVE | bridging E Visa |
| BVF | bridging F Visa |
| CADST | Cadets |
| CeBIT | Centre for Office and Information Technology |
| CEI | Chief Executive Instruction |
| CERS | Certificates of Evidence of Resident Status |
| CES | Client Enquiry Support |
| CIS | Country Information Service |
| CLG | Corporate Leadership Group |
| CMA | Council for Multicultural Australia |
| CMSC | Change Management Steering Committee |
| CNTA | China National Tourism Association |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| CPAS | Contracts and Procurement Advice Section |
| CP&CCD | Compliance Policy and Case Coordination Division |
| CPG | Commonwealth Procurement Guidelines |
| CSC | Computer Science Corporation Australia Pty Ltd |
| CSSS | Community Settlement Services Scheme |
| CSU | Cluster Support Unit |
| CSWE | Certificates in Spoken and Written English |
| CTC | Competitive Tendering and Contracting |
| DAEC | Departmental Audit and Evaluation Committee |
| DAFF | Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry |
| DEAN | Document Examination Alert Notices |
| DeHAG | Detention Health Advisory Group |
| DEST | Department of Education, Science and Training |
| DEWR | Department of Employment and Workplace Relations |
| DFAT | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade |
| DIMA | Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs |
| DIMIA | Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs |
| DPMC | DIMA Performance Management Committee |
| DRC | Detention Review Committee |
| DRMs | Detention Review Managers |
| DSC | Detention Services Contract |
| DSP | Detention Services Provider |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECP | Enhanced Cooperation Programme |
| ECS | Enhanced CEKAL System |
| EDRC | Executive Detention Review Committee |
| EL | executive level |
| ELICOS | English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students |
| EMC | Executive Management Committee |
| ENS | Employer Nomination Scheme |
| EOC | Entry Operation Centre |
| ESOS Act | Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Act 2000 |
| ESP | External services provider |
| ETA | Electronic Travel Authority |
| EU | European Union |
| e-Visa | electronic visa |
| EVO | Entitlement Verification Online |
| EXEC | Executive |
| FaCSIA | Department of Families,Community Services, and Indigenous Affairs |
| FECCA | Federation of Ethnic Communities' Councils of Australia |
| FINA | Federation Internationale de Natation Amateur |
| FISC | Fraud, Integrity, and Security Committee |
| FMA Act | Fisheries Management Act 1991 |
| FMC | Federal Magistrates Court |
| FOI | freedom of information |
| FOI Act | Freedom of Information Act 1982 |
| GCIM | Global Commission on International Migration |
| GFU | Global Feedback Unit |
| GPU | Global Processing Unit |
| GSE | Global Systems Environment |
| GSL | GSL (Australia) Pty Ltd |
| HR | human resources |
| HREOC | Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission |
| IAAAS | Immigration Advice and Application Assistance Scheme |
| IAP | Internal Audit Programme |
| IBM | International Business Machines Corp. |
| ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organisation |
| ICSE | Integrated Client Services Environment |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
| IDAG | Immigration Detention Advisory Group |
| IDC | immigration detention centre |
| IDPs | internally displaced persons |
| IDS | Immigration Detention Standards |
| IECN | International Event Coordinator Network |
| IELTS | International English Language Testing System |
| IGC | Inter-Governmental Consultations |
| IGOC Act | Immigration (Guardianship of Children) Act 1946 |
| IHSS | Integrated Humanitarian Settlement Strategy |
| IMtel | Immigration Intelligence (IT System) |
| IOM | International Organization for Migration |
| ISO | International Standards Organisation |
| ISS | Immigration Status Service |
| IT | information technology |
| ITACs | Immigration Transit Accommodation Centres |
| JCPAA | Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit |
| LA | Labour Agreement |
| LEE | locally engaged employee |
| LSIA3 | Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia |
| LSIC | Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Canada |
| MAL | Movement Alert List |
| MAPKE | Migration Advice Professional Knowledge Entrance |
| MAPP1 | Mandatory Advance Passenger Processing - Stage 1 |
| MARA | Migration Agents Registration Authority |
| MATF | Migration Agents Taskforce |
| MCIMA | Ministerial Council on Immigration and Multicultural Affairs |
| MCRG | Muslim Community Reference Group |
| MIA | Migration Institute of Australia |
| MJEX | multi-jurisdictional exercise |
| MMO | Movement Monitoring Officer |
| MO | Medical Officer |
| MODL | Migration Occupations in Demand List |
| MOU | memorandum of understanding |
| MPMS | Migration Programme Management System |
| MRC | Migrant Resource Centre |
| MRT | Migration Review Tribunal |
| MSA | Migrant Service Agency |
| MSI | Migration Series Instruction |
| NAATI | National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters |
| NAP | National Action Plan to Build on Social Cohesion, Harmony and Security |
| NGO | non-government organisation |
| NIDC | Northern Immigration Detention Centre |
| NIO | National Intelligence Officer |
| NIVA | National Identity Verification and Advice |
| NSCF | National Staff Consultative Forum |
| OH&S Act | Occupational Health and Safety (Commonwealth Employment) Act 1991 |
| OH&S | occupational health and safety |
| OIPC | Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination |
| OPA | Official Public Account |
| OPC | Offshore Processing Centre |
| PAES | Portfolio Additional Estimates Statements |
| PALA | Performance and Learning Agreement |
| PAO | Public Affairs Officer |
| PBS | Portfolio Budget Statements |
| PID | Personal Identity Digit |
| PIDC | Pacific Immigration Directors Conference |
| PMC | People Management Committee |
| PNG | Papua New Guinea |
| POPC | Perth Offshore Parents Centre |
| PPV | permanent protection visa |
| PRC | People's Republic of China |
| PRLEG | Principal Legal Officer |
| PSO | Programme Services Office |
| PSST | People-Smuggling Strike Team |
| PTW | permission to work |
| PV | protection visa |
| RCOA | Refugee Council of Australia |
| RFT | request for tender |
| RHC | Residential Housing Centre |
| RHP | Residential Housing Project |
| RMAL | Regional Movement Alert List System |
| ROS | Resolution of Status |
| ROU | Record of Understanding |
| RPBV | Removal Pending Bridging Visa |
| RRT | Refugee Review Tribunal |
| RRV | resident return visa |
| RSMS | Regional Sponsored Migration Scheme |
| RTO | Registered Training Organisation |
| SAR | Special Administrative Region |
| SBS | Special Broadcasting Service |
| SEARCCT | South East Asian Regional Centre for Counter Terrorism |
| SES | Senior Executive Service |
| SES B | Senior Executive Service, Band |
| SGP | Settlement Grants Programme |
| SHP | Special Humanitarian Program |
| SIR | Skilled - Independent Regional |
| SLA | service level agreement |
| SNLEG | Senior Legal Officer |
| SPAO | Senior Public Affairs Officer |
| SPP | Special Preparatory Programme |
| SRF | Settlement Reporting Facility |
| TB | tuberculosis |
| THV | temporary humanitarian visa |
| TIS | Translating and Interpreting Service |
| TPV | temporary protection visa |
| TRIPS | Travel and Immigration Processing System |
| TVAG | Tourism and Visa Advisory Group |
| UHM | unaccompanied humanitarian minor |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDG | United Nations Development Group |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Program |
| UNESCO | United Nations Education, Scientific & Cultural Organisation |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's (originally International Children's Emergency) Fund |
| UNHCR | The Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNHDL | United Nations High Level Dialogue on International Migration and Development |
| USA | United States of America |
| VET | Vocational and Educational Training |
| VPC | visitors processing centre |
| VSC | Values and Standards Committee |
| WCSU | War Crimes Screening Unit |
| WHM | Working Holiday Makers |
| WTO | World Trade Organisation |
| WTO GATS | World Trade Organisation General Agreement on Trade in Services |