Description
A code indicating a student's/applicant’s citizenship and residence status
Details
| Version: | 4.1 |
|---|---|
| First year: | 2013 |
| Last year: | 2013 |
| Field name: | CITIZEN-RESIDENT |
| Element name: | Citizen/resident indicator |
Code format:
| Data Type: | Numeric |
|---|---|
| Units: | Code (numeric) |
| Width: | 1 |
Classification
| CODE | MEANING |
|---|---|
| 1 | Australian citizen (including Australian citizens with dual citizenship) |
| 2 | New Zealand citizen or a diplomatic or consular representative of New Zealand, a member of the staff of such a representative or the spouse or dependent relative of such a representative, excluding those with Australian citizenship. (Note: includes any such persons who have Permanent Resident status) |
| 8 | Students/Applicants with permanent humanitarian visa |
| 3 | Students/Applicants with Permanent visa other than Permanent humanitarian visa |
| 4 | Student/Applicant has a temporary entry permit or is a diplomat or a dependent of a diplomat (except New Zealand) and resides in Australia during the unit of study |
| 5 | Not one of the above categories and student/applicant is residing outside Australia during the unit of study/time of application |
Coding notes
Application and Offers Data Collection only
HEPs - Provision of this data is required in both submissions (TACS - data is required in both preliminary and detailed submissions).
Records are not included in the collection for applicants who are coded ‘4’, ‘5’ or b (space).
International applicants would be coded as either ‘4’ or ‘5’ depending on whether they had already relocated to Australia.
For VET Providers:
VET providers are only to report codes ‘1’ and ‘8’. Only Australian citizens and student with permanent humanitarian visas are eligible for VET FEE-HELP.
The following additional codes are used in DEEWR datasets but are not reported by higher education providers / Institutions.
| CODE | MEANING |
|---|---|
| 9 | No information. |
Code overseas students residing overseas as “5”.
Please refer to the Glossary for further information about terminology used in this document.
Input files
Higher Education:
- Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Number (CHESSN)
- Student Load/Liability (LL) & Revised Student Load/Liability (RL)
- Past Course Completions (PS)
- SA-HELP (SA)
Applications and Offers:
- Application Details (AD)
VET:
- VET Commonwealth Higher Education Student Support Number (CHESSN)
- Student Load/Liability (VLL) & Revised Student Load/Liability (VRL)
Change History
Details of all versions of this data element can be found on its supporting information page.