Australian Immigration:
Acronyms & Abbreviations Applied in Practice

Listed below are Australian immigration related terms used daily by Beyderwellen & Company in professionally representing our clients' interests before the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC), related Australian government and independent bodies, and Australian consular offices throughout the world.

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M

MAL Movement Alert List

MARN Migration Agents Registration Number

MASS Malaysia Australia Scholarship Scheme

MCEETYA Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs

MCQ Multiple choice questionnaire

MEAA Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance

MHSC Migration Health Services Charge

MIEA Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (post-March 1993)

MILGEA Minister for Immigration, Local Government and Ethnic Affairs (pre-March 1993)

MIMA Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (pre-February 2007). Now, MIC

MIC Minister for Immigration and Citizenship

MIMIA Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and Indigenous Affairs

MOC Medical Officer of the Commonwealth

MODL Migration occupations in demand list (current)

MP Member of Parliament

MPMS Migration Program Management System

MRA Migration Reform Act 1992

MRC Migrant Resource Centre

MSI Migration Series of Instructions