| ARIMA | autoregressive integrated moving average |
| DIAC | Australian Government Department of Immigration and Citizenship |
| GFC | global financial crisis |
| NZ | New Zealand |
| OAD | overseas arrivals and departures |
| SAR | Special Administrative Region |
| SARS | Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| STRD | short-term resident departure |
| STVA | short-term visitor arrival |
| TRIPS | Travel and Immigration Processing System |
| UK, CIs & IOM | United Kingdom, Channel Islands and Isle of Man |
| USA | United States of America |