Country Codes
Country Codes are used when defining information in relation to other countries, and when defining Visa Details.
Prerequisites
- No prerequisites
Rules and Guidelines
- The Visa Details window uses Country Codes.
- Information such as Visa Details require the recording of the country where the visa was issued.
- You should only setup ISO3166 Country Codes.
- three-character alpha
- two-character alpha
- Note: Three-character numeric is not supported.
You can find the Country Codes via the link https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/, and search for Country Codes.
Field Information
This is the valid ISO Country Code.
This is a description of the Country Code.
This is a 16-character description that can be used with report.
This displays the ISO Country Code Description. This reduces the chance of incorrect or unintentional mapping of the Country Code to another country's Description/Name. Likewise, this identifies existing Country Codes which may be wrongly configured against ISO Standards.
All the Country Codes interpreted by ATO are listed in this optional field.
Hovering over the information icon displays this note: "ATO only accepts two letter codes. When the ISO Code used for employees with Foreign Employment Income (FEI), if they work for 2 different Host Countries in the same Financial Year, Terminate & Reinstate the employees instead of re-mapping the ISO Code."