At the university tertiary level of education a distinction is made between resident and non-resident foreign students. The aim is to distinguish between foreign students who are resident in the country as a result of a prior migration by themselves or their parents and who subsequently enrol in a tertiary level programme (“resident foreign students”) (e.g. children or parents of families with work visas or permits or with diplomatic appointments, refugees, immigrants with permanent residence status, etc.), and those who come to the country expressly for the purpose of pursuing their education (“non-resident foreign students”).