Under the Community Support Program, the Department of Home Affairs requires each visa applicant to have an Assurance of Support.  An Assurance of Support is a commitment to provide adequate support to a person applying to migrate to Australia, so that the migrant will not have to rely on welfare payments from Services Australia.  The person or corporation providing the Assurance of Support is known as the Assurer. The Assurer will be required to sign a form making a legal commitment to repay to the Australian Government any recoverable Centrelink payments made to the visa applicants covered by the Assurance of Support, within the first 12 months of the visa entrants’ period in Australia. Recoverable Centrelink payments currently are: Austudy Payment Crisis Payment Newstart Allowance Parenting Payment (Partnered) Parenting Payment (Single) Sickness Allowance Special Benefit Widow Allowance Youth Allowance