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Visas at Headquarters (New York)

Effective Date

Mar 18, 2025

Summary of Changes

The Visas at Headquarters (New York) policy has been updated to reflect the updated renewal criteria for G-4 visa per the update by the Travel and Transportation Section, Division of Administration, United Nations Department of Operational Support, as advised by the host country authorities. Renewal applications may be submitted if the G4 visa is valid for less than 90 days. Domestic visa renewal services for personnel assigned to the United Nations Secretariat, agencies, funds and programmes in New York, and their accompanying family members, have been relocated to the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs (CA), Diplomatic Liaison Division in Washington, D.C. The G-4 visa procedure has been updated in the explanatory notes of Step 2 and of Step 3 to reflect current business practices. Step 4 of the procedure has been updated to align with the updated policy.

Annual Planning (Portfolios)

1.1

Step

Review multi-year workplan for annual planning.

Responsible Party

Portfolio Manager

Template/Guideline
Explanatory Notes

1.2

Step

Review portfolio multi-year workplan for annual planning.

Responsible Party

Portfolio Manager

Template/Guideline
Explanatory Notes

2.0

Step

Prepare procurement and HR plans.

Responsible Party

Portfolio Manager

Template/Guideline
Explanatory Notes

Procurement plans are required for “standard or complex business needs”, the Head of BU has to approve all procurement plans by monitoring requisite report in Quantum. All procurement plans (Project and Operations) are established at the activity level in projects  in Quantum. Consolidated plans can be viewed and analyzed in Quantum by running the applicable reports.

Visas at Headquarters (New York)

Effective Date

Feb 17, 2025

Summary of Changes

The Visas at Headquarters (New York) policy has been updated to reflect the cessation of G-4 visa cancelation by the United States Mission of the United Nations. Step 2 of the G-4 visa procedure has been updated to reflect the use of UNall for visa requests. 

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