The UN Travel Documents and National Passport policy has been updated in the ‘Roles and Responsibilities’ section to include ‘personnel services agreement holders’ and to remove the reference to the approval of the RR or of the Operations Manager since the role of certification has been delegated to General Operations/Bureau for Management Services. According to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) - Issuance of UN Travel Documents, proof of authorized travel is required, which is verified by the GO/BMS certifying officer. ... The UN Travel Documents and National Passport policy has been updated in the ‘Roles and Responsibilities’ section to include ‘personnel services agreement holders’ and to remove the reference to the approval of the RR or of the Operations Manager since the role of certification has been delegated to General Operations/Bureau for Management Services. According to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) - Issuance of UN Travel Documents, proof of authorized travel is required, which is verified by the GO/BMS certifying officer. Step 2 and Step 6 of the Application for UN Laissez-Passer (UNLP) and UN Family Certificates (UNFCs) procedure, and Step 1 of the Application for UN Certificates (UNC) procedure have been updated to reflect the digitization of the travel application forms in UNall. The requirement to return certificates for cancellation is also included in a new Step 4 of the Application for UN Certificates (UNC) procedure. EXPAND
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The Visas at Headquarters (New York) policy has been updated in the ‘Responsibilities and Accountability’ section to reflect that the certifying officer is General Operations/Bureau for Management Services. Step 1 and Step 2 of the G-4 visa procedure and Step 1 of the G-5 visa procedure have been updated to reflect the digitization of the G4/G5 visa application forms in UNall. |
The Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) policy has been updated in paragraph 15 and in section ‘Roles and responsibilities’ to reflect the transfer of ad hoc DSA from the Office of Human Resources/Bureau for Management Services (BMS) to the Travel Services Section of General Operations/BMS. |
The Route, Mode of Transportation, and Standard of Accommodation policy has been updated in paragraph 17 to remove the reference to JPOs from the list of personnel that can travel only in economy class and to include a reference to Personnel Service Agreement holders under the list of non-staff members. |
The Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA) procedure is now available in French and in Spanish. |
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 Stat... 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. EXPAND
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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. |
The Travel and Transportation Section, Division of Administration, United Nations Department of Operational Support has updated the TTS.1 (2-19) form to include “US duty station” in field 19 without updating the version control on the document. The updated Form TTS.1 (2-19) : Request for United States Visa is published in the Templates and Forms list on page 5 of the Visas at Headquarters (New York) policy document and in the Related Documents section of the Visas at Headquarters (New York) policy page. |
The policy has been updated to incorporate language adjustments for clarity and in alignment with existing UNSMS policies and the following updates to the ‘Other travel related information’ section:
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The Travel and Transportation Section, Division of Administration, United Nations Department of Operational Support has updated the UNLP application form as the TTS.2 Supplementary form is no longer required. The updated TTS.2 (12-23) - English (for UNLP) and TTS.2 (12-23) - French (for UNLP) form is published in the Templates and Forms list on page 3 of the policy and in Step 2 of the Application for UN Laissez-Passer (UNLP) and UN Family Certificates (UNFCs) procedure. |