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Fijian citizens granted a New Zealand transit-visa waiver

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryNew Zealand
Operative dateSeptember 4, 2024
CategoryBorder control / visa waiver
Policy toolTransit visa waiver
Affected groupFijian citizens travelling as transit passengers

Policy effect

Amends Schedule 1 of the Immigration (Visa, Entry Permission, and Related Matters) Regulations 2010 to add Fiji to the list of countries to which a waiver of the requirement for a transit visa applies. The effect of this amendment is that Fijian citizens are not required to hold a transit visa before travelling to and being in New Zealand as transit passengers.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: Amends Schedule 1 of the Immigration (Visa, Entry Permission, and Related Matters) Regulations 2010 to add Fiji to the list of countries to which a waiver of the requirement for a transit visa applies.; The effect of this amendment is that Fijian citizens are not required to hold a transit visa before travelling to and being in New Zealand as transit passengers.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

In Schedule 1, after item 12(g), insert: (ga) Fiji … The effect of this amendment is that Fijian citizens are not required to hold a transit visa before travelling to and being in New Zealand as transit passengers. … These regulations come into force on 4 September 2024. … These regulations amend Schedule 1 of the principal regulations to add Fijian citizens to the list of people to whom a waiver of the requirement for transit visas applies. … before travelling to and being in New Zealand as transit passengers.
New Zealand Legislation / Parliamentary Counsel OfficeImmigration (Visa, Entry Permission, and Related Matters) Amendment Regulations 2024, SL 2024/146, regs. 2 and 4Open official source
Retrieved from https://www.legislation.govt.nz/secondary-legislation/pco-drafted/2024/146/en/latest

Review method

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite extraction with independent Gemini 3.8 Flash verification

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