RA9 Restrictions on the grant of a visa to certain groups as designated by the United Nations Security Council (06/07/2015)

See also United Nations Sanctions (Liberia) Regulations 2001 reg 16; United Nations Sanctions (Al-Qaida and Taliban) Regulations 2007 reg 13; United Nations Sanctions (Côte d'Ivoire) Regulations 2005 reg 13; United Nations Sanctions (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) Regulations 2006 reg 17; United Nations (Iran-Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) Regulations 2016 reg 32; United Nations Sanctions (Lebanon) Regulations 2008 reg 17; United Nations Sanctions (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Regulations 2004 reg 12D; United Nations Sanctions (Sudan) Regulations 2004 reg 13D; United Nations Sanctions (Somalia) Regulations 1992 reg 10F, United Nations Sanctions (Eritrea) Regulations 2010 reg 13; United Nations Sanctions (Libya) Regulations 2011 reg 17; United Nations Sanctions (Guinea-Bissau) Regulations 2012 reg 4; United Nations Sanctions (Central African Republic) Regulations 2014 reg 13; United Nations Sanctions (Yemen) Regulations 2014 reg 4; United Nations Sanctions (South Sudan) Regulations 2015 reg 4.

1. In accordance with United Nations sanctions, no person who is a designated individual or specified entity may enter New Zealand or transit through New Zealand, meaning that no such person may be granted a visa. This restriction is in place for the following people:
   1. designated individuals from Liberia
   2. designated individuals from Côte d'Ivoire
   3. designated individuals from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and:
      • their immediate family members, and
      • people acting on their behalf or under their direction, and
      • people assisting in the evasion of a determination by the United Nations Security Council that applies to the DPRK
   4. designated individuals and specified entities from Al-Qaida and Taliban
   5. designated individuals from Iran
   6. designated individuals from Lebanon
   7. designated individuals from the Democratic Republic of Congo
   8. designated individuals from Sudan
   9. designated individuals from Somalia
   10. designated individuals from Eritrea
   11. designated individuals from Libya
   12. designated individuals from Guinea-Bissau
   13. designated individuals from Central African Republic
   14. designated individuals from Yemen
   15. designated individuals from South Sudan.
2. Immigration officers must contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade when processing any immigration application from a person to whom (a) above applies.
3. A visa may only be granted to a person to whom (a) above applies on the advice of the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

   Note: For the purposes of these instructions, a designated individual and a specified entity is someone who is named on a list of such persons held by INZ and updated from time to time.

Effective 06/07/2015