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New Zealand’s Experience in Implementing API in a ‘Visa Free’ Environment
Advance Passenger Screening
Presentation to :
APEC Business Mobility Group
Brendan QuirkChief Operating Officer
New Zealand Immigration Service
14/15 August 2003
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Our Vision
• To keep New Zealand a desirable and safe place to
live and visit
Our Objectives
• To facilitate genuine visitors’ travel to NZ
• To improve border and airline security
Advance Passenger Screening
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• 7 million travel movements per annum - ‘in and out’
• 7% growth per annum over the past 10 years
• 60% travel is between NZ and Australia
• 55% travellers are visa free NZ or Australian passport
holders
• 35% travellers are Visa Free visitors
• 10% travellers are Visa Required visitors or hold
resident, student or work visas
New Zealand Air Travel
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Reduces the chance of “risk” travellers entering NZ
• Check passports, visas & alerts before a passenger
boards a flight to New Zealand
• Provide Airlines with an electronic directive to “Board”
or “Do Not Board” a passenger
• Provide accurate advance passenger information
(API) for profiling to determine if intervention at the
border is necessary.e.g., customs, police.
Advance Passenger Processing system
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How the NZ APP System Works
SITAnetw ork
Departure Control System
Airportcheck-inagent
NZIS systems
NZ APPApplication Processor
NZpassportsNZ visasNZ alertsPerson location
expected movements
boarding requests
validation requests,
biodata requests
visas, alerts, person locations
boarding directives
CommsGateway
[SYD][ATL]
[Auckland]
Not yet implemented
Australian government approval is underway
NZ Customs
EDIFACT
AU APPApplication Processor
AUpassportsAU visas
[SYD]
Near-real time XML messages
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NZ APP complies – with a ‘Visa Free’ orientation
Standard data elements (plus PNR locator)
Accesses government databases for verification
Interactive API (Board / Do Not Board directives)
Legislation and policy requirements – NZ & Australia
Advance data used to facilitate genuine passengers
Platform for Immigration, Customs & Quarantine
Builds on airlines’ implementation of Australia’s APP
APEC API Standards & Principles
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From concept to reality…
• Government decision to implement (January 2002)
• Funding agreed (May 2002)
• Solution model defined (July 2002)
• Contract negotiated (February 2003)
• Pilot commenced with Air New Zealand (July 2003)
• Official launch August 2003
Advance Passenger Screening
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Results of the pilot
• 46 flights processed – out of Melbourne, Australia
• Some false “Do Not Board” directives – but passengers
cleared for boarding after checks with NZ Immigration support
• Initial problems fixed – airline staff now seeking special
clearance for 1-2 passengers per flight, and expect this to reduce further
• 3 passengers stopped from boarding - –no visa,
no outwards ticket
• No people incorrectly allowed to board
Advance Passenger Screening
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Proposed between NZ and Australia
• Verification requests – passports and visas
• Document alerts (lost & stolen passports)
• People alerts (shared intelligence)
Future opportunities
• Global lost & stolen passports (APEC/ICAO initiatives)
• Verification against passport databases
• Pre-flight registration (IATA initiative)
Information Sharing
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New Zealand aims to balance individual’s rights
to privacy and to live freely & safely
• NZ privacy legislation – based on OECD model
• Airline conditions of carriage – advise passengers that their
details will be provided to border control authorities
• Verification requests – limited to specific data fields, and only
when the passenger requests to travel
• Trans-national organised crime legislation – enables
controlled information sharing by agreement
• Border security legislation – introduced
Privacy
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• APP platform – a foundation for future facilitation initiatives
• Airlines – consistency of approach by Governments will help
compliance with API systems, and are a critical alliance.
• Data quality and timeliness of data updates critical
• Physical support team – needed 24 x 7 to handle exceptions
• Advance Passenger Information – enables a more targeted
approach to border control, enhancing facilitation & risk response
• Information sharing – vital for countries with “visa free”
arrangements
New Zealand’s learning to date
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Questionsand
Discussion