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EXCHANGE OF NOTES BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF NEW ZEALAND AND DENMARK CONCERNING THE MUTUAL ABOLITION OF VISAS

Wellington, 13 December, 1948

No. 1 Mr. Walter Nash to Mr. Karl I. Eskelund Ministry of External Affairs, Wellington, 13 December, 1948. Sir, I have the honour to refer to our various discussions concerning arrangements to permit of freedom of travel between our two countries and to suggest than an agreement in the following terms be concluded for the mutual abolition of visas for travel between New Zealand and Denmark : " (1) Danish citizens shall be free to travel to New Zealand by any route without the necessity of obtaining a visa in advance provided they are furnished with valid Danish passports. " (2) Holders of valid passports bearing on the cover the inscription ' British passport: Dominion of New Zealand' and, inside, a description of the holder's national status as 4 British subject' shall be free to travel to Denmark by any route without the necessity of obtaining a visa in advance. " (3) It is understood that the waiver of the visa requirement does not exempt Danish citizens and British subjects travelling respectively to New Zealand and to Denmark from the necessity of complying with the New Zealand and Danish laws and regulations concerning the entry, residence (temporary or permanent) and employment or occupation of foreigners, and that travellers who are unable to satisfy the Immigration authorities that they comply with these laws and regulations are liable to be refused leave to enter or land.