Travel

For overseas Diplomatic staff and overseas recruited Professional staff, the Secretariat will provide air tickets for the staff, his/her spouse and up to three dependent children, i.e. a child under the age of 18 years who resides with the staff member or under the age of 21 who is in full time attendance at an educational institution. For the purpose of this information, they will be referred to as your family.

Air travel of 8 hours or more will be by business class, air travel of less than 8 hours duration will be by economy class. Family members referred to above who do not travel with the staff member on appointment will travel by economy class, irrespective of the duration of the flight. Such travel must be within 6 months of the eligible staff member’s own journey. Otherwise, the travel expenses will not be met by the Secretariat in whole or in part.

Following consultation with you, the Human Resources Section will make arrangements for the issuance of the tickets, which will either be sent to you or issued by a travel agent closest to you. You may also arrange to purchase the tickets, subject to the above mentioned requirements, for which you will be reimbursed upon the presentation of receipts.