Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

I would be greatful if your department is able to provide following statistical information related to submissions presented to the Minister of Internal Affairs for New Zealand Citizenship Application by Grant:

# From January 2022 to current date, how many citizenship applications by Grant were referred to Minister of Internal Affairs in submission?

# Can Department of Internal Affairs provide any report or stats on citizenship applications by Grant processed under ministerial submission during above period?

# From January 2022 to current date, could you disclose how many citizenship applications were recommended "Approved" by the department but was ultimately "declined" by the Minister?

# From January 2022 to current date, could you disclose how many citizenship applications were recommended "Declined" by the department but was ultimately "Approved" by the Minister?

# From January 2022 to current date, could you disclose how many citizenship applications were recommended "Approved" by the department and was "Approved" by the Minister?

# How many submissions are currently "pending" for Minister's decision?

# For statistical purpose, based on the last 5 to 10 submission cases, how long did it take (an average timeframe) for Minister to consider and decide the submissions cases presented by the Department?

# From January 2022 to current date, how many submissions were presented to Minister because the applicant did not meet the Section "8(2)(c) Good Character requirement", what was their outcome (how many approved/declined/pending) and what was recommended by the department.

# From January 2022 to current date, how many submissions were presented to Minister under the "section 8 (7) reduction of presence requirement", what was their outcome (how many approved/declined/pending) and what was recommended by the department.

# From January 2022 to current date, how many submissions were presented to Minister under the "section 9, special cases" , what was their outcome (how many approved/declined/pending) and what was recommended by the department.

Please be informed that, above information is being requested under the OIA to conduct research on the of ministerial submissions/discretion. My request does not relate to any particular case or any departmental process. Therefore, the response could be given in statistical format and numbers i.e. X submissions presented to Minister under the Section-9: X number approved, Y number declined, Z number pending, X number recommended "declined" and Y Number recommended "Approved"

Yours faithfully,
Sonam