25 January 2023
45 Pipitea Street, Wellington 6011
Phone +64 4 495 7200
dia.govt.nz
Najeeb Z
[FYI request #21493 email]
Tēnā koe Najeeb Z
OIA 2223-0492 Request for Status of Citizenship Applications Submitted Online
Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of
Internal Affairs (Department) on 29 December 2022.
You requested –
•
Number of Approved Applications (Submitted Online) Number of Processing
Applications (Submitted Online) Number of applications (Submitted Online) waiting
to be allocated to a case officer. Number of applications (Submitted Online) each
month in different queues., requesting the number of applications in each queue
separately (June 2022 to November 2022)
In response to your request please refer to Appendix A, attached. Appendix A provides you
with the breakdown requested above.
I should add that because citizenship applications are allocated into different workstreams
based on differing manual workloads, we have included multiple tables to reflect this. These
different workstreams are 'buckets' on Appendix A.
For more information on the workstreams/ ‘Buckets’ please refer to our website
https://www.dia.govt.nz/Official-Information-Act-Requests-2 and the reference number
2223-0324.
As this information may be of interest to other members of the public, the Department has
decided to proactively release a copy of this response on the DIA website. All requestor
data, including your name and contact details, will be removed prior to release. The
released response will be made available her
e: https://www.dia.govt.nz/Official-
Information-Act-Requests-2.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision.
Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz
or freephone 0800 802 602.
Ngā mihi
Anne-Claire Wyseur
Manager Operational Policy and Official Correspondence (Acting)
Service Delivery and Operations
