9 March 2023
45 Pipitea Street, Wellington 6011
Phone +64 4 495 7200
dia.govt.nz
Anabella Rivas
[FYI request #21853 email]
Tēnā koe Anabella
OIA request 22/23 0591 Request for citizenship processing timeframes
Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of Internal
Affairs (Department) on 16 February 2023.
You requested –
•
The following data for-Citizenship Application submitted in May 2022 (intent is to
understand how many of the applications submitted in May 2022 have been progressed,
not interested in applications submitted in previous months and worked on in May 2022).
Content requested:
Submitted Month
Number of Approved Application
Number of Processing Application
How many buckets are allocated per month No of applications submitted in May 2022
waiting to be allocated to a case officer in different buckets i.e., requesting the number of
applications in each bucket separately
We have interpreted your request to be for, the processing status of citizenship by grant
applications received in May 2022 and the number of unassigned applications, received in May
2022, broken down by buckets.
In response to your request please refer to Appendix A, attached. Appendix A provides you with
a breakdown of the following information:
• Table one – Citizenship by grant applications received in May 2022 and their status
• Table two – Number of unassigned citizenship by grant applications, by bucket, received
in May 2022
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 here:
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
John Crawford-Smith
Manager Operational Policy and Official Correspondence (Acting)
Service Delivery and Operations
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