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Krystle Courtier| Official Correspondence Co-ordinator
Te Pâhekoheko, Kâwai ki te iwi | Operations, Service Delivery and Operations
Te Tari Taiwhenua The Department of Internal Affairs
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From: Xiping <[FOI #23130 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 14 June 2023 11:34 am
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Improvement of the citizenship process

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Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

Looking at the Status of Citizenship by Grant applications by date received at DIA as at 1 May 2023:

https://catalogue.data.govt.nz/dataset/s...

1410, 1177, 1094 applications submitted in Feb/2023; Mar/2023 and Apr/2023 respectively had been approved. However, 475, 848, 743 applications submitted in Apr/2022; May/2022 and Jun/2022 had not even been ASSIGNED to a CO.

1. Intellectually and honestly, do you think it is fair for the applicants of the unassigned applications? Or you don't care because it benefits the vast majority of the applicants (whose applications have been/will be approved fast), it benefits DIA statically, and this is what DIA cares the most.

*/ If the answer to the above question is "yes" (i.e. it is fair from your point of view, not mine). How can the current rules (on how the citizenship process works) be challenged (e.g. a petition)?

/* If the answer to the above question is "no" (i.e. it is not fair). How and when will the current rules (on how the citizenship process works) be improved so it will be fair for all applicants?

2. Can the the citizenship process be more transparent (e.g., by contacting DIA, an applicant will know if his/her application has passed/failed automated checks, if failed, why, etc.)?

If yes, how much more transparent will it be, and by when?

Yours faithfully,

Xiping

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Please find the attached response to your information request.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Linda

 

Linda Anderson ([1]she/her) |Advisor Official Correspondence
Te Pâhekoheko, Kâwai ki te iwi | Operations, Service Delivery and
Operations

Te Tari Taiwhenua  The Department of Internal Affairs
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