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From: haikunz <[FOI #23443 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 9 July 2023 2:56 pm
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Citizenship Application - Identity Check

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Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

I have some queries on the Identity Check used as part of the online Citizenship Application process:

1. Could you please provide a breakdown by month for the 12 months to June 2023 of the number of applications that have passed & failed this Identity Check, and for those that failed could you please provide a breakdown by reason if available.

2. Could you please summarise the sources of information used in this Identity Check and compared in the 'facial recognition check & live image check'.
I understand from the report below the applicant's current passport & driver's license are used, are these sourced from Immigration NZ?
Is the most recent (within 6 months) photograph submitted as part of the Citizenship Application also compared in this check, and there are any other photographs sourced for this check?

https://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/F...

Yours faithfully,

James Newman

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Ngā mihi,

 

Vi Saena| Official Correspondence Advisor
Te Pāhekoheko, Kāwai ki te iwi | Operations, Service Delivery and
Operations

Te Tari Taiwhenua  The Department of Internal Affairs
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