Increase in numbers of citizenship applications
D Desgupta made this Official Information request to Department of Internal Affairs
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From: D Desgupta
Dear Department of Internal Affairs,
Between two OIA requests, there was up to a 41% increase in reported applicants in the citizenship processing queue (processing and unallocated) from the months of August 2022 to November 2022. Although this data is tagged with a disclaimer that the information comes from a dynamic system and the data may not add up between reports, this represents a very large change that cannot be adequately explained by the nature of a dynamic system. Please explain the reason for this significant discrepancy. The relevant requests are:
OIA 2223 0959 - Reporting Date 3 July 2023
OIA 2324 0077 - Reporting Date 9 August 2023
The total number of applicants for each of the months covered by these responses is summarised below:
August 2022:
OIA 2223 0959: 1280 pending applications
OIA 2324 0077: 1806 pending applications (+41%)
September 2022:
OIA 2223 0959: 1151 pending applications
OIA 2324 0077: 1477 pending applications (+28%)
October 2022:
OIA 2223 0959: 1138 pending applications
OIA 2324 0077: 1504 pending applications (+32%)
November 2022:
OIA 2223 0959: 1196 pending applications
OIA 2324 0077: 1618 pending applications (+35%)
Yours faithfully,
DDL
From: SDO Official Correspondence
Department of Internal Affairs
Tēnā koe DDL,
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Ngā mihi
Krystle Courtier| Official Correspondence Co-ordinator
Te Pāhekoheko, Kāwai ki te iwi | Operations, Service Delivery and Operations
Te Tari Taiwhenua The Department of Internal Affairs
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From: SDO Official Correspondence
Department of Internal Affairs
Tēnā koe D Desgupta ,
Please see attached for the response to your Official Information Act 1982
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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
7 Waterloo Quay, Wellington
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