1 December 2023
45 Pipitea Street, Wellington 6011
Phone +64 4 495 7200
dia.govt.nz
Surinder Singh
fyi-request-24661-
[email address]
Tēnā koe Surinder
OIA request 23/24 0302 Request for Citizenship data
Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of Internal
Affairs (Department) on 5 November 2023.
You requested –
•
Online citizenship application status for Indian passport holders. Applied in September
2023, including workstream.
In response to your request, I can provide you with the following information.
Caveats to data
• This data was collated on 16 November 2023 and is accurate as at this date.
• Counts of less than five have been masked with <5 to prevent potential identification of
individuals. Totals have been omitted as they could be used to determine the masked
values.
• As the data is extracted from dynamic systems, there may be small variances when
comparted with prior or future datasets.
Current status of Indian born online citizenship by grant
applications by Workstream as at 16 November 2023
Workstream
Workstream
Workstream
Current Status two
three
five
Approved
.
144
64
Processing
<5
<5
46
Unassigned
156
.
.
Current status of online citizenship by grant applications
where India is listed as the primary nationality, by
Workstream as at 16 November 2023
Workstream
Workstream
Workstream
Current Status
two
three
five
Approved
.
147
65
Processing
<5
5
45
Unassigned
183
.
.
For ease of reference, an overview of the workstreams has been provided below:
There are six different workstreams for managing citizenship by grant applications. All
applications start off by being placed into workstream two. They are then filtered into other
workstreams using system logic or automated assessment of applications.
• Workstream one – Applications from workstream two that were not automatically able to
go into workstreams three, four, five or six, and that have been pre-assessed by an
administrator for completeness. Applications filtered to workstreams three, five and six
may also be transferred to workstream one, if after the initial manual assessment, it is
deemed that further manual assessment is required.
• Workstream two – All applications begin in this queue and are filtered to other queues
using system logic. Applications that are not automatically able to go to workstream three,
four, five and six remain in this queue until they are picked up by an administrator and pre-
assessed for completeness, before then being moved to workstream one.
• Workstream three – Online applications that meet all automated checks.
• Workstream four – Applications assessed under the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982.
• Workstream five – Online applications that meet all automated checks except presence
and/or English. Manual assessment is required.
• Workstream six – Applications submitted on paper that meet all automated checks.
It is important to mention here that we are in the process of removing the pre-assessment of
applications. These are internal operational matters and will not affect the current processing
of applications.
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 its 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.
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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
Service Delivery and Operations
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