Citizenship application since November 2021
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From: Dong
Dear Department of Internal Affairs,
I have submitted my application since November 2021 and now it's almost December 2023. All returned emails I have requested are waiting for external checks.
Could you please shed some light on why external checks required almost 2 years to do and my CO seems to have no answer at all.
Yours faithfully,
Dong
From: SDO Official Correspondence
Department of Internal Affairs
Tēnā koe Dong,
Thank you for your OIA request to the Department of Internal Affairs.
The Department will provide its response to your request as soon as practicable and within twenty working days. The 20th working day is 17 January 2024.
Please note that in cases where the Department’s response provides information that is identified to be of general public interest, the response may also be published on the Department of Internal Affairs website. If the Department publishes its response to your OIA request, all personal information, including your name and contact details, will be removed.
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
http://www.dia.govt.nz/
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From: SDO Official Correspondence
Department of Internal Affairs
Kia ora Dong
Thank you for your request.
I can advise that the information you have requested is already available
via a proactively released OIA response, available here:
[1]https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlo....
Question five explains how external checks are made and describes how this
part of the Citizenship Application is processed.
Therefore, I must refuse your request pursuant to section 18(d) of the
Act; that the information requested is or will soon be publicly available.
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
[2]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
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
[3]www.dia.govt.nz
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