25 January 2023
45 Pipitea Street, Wel ington 6011
Phone +64 4 495 7200
dia.govt.nz
Engr
fyi-request-25065-
[email address]
Tēnā koe Engr
OIA request 23/24 0408 Request for Citizenship data
Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of Internal
Affairs (Department) on 7 December 2023.
You requested –
Can I please request the citizenship application status?
1. By date for applying is October 2022
2. By Country for Application in October 2022
3. By Work-stream for Applied in October 2022
Status: approved, assigned, unassigned, rejected, and withdrawn.
On the same day you emailed and also requested:
Further to above, please update the status of the application submitted on
•
20/10/2022
•
21/10/2022
•
22/10/2022
And country wise
As Approved, under-process, assigned, not assigned, withdrawn.
Your combined request is confirmed as:
Can I please request the citizenship application status (Approved, under-process, assigned,
not assigned, withdrawn)
1. By date for applying is October 2022
2. By Country for Application in October 2022
3. By Work-stream for Applied in October 2022
4. Status of citizenship applications submitted on 20/10/2022, by country
5. Status of citizenship applications submitted on 21/10/2022, by country
6. Status of citizenship applications submitted on 22/10/2022, by country
In response to your request, I can provide you with the fol owing information.
Please refer to the tables in Appendices A and B attached to this letter.
• Appendix A
Citizenship by grant applications submitted October 2022 by country of birth,
workstream and status
• Appendix B
Table one – citizenship by grant applications submitted 20 October 2022 by country of
birth, workstream and status
Table two – citizenship by grant applications submitted 21 October 2022 by country of
birth, workstream and status
Table three – citizenship by grant applications submitted 22 October 2022 by country of
birth, workstream and status
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. Al 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
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
Acting Manager Operational Policy and Official Correspondence
Service Delivery and Operations
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