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Citizenship by grant processing time by country of birth 2025

David Singh made this Official Information request to Department of Internal Affairs

The request was successful.

From: David Singh

Dear Department of Internal Affairs,

Can you provide processing time data (in days) for Citizenship by Grant (CBG) applications that had an outcome between July 2025 and December 2025 (inclusive)?

Specifically, can you provide processing time distributions (from lodgment to outcome), broken down by applicant country of birth, including:

- 25th percentile processing time
- 50th percentile (median) processing time
- 80th percentile processing time
- 90th percentile processing time

Only if country of birth data is not available, applicant citizenship data is also acceptable.

Yours faithfully,

David Singh

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Tçnâ koe,

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Tçnâ koe David

 

Please see attached for the response to your Official Information Act 1982
request.

 

Ngâ mihi

 

Krystle Courtier ([1]she/her) | Advisor Official Correspondence

Regulatory and Identity Services

The Department of Internal Affairs |  Te Tari Taiwhenua
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