Advice on Grant of Citizenship to Peter Thiel
Jason Danner made this Official Information request to Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
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From: Jason Danner
Dear Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment,
Please advise whether Peter Thiel was granted New Zealand citizenship under the "special cases" provision.
If he was granted citizenship under the "special cases" provision, please advise the special case cited in this circumstance.
Yours faithfully,
Jason Danner
Jason Danner left an annotation ()
I've also filed here:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/5267-advice-o...
And it got passed on to the Minister of Internal Affairs.
Might create a new request...
Jason Danner left an annotation ()
New request to DIA here:
https://fyi.org.nz/request/5271-advice-o...
From: *OIA
Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Ref: DOIA 1617-0859
Dear Mr Danner
On behalf of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment I
acknowledge your email of 25 January 2017 requesting under the Official
Information Act 1982 (the Act), the following:
Please advise whether Peter Thiel was granted New Zealand citizenship
under the "special cases" provision.
If he was granted citizenship under the "special cases" provision, please
advise the special case cited in this circumstance.
Your request is being processed in accordance with the Act and a response
will be sent to you in due course. If you have any enquiries regarding
your request feel free to contact us via email [1][MBIE request email] or
using the contact details below.
Yours sincerely,
Alan Witcombe
MANAGER, MINISTERIAL SERVICES
Corporate, Governance and Information
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment
Level 4, 15 Stout Street, PO Box 1473, Wellington 6140
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From: Briget Ridden
To whom it may concern
The Department recently received an enquiry from you under the Official
Information Act 1982 in relation to the application for New Zealand
Citizenship by Mr Peter Andreas Thiel.
The Department has today released information in relation to this matter
which responds to your request. You can access the information via the
below link:
[1]https://www.dia.govt.nz/Citizenship-of-M...
Ngā mihi
Briget Ridden | Manager Business Improvement and Support | BDMCAT
Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua
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Ben Kepes left an annotation ()
And please advise why citizenship, as opposed to residency, was approved. And if OIA issues were part of the reason for that choice.
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