Decisionmaking on passport application form
Phil Lyth made this Official Information request to Department of Internal Affairs
The request was partially successful.
From: Phil Lyth
Dear Department of Internal Affairs,
1. I request information on the way that decisions are made on the form(s) used by people to apply for passports.
2. I am happy to amend this request if that facilitates your response. Please contact me in this case.
3. Section 4(2) of the Passports Act says:
"4 Issue of passport
(2) Every such application shall be made to the Minister in the form provided by the Secretary."
3. You have online three forms - adult renewal, adult new, and child.
4. I make this request either in respect of:
- the form which has been changed in the last five years, and which has been considered by the highest level of decisionmaker (if this varies)
- or if the most recent change was over five years ago, the most recently changed form
5. I request in respect of this one form:
- the date of the form (month/year)
- the decisionmaker - Secretary of Internal Affairs or other
- whether the change(s) in the form were referred to the Minister of Internal Affairs, whether for noting or approval
- whether the change(s) in the form were referred to other Minister(s), whether for noting or approval, and if so which Ministers
- whether the changes in the form were the subject of a Cabinet committee paper, whether for noting or discussion or approval
- whether the changes in the form were the subject of a Cabinet paper, whether for noting or discussion or approval
- a copy of the highest level paper produced. That is, Cabinet paper and minute (if any), or Cabinet committee paper and minute (if any), or document signed off by the Secretary of Internal Affairs, or other document.
Re Section 12 of the OIA, I am a NZ citizen in Wellington
Yours faithfully,
Philip Lyth
From: Lesley Tse
Department of Internal Affairs
Dear Mr Lyth
Thank you for your Offical Information Act Request in replation to
passport application forms.
Your request has been forwarded to a senior staff member who will respond
in due course.
Yours sincerely
Lesley Tse
Business Support Officer
Passports Uruwhenua
Service Delivery and Operations
The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua
Phone 0800 22 50 50
120 Victoria Street
PO Box 10-526, Wellington
New Zealand
www.dia.govt.nz
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From: Lesley Tse
Department of Internal Affairs
Dear Mr Lyth
Please find attached the response to your recent OIA request in relation
to passport application forms.
Yours sincerely
Lesley Tse
Business Support Officer
Passports Uruwhenua
Service Delivery and Operations
The Department of Internal Affairs Te Tari Taiwhenua
Direct Dial: +64 4 381 8747
Fax: +64 4 382 3403
120 Victoria Street
PO Box 10-526, Wellington
New Zealand
www.dia.govt.nz
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