OIA 2122-0288 Appendix A
Question five
Released
Paper applications received
Month received
Auckland
Christchurch
Manukau
Wellington
January 2021
458
169
127
315
February 2021
503
187
135
175
March 2021
594
269
132
220
under the Official Information Act 1982
April 2021
374
147
61
82
May 2021
658
172
96
209
June 2021
680
190
52
233
July 2021
408
113
-
87
August 2021
530
219
4
283
September 2021
419
280
-
584
Online applications received
Month received
Total
January 2021
1,859
February 2021
1,614
March 2021
1,810
April 2021
1,845
May 2021
2,382
June 2021
2,111
July 2021
2,060
August 2021
2,246
September 2021
2,355
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Question six
Applications processed in Auckland
Month of decision
Paper
Online
Released
January 2021
93
294
February 2021
217
126
March 2021
285
483
April 2021
135
215
May 2021
307
255
June 2021
235
302
under the Official Information Act 1982
July 2021
210
207
August 2021
290
215
September 2021
1
172
Applications processed in Christchurch
Month of decision
Paper
Online
Jan-21
62
82
Feb-21
200
79
Mar-21
262
295
Apr-21
103
168
May-21
30
151
Jun-21
64
133
Jul-21
85
115
Aug-21
14
415
Sep-21
14
348
Applications processed in Manukau
Month of decision
Paper
Online
January 2021
170
16
February 2021
415
1
March 2021
191
14
April 2021
105
1
May 2021
87
2
June 2021
5
1
July 2021
-
1
August 2021
-
-
September 2021
-
-
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Applications processed in Wellington
Month of decision
Paper
Online
January 2021
51
51
February 2021
184
64
Released
March 2021
245
307
April 2021
111
332
May 2021
265
366
June 2021
186
741
July 2021
173
390
August 2021
104
476
under the Official Information Act 1982
September 2021
31
335
Question seven
Average FTE processing citizenship by grant applications
Month
Auckland
Christchurch
Manukau
Wellington
January 2021
10
7
11
18
February 2021
10
7
11
18
March 2021
-
-
-
-
April 2021
14
7
-
28
May 2021
12
6
-
25
June 2021
11
13
-
25
July 2021
10
11
-
24
August 2021
10
11
-
22
September 2021 11
11
-
31
October 2021
11
11
-
31
Caveats on data
• It is not possible to breakdown online applications received by office, as online
applications come through a central online system, and are then allocated to
citizenship trained Life and Identity Service Officers (LISOs) throughout the country in
order of received date, opposed to being submitted directly to a specific office.
• To be able to compare paper to online accurately we have changed ‘Processed’ to
mean ‘application has received a decision from the Minister’ rather than has been
‘sent to the Minister for a decision’. This means that the numbers may differ slightly
from previous publications. Please also note that an application is not necessarily
completed in the same month that it was allocated to a LISO for processing.
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• The accuracy of this data is subject to human error. Therefore, although it has been
collated to the best of our ability, it may have a small variance to any alternative
publications.
Released
under the Official Information Act 1982
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