This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Official Information request 'Citizenship applications status'.

 
 
 
1 September 2022 
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Phone +64 4 495 7200 
dia.govt.nz  
James 
[FYI request #20201 email] 
 
 
Tēnā koe James 
OIA request 22/23 0120 Request for citizenship by grant application timeframes 
Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of Internal 
Affairs (Department) on 11 August 2022.      
You requested –  
•  The status of paper based citizenship applications made in the months of April 2021, 
May2021, June, 2021, July 2021, August 2021, Sept 2021 in Auckland. 
Month - Total applied - Yet to be processed - Still in processing - Approved  -  Withdrawn 
In response to your request, please refer to the table below. The table provides a breakdown of 
paper-based citizenship by grant applications received at the Auckland and Manukau offices 
between April and September 2021. 
 
Current status of application 
 
Unassigned - 
Month 
Still 
Declined/ 
Total 
yet to start 
Approved 
received 
Processing 
Withdrawn  received 
processing 
Apr-21 

19 
362 

389 
May-21 

42 
476 
22 
540 
Jun-21 
<5 
284 
209 
15 
509-513 
Jul-21 
174 
72 
43 

298 
Aug-21 
218 
12 
27 
<5 
267-271 
Sep-21 
<5 
<5 
<5 

3-12 
Please note: 
•  Applications received at the Manukau office have been included as this is technically Auckland. 
•  The total applications may differ slightly from any previous similar statistics. The way we 
determine which office the applications were received at is by looking at the office address of 
the citizenship trained Life and Identity Services Officer who entered the application. Some staff 
may have changed offices since April 2021 so their applications would not show up in 
Auckland/Manukau. 
•  September has very low volumes due to the Auckland offices being closed because of Covid-19 
at that time. 
•  Numbers smaller than five have been masked by ‘<5’ 
 
 

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 the DIA website. All 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 
 
 
Julia Taylor 
Manager Operational Policy and Official Correspondence  
Service Delivery and Operations 
 
 
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