3 October 2022
45 Pipitea Street, Wellington 6011
Phone +64 4 495 7200
dia.govt.nz
James
fyi-request-20469-
[email address]
Tēnā koe James
OIA request 22/23 0190 Request for citizenship processing data
Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of Internal
Affairs (Department) on 5 September 2022.
You requested –
We need citizenship applications status for Auckland paper based and online applications
that were made in the months of -
June 2021
July 2021
August 2021
September 2021
October 2021
Month - Total - unprocessed - under processing - approved.
Can you please provide the data as applicable possibly on say 20th September?
In response to your request I can provide you with the following information.
Please first refer to the caveats to the data provided below –
• The statuses of the applications were collated as at 20 September 2022.
• Online applications cannot be broken down by location received as they come through a
central online system, opposed to being submitted to a particular office.
• The paper channel data is based on the date the application was received in the
Auckland region (Auckland and Manukau offices).
• Applications within our system can be picked up by any citizenship trained Life and
Identity Services Officer in any office, so paper applications are not necessarily processed
in the same office they were submitted.
• As the data is extracted from a dynamic system, there may be small variances when
compared with prior or future datasets.
Citizenship by Grant applications submitted online
Month Received
Total
Unallocated
In process
Approved
June 2021
2082
1
180
1901
July 2021
2030
2
368
1660
August 2021
2233
662
242
1329
September 2021
2340
814
84
1442
October 2021
2621
971
83
1567
Citizenship by Grant applications submitted to Auckland Region offices
Month Received
Total
Unallocated
In process
Approved
June 2021
480
0
79
401
July 2021
288
1
115
172
August 2021
251
129
65
57
September 2021
4
0
2
2
October 2021
8
3
2
3
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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