30 October 2023
45 Pipitea Street, Wel ington 6011
Phone +64 4 495 7200
dia.govt.nz
Hari
fyi-request-24288-
[email address]
Tēnā koe Hari
OIA request 23/24 0225 Request for citizenship by grants data
Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of Internal
Affairs (Department) on 30 September 2023.
You requested –
Could you please provide me status of each application submitted in August 2023 by
country of birth. This should include:
-country of birth
-workstream they are in
-status (processing, approved, unassigned)
In response to your request, please refer to the Appendix attached to this letter.
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 its website. Al requestor data,
including your name and contact details, wil be removed prior to release. The released
response wil 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
Kate Raggett
Manager Operational Policy and Official Correspondence
Service Delivery and Operations