31 October 2023
45 Pipitea Street, Wellington 6011
Phone +64 4 495 7200
dia.govt.nz
Yuujinz
fyi-request-24308-
[email address]
Tēnā koe Yuujinz
OIA request 2324/0230 Request for Citizenship Timeframes
Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of Internal
Affairs (Department) on 2 October 2023.
You requested –
1. Could I please have the processing status of citizenship by grant applications submitted in
October 2022 (online only) and the number of unassigned applications, received in this
period, broken down by workstreams.
2. Can you please provide application status in each workstream by Birth Country Brazil, for
all online citizenship applications submitted on the month of October 2022?
3. Can you please provide application status in each workstream by Birth Country for all
online citizenship applications submitted on date: October 21, 2022?
In response to your request, please see the attached Appendix. The Appendix provides you with
a breakdown of the following:
•
Table one: Workstream and status of online Citizenship by Grant applications received
during October 2022
•
Table two: Workstream and status of online Citizenship by Grant applications received
where country of birth is Brazil during October 2022
•
Table three: Country of Birth, workstream and status of online Citizenship by Grant
applications received on 21 October 2022
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. 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
Kate Raggett
Manager Operational Policy and Official Correspondence
Service Delivery and Operations
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