21 December 2023
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Phone +64 4 495 7200
dia.govt.nz
Dalwinder
fyi-request-24523-
[email address]
Tēnā koe Dalwinder
OIA request 23/24 0286 Request for citizenship data
Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of Internal
Affairs (Department) on 25 October 2023.
You requested –
Citizenship application status for: applied on 20 September 2020. Country of birth: India
and Status: approved, assigned, unassigned, rejected and withdrawn.
In response to your request, I can provide you with the fol owing information.
Caveats to data:
The data was col ated on Friday 10 November 2023 and is accurate as at this date.
Counts of less than 5 have been masked with <5 to prevent identification of individuals.
As the data is extracted from dynamic systems, there may be smal variances when
compared with prior or future datasets.
Current status of citizenship by grant applications received
on 20 September 2022 where country of birth is India
Current Status
Count
Approved
9
Processing
<5
Unassigned
<5
Declined
0
Withdrawn
0
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
John Crawford-Smith
Manager Operational Policy and Official Correspondence
Service Delivery and Operations
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