26 November 2024
45 Pipitea Street, Wellington 6011
Phone +64 4 495 7200
dia.govt.nz
John
fyi-request-29034-
[email address]
Tēnā koe John
OIA request 24/25 0427 Request for Additional passport information
Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of Internal
Affairs (Department) on 3 November 2024.
You requested –
1. Does the department issue the concurrent (second) passports to citizens?
2. If yes, what is the criteria and procedure to apply? How citizens apply the concurrent
passport?
3. How many the concurrent passports have been issued yearly since 2009?
On 5 November you were asked to clarify the meaning of the term
‘concurrent passports’ in
your request. On the same day you replied confirming–
I mean an additional passport which is a secondary passport issued as a supplement to the
holder's principal passport.
In response to your request, I can provide you with the following information.
Question one
I can advise the Department can issue additional passports, however, this is assessed on a
case-by-case basis. It is important to note that if an additional passport is issued, it is not done
under the Official Information Act 1982
so with an on-going commitment to renew.
Question two
I can advise that this information is already available on the Department’s website -
www.dia.govt.nz/Official-Information-Act-Requests-2 via Official Information Act response
2122-0845 .
Therefore, I must refuse this portion of your request under section 18(d) of the Act; that the
Released
information requested is or will soon be publicly available
Question three
Caveats
• The data was collated on 8 November 2024 and is accurate as at this time.
• As the data is extracted from dynamic systems, there may be small variances when compared
with prior or future datasets.
Additional Passports Issued Between 1 January 2009 – 31 October 2024
Calendar Year
Volume
2009
318
2010
294
2011
297
2012
285
2013
275
2014
286
2015
145
2016
149
2017
209
2018
224
2019
150
2020
57
2021
43
2022
161
2023
113
2024 (Jan - Oct)
81
I must advise the vast majority of additional passports are issued to people who need to use
their soon to be expired passport while the Department is processing the application for a new
passport (eg, air crew). The additional passport is put into a temporary invalid state when it is
issued. Following confirmation with the holder or airline, a time is arranged at which point the
new passport is activated and the previous passport is cancelled.
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
under the Official Information Act 1982
response will be made available here:
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
Released
Julia Taylor
Manager Operational Policy and Official Correspondence
Service Delivery and Operations
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