Please provide the number of applications approved for citizenship from March 2019. Who do not meet he presence requirement of 1,350 days due to the border closure and permanent resident not being able to enter New Zealand.
This would help large number of people who are not eligible to apply for New Zealand citizenship because they were stuck overseas. Borders were closed and only citizens were allowed to come back at one stage. this has affected large number of permanent residents who are trying to apply for citizenship and not able to meet the presence requirement because boarders were closed.
This data would guide all those people and help them to know wether they can apply for citizenship or not. it will also reduce the burden on call center of DIA as no information is available about this topic.
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Tēnā koe OIA request 23/24 0771 Request for citizenship statistics Thank you for your Official Information Act (Act) request received by the Department of Internal Affairs (Department) on 25 March 2024. You requested – Please provide the number of applications approved for citizenship from March 2019. Who do not meet he presence requirement of 1,350 days due to the border closure and permanent resident not being able to enter New Zealand. In response to your request, I can provide you with the following information. I must advise that a response to this question has already been made available on the Department’s website via an Official Information Act response. This response has been proactively released and can be found here, https://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/Files/OIA-Releases-2023/$file/OIA-2223-0491.pdf. Therefore, I must refuse your request under section 18(d) of the Act; that the information requested is publicly available. 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 Julia Taylor Manager Operational Policy and Official Correspondence Service Delivery and Operations
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