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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Thomas (Department of Internal Affairs) (Department of Internal Affairs)
Kia ora Michele
The time that your residence application was being processed by Immigration New Zealand cannot be counted towards meeting the presence requirement for citizenship. To meet the presence requirement for New Zealand citizenship, you must have been present in New Zealand while holding a resident visa for at least 240 days in each of the five years immediately prior to applying and at least 1,350 days overall.
If you have any further questions about citizenship, please email citizenship@dia.govt.nz.
Michele Simpson
Immigration had all documents for residency for 20month during covid, we have received residency and permanent residency after COVID ended, we have been in NZ for 5 and half years now! With the loss of 20mnts is there any way possible to add those months on for citizenship by grant? Keep in mind immigration had all our documents and accepted the residency application.
Any info will be appreciated
Nishtha Arora
Hi,
Quick question "that my Auntie (72 years old widow woman) stuck overseas during Covid 19. She left NZ on 11/03/2020 and on the same day international border closed. Border then open after 6 months for citizen people only and later on opened for residents. The requirement was to have MIQ confirmation before you entered in the country. We and other family members in UK and Canada were trying on different times to get the MIQ booking for Auntie so that she can come back asap in the country and she got the confirmation of MIQ in December 2020 to arrive in March 2021. After that she never been out of the country. If she files her citizenship after Easter and then from last 5 years she is continuously in the country except that period from 11/03/2020 to 27/03/2021 due to international border of NZ closed. Please advise.
Thanks
Srk
Not sure if it is the right portal to ask questions regarding citizenship eligibility, I tried https://dia.services.govt.nz/presence-calculator/ , but it returned the error " We cannot calculate if you meet the presence requirements for New Zealand citizenship by grant.
Check again in April 2024." though I have given the correct details.
These are my travel records during my residential visa and PR visa, am I eligible for citizenship based on the travel dates
Visa issue date: residential: 7/02/2018
Departure: 20/02/2018
Arrival : 25/03/2018
Departure: 07/12/2018
Arrival : 19/01/2019
Departure:18/10/2019
Arrival : 18/11/2019
Visa issue date: Permanent visa 12/03/2020
Departure :20/12/2020
Arrival : 30/01/2021
Departure: 28/02/2021
Arrival : 07/02/2022
Departure :25/11/2023
Arrival : 06/02/2024
Janet Ovenden (Department of Internal Affairs)
Kia ora Bob,
Yes, the days you leave or arrive in New Zealand are counted as days in New Zealand for the purposes of the “presence in New Zealand” requirement for citizenship.
If you have any questions about Citizenship please email citizenship@dia.govt.nz.
Bob
Do the day we fly out and day fly in counted towards the days we spent in NZ for citizenship purposes?
Kisan Patel
Hi I have finished more than 5 years after getting residency but my presence requirement doesn't meet because I was stucked in my home country because of covid and because of that I could not return back to NZ, does Ministry of internal affairs still considered that application and approved the citizenship under covid exemptions ? Any help regarding this will be really appreciated.
SDO Official Correspondence Team (Department of Internal Affairs)
Thank you for your inquiry to the Department of Internal Affairs .
Please be aware that making a request on the data.govt.nz means that your request and the Department's response will be public. To be able to give any information about your specific application status, we would need to ask for information to confirm your identity, in order to identify your application. We would be reluctant to do so via the data.govt.nz website, as this would result in your privacy information being publicly released. To provide further information for your citizenship application please contact: citizenship@dia.govt.nz
Mohammad Suliman
Hi dia,
I am writing you regarding that i completed 5 years after my resident visa approved. however, I stucked overseas in covid 19 time and tried to return back to nz but, couldn't make it at that time. which affected my presence requirements I do have proofs of my flights and MIQ has been cancelled if advise I will be very thankful j: