Latest Citizenship Timeline

[heart_prince34]

Anyone received their citizenship recently? Please post your timeline

[Kelerei]

See the existing thread here.

[l00k]

Anyone who applied in Jan/Feb 2021 has any updates?

I applied in person in early/mid Feb 2021 and have absolutely no updates. No acknowledgement, no email, no letter. I have nothing to relate to my application. The contact centre basically just answered 7-12 months for every question asked.

An official information request on FYI by a resident named Jeannette shows the number of applications received to be quite consistent at around 35,000 a year. However, the number of approvals have become much slower gradually.

2018: 32,288 approvals, 27 working days on average to process.

2019: 31,717 approvals, 38 working days on average to process.

2020: 20,492 approvals, 90 working days on average to process.

Jan-2021: only 819 approvals, 127 working days on average to process.

Not sure what’s going on at the moment.

[heart_prince34]

Anyone who applied in Jan/Feb 2021 has any updates?

I applied in person in early/mid Feb 2021 and have absolutely no updates. No acknowledgement, no email, no letter. I have nothing to relate to my application. The contact centre basically just answered 7-12 months for every question asked.

An official information request on FYI by a resident named Jeannette shows the number of applications received to be quite consistent at around 35,000 a year. However, the number of approvals have become much slower gradually.

2018: 32,288 approvals, 27 working days on average to process.

2019: 31,717 approvals, 38 working days on average to process.

2020: 20,492 approvals, 90 working days on average to process.

Jan-2021: only 819 approvals, 127 working days on average to process.

Not sure what’s going on at the moment.

How they calculated 2021 data? It’s hardly 67 days so far into the new year! How come they said 127 days of processing time?

[heart_prince34]

I’m in the same boat. Applied 7 Jan 2021, in person. No communication from the office so far.

[YessicaCBO]

I’m in the same boat. Applied 7 Jan 2021, in person. No communication from the office so far.

Hi, sorry for asking... but I will be asking a recurring question.... how did you calculate your time in NZ? Do we have a tool? can we request this info? Any help will be appreciated

Thank you

[TheNZdreamer]

Hi, sorry for asking... but I will be asking a recurring question.... how did you calculate your time in NZ? Do we have a tool? can we request this info? Any help will be appreciated

Thank you

You may use this , https://dia.services.govt.nz/presence-calculator/

[YessicaCBO]

You may use this , https://dia.services.govt.nz/presence-calculator/

This is awesome! thank you

[cheeryking]

You may use this , https://dia.services.govt.nz/presence-calculator/

would have been great if the calculator tell us a bit more information such as how many more days till the presence requirement is met...etc. Currently just a yes or no.

[LemonAndPaeroa]

Agreed!