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Old 03-06-2008, 01:13 PM
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Default Citizenship processing times
Was just chatting to a neighbour who's been in NZ for 5 years, and he mentioned he's applied for citizenship.

Unfortunately it's taken 8 months already, which is quite a bit longer than I was hoping (I'm still 2 years off from being able to apply).

He went on holiday to visit home (UK) last year, and they (DIA) asked him about each and every town he visited. Seems a bit much, even if they want to see if you are going to be a 'dedicated Kiwi for the rest of your life'.

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Department of Internal Affairs (0800 22 51 51 or +64 4 474 8123) are who handles citizenship applications, not immigration. After being a permanent resident for 5 years you can apply to be a citizen.

To be eligible you have to be in the country for 9 of 12 months each year, the anniversary date of your PR is the beginning/end of each of your 'years'.
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