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citizenship office smashing timeliness targets

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The article reports on improved processing times for citizenship applications in New Zealand. No direct commercial mechanism, commodity price impact, supply chain effect, or company margin impact is identified. The event is purely administrative and does not affect any sector or product.

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  • Citizenship by grant processing met timeliness targets for six consecutive months.
  • In April 2022, only 0.6% of applications were processed on time; now 94.6% are processed within 75 days.
  • In 2025, there was a 12% increase in citizenship applications compared to 2019.
  • Department processed the highest number of applications in its history.
  • Minister Brooke van Velden announced the improvement.

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