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FOI Request: FA 21/09/00624
File Number: OBJ2021/28235

Dear Vikas,

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 13 September 2021 seeking access to documents held by the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (the FOI Act).

Scope of request
You have requested access to the following:

How many applicants whose application for citizenship has been approved and waiting for citizenship ceremony as on 31/08/2021 in ACT
1. Number of applicants whose citizenship has been approved by 30/06/2021 but still waiting for citizenship Ceremony in ACT
2 Number of applicants whose citizenship has been approved by 31/05/2021 , but still waiting for Citizenship Ceremony in act
3 Steps taken to do online/virtual citizenship ceremonies to clear the backlog
4 Reasons as to why Online citizenship ceremonies can not be conducted in greater numbers and why wait times can not be reduced for citizenship ceremony for applicants whose citizenship applications have already been approved.

The Freedom of Information Act 1982 provides a right to obtain access to “a document of an agency”. As such, it is not possible for the Department to provide responses to questions under the FOI Act.

The Department has interpreted the scope of your request as:

How many applicants whose application for citizenship has been approved and waiting for citizenship ceremony as on 31/08/2021 in ACT
1. Number of applicants whose citizenship has been approved by 30/06/2021 but still waiting for citizenship Ceremony in ACT
2 Number of applicants whose citizenship has been approved by 31/05/2021 , but still waiting for Citizenship Ceremony in act
3 Steps taken to do online/virtual citizenship ceremonies to clear the backlog

Your request was received by the Department on 13 September 2021 and has been allocated FOI request number FA 21/09/00624 .

Please include your FOI request number in all correspondence with the Freedom of Information Section.

Timeframe for receiving your decision
The statutory timeframe for processing a request is 30 days from the date upon which your application was received by the Department.

Your review rights in relation to your request are available on the website of the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner here.
Exclusion of staff details

The Department’s policy is to exclude the personal details of staff not in the Senior Executive Service (SES), as well as the direct contact details of SES staff, contained in documents that fall within scope of an FOI request. If you require personal details of non-SES officers, or direct contact details of SES staff, please inform us so the decision maker may consider your request. Otherwise we will take it that you agree to that information being excluded from the scope of your request.

Duplicate documents
If the FOI decision-maker deems a document to be a duplicate, they will not assess those pages as part of your FOI request. This means that if a there is a decision to release the document to you, you will receive only one copy, even if multiple copies of that document exists.
Publication of document

Where documents are released to you in response to your request, the Department may be required to publish these documents on its website within 10 working days in accordance with section 11C of the FOI Act. Publication will not be required where the documents contain personal or business affairs information.

Contacting the FOI Section
Should you wish to discuss your request you may contact the FOI Section at [Department of Home Affairs request email].

Kind regards,

FOI Officer - Geoff
Freedom of Information
Department of Home Affairs

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Dear Vikas,

Scope Clarification Required

In order to proceed with your FOI request the Department requires more information.

You will need to specify for which area within the ACT that you require the information. That is, Canberra City, Lachlan Shire Council, Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council, etc.

Please reply to this email by no later than Tuesday, 21 September 2021.

Kind regards,

FOI Officer - Geoff
Freedom of Information
Department of Home Affairs

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FOI Request:       FA 21/09/00624

File Number:       OBJ2021/28235

Dear Vikas,

I refer to your FOI request received on 13 September 2021 

The Department has made a decision on this request. Please find attached
the decision record and any documents released under the FOI Act.  

This request has been closed in our system.

Signed electronically

Glen

Position number 60081621

Authorised Decision Maker | Freedom of Information Section

FOI and Records Management Branch

Data Division | Strategy and National Resilience Group

Department of Home Affairs

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