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This page contains Citizenship operational policy. These can be viewed and downloaded below.

For all enquiries regarding Citizenship policies please contact the the Citizenship Office.

Policy manuals on this website are in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. You can download a free version of Adobe Acrobat Reader from the Adobe site.

Grant of New Zealand Citizenship - Policy

Citizenship Guidance - June 2024 - PDF version (PDF, 486KB)
Citizenship Guidance - June 2024 - WORD version (DOCX, 124KB)

Citizenship Guidance - December 2023 - PDF version (PDF, 423KB)
Citizenship Guidance - December 2023 - WORD version (DOCX, 121KB)

Citizenship Guidance - March 2023 - PDF version (PDF, 423KB)
Citizenship Guidance - March 2023 - WORD version (DOCX, 121KB)

Citizenship Guidance - September 2022 - PDF version (.PDF, 430KB)
Citizenship Guidance - September 2022 - WORD version (.DOCX, 119KB)

Citizenship Guidance - November 2021 - PDF version (.PDF, 424KB)
Citizenship Guidance - November 2021 - WORD version (.DOCX, 118KB)

Citizenship Guidance - November 2020 - PDF version (.PDF, 373KB)
Citizenship Guidance - November 2020 - WORD version (.DOCX, 183KB)

Citizenship Guidance - June 2020 - PDF version (.PDF, 373KB)
Citizenship Guidance - June 2020 - WORD version (.DOCX, 183KB)

Citizenship Guidance - March 2020 - PDF version (.PDF, 364KB)
Citizenship Guidance - March 2020 - WORD version (.DOCX, 177KB)

Citizenship Guidance - April 2019 - PDF version (.PDF, 383KB)
Citizenship Guidance - April 2019 - WORD version (.DOCX, 158KB)

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