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FOI Request FA 19/04/01489
Number of Australian citizenship by conferral applications* approved, refused and average processing
time (days) for Afghan nationals by financial year (1 July 2015 to 30 June 2019)
Decision Financial Year
Approved Refused
Average days
2015-16
822
159
181
2016-17
1,110
196
334
2017-18
156
385
709
2018-19
1,034
448
771
* includes counts of children under 16 years of age who were included on a responsible parent's application form.
Source: Department of Home Affairs - internal citizenship DB2 database.
Figures in this report may differ from previously published reports due to the use of static data from 2018.
The Department of Home Affairs must be consulted regarding any requests to use this data for purposes not originally intended or
discussed.
The top three reasons for refusal were:
• failure to meet the residence requirement;
• failure to pass the citizenship test; and
• failure to meet one or more of the criteria outlined in section 24 of the
Australian Citizenship Act 2007
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