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Approval Date Range of applicants for whom citizenship ceremony was completed

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Dear Minister for Home Affairs,

Dear Department of Home Affairs,

I would like to know the date range of approval, for which the Australian citizenship via conferral, In-Person ceremony has been completed, aggregated at council level for the following councils, split by date of ceremony. Please consider all In-Person ceremonies conducted since 01-Feb-2021 onwards till date of producing this report, at the councils mentioned below, for this report.

Please provide the below columns in the report.

Council Name:
Date of Ceremony:
Approval Date Range( of applicants who attended this ceremony:)

Example: (the following can be provided in table format)

Council Name: City of Fairfield, NSW
Date of Ceremony: 10-Feb-2021 (for example)
Approval Date Range of applicants who attended this ceremony: Applicants approved between 10-Jan-2021 to 05-Feb-2021

Council Name: City of Fairfield, NSW
Date of Ceremony: 10-March-2021 (for example)
Approval Date Range of applicants who attended this ceremony: Applicants approved between 05-Feb-2021 to 05-March-2021

Please provide this data for the following councils:

Hornsby shire, NSW
City of Penrith, NSW
City of Willoughby, NSW
North Sydney Council, NSW
Northern beaches council, NSW
City of Parramatta, NSW
City of Ryde, NSW
City of Sydney, NSW
Cumberland city council, NSW
Lane Cove Council, NSW
Inner West Council, NSW
City of Canterbury-Bankstown, NSW

Yours faithfully,

Information Requested

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FOI Request: FA 21/04/00689
File Number: OBJ2021/11989

Dear Information Requested

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 16 April 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:

I would like to know the date range of approval, for which the Australian citizenship via conferral, In-Person ceremony has been completed, aggregated at council level for the following councils, split by date of ceremony. Please consider all In-Person ceremonies conducted since 01-Feb-2021 onwards till date of producing this report, at the councils mentioned below, for this report.

Please provide the below columns in the report.

Council Name:
Date of Ceremony:
Approval Date Range( of applicants who attended this ceremony:)

Example: (the following can be provided in table format)

Council Name: City of Fairfield, NSW
Date of Ceremony: 10-Feb-2021 (for example) Approval Date Range of applicants who attended this ceremony: Applicants approved between 10-Jan-2021 to 05-Feb-2021

Council Name: City of Fairfield, NSW
Date of Ceremony: 10-March-2021 (for example) Approval Date Range of applicants who attended this ceremony: Applicants approved between 05-Feb-2021 to 05-March-2021

Please provide this data for the following councils:

Hornsby shire, NSW
City of Penrith, NSW
City of Willoughby, NSW
North Sydney Council, NSW
Northern beaches council, NSW
City of Parramatta, NSW
City of Ryde, NSW
City of Sydney, NSW
Cumberland city council, NSW
Lane Cove Council, NSW
Inner West Council, NSW
City of Canterbury-Bankstown, NSW.

Your request was received by the Department on 16 April 2021 and has been allocated FOI request number FA 21/04/00689 . Please include your FOI request number in all correspondence with the Freedom of Information Section.

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Position number: 60028261
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E: [Minister for Home Affairs request email]

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FOI Request:         FA 21/04/00689

File Number:         OBJ2021/11989

 

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I refer to your FOI request received on 16 April 2021.  

 

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