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FOI Request:       FA 21/09/00507

File Number:       OBJ2021/27952 

Dear Amit

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 10 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).

You have requested access to the following:

I would like to request the number of citizenship applicants who are
approved and are now waiting to complete the citizenship ceremony for
North Sydney council .

Your request was received by the Department on 10 September 2021 and has
been allocated FOI request number FA 21/09/00507 .

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 [1]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].

Derek

Position number. 60007884

Freedom of Information

FOI and Records Management Branch | Data Division

Strategy and National Resilience Group

Department of Home Affairs

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OFFICIAL

In reply please quote:

FOI Request:      FA21/09/00507

File Number:      OBJ2021/27952

Dear Amit,

I refer to your FOI request received on 10 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

Derek

Position number. 60007884

Freedom of Information

FOI and Records Management Branch | Data Division

Strategy and National Resilience Group

Department of Home Affairs
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The Department of Home Affairs and ABF respect your privacy and have
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