Number of Approved Citizenship Applicants awaiting ceremony from the Belconnen District ACT

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Dear Department of Home Affairs,

I would like to know the total number of applicants, as at 07 November 2020 or later, that have been approved for conferral of Citizenship and are now waiting to attend a ceremony in the Belconnen Region of ACT.

In addition to that, I would like to know the number of expected applicants that will participate in the Australia Day Ceremony in 2021. And I would like to inquire about the number of applicants that have participated in Australia Day Ceremony 2020.

I would like the data to be split and listed for each suburb of the Belconnen Region in the ACT.

I look forward to hearing from you in due course.

Yours faithfully,

Yaser

FOI, Department of Home Affairs

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In reply please quote:
FOI Request: FA 20/11/00499
File Number: OBJ2020/35623

Dear Yaser

Acknowledgement of Freedom of Information Access request

I refer to your correspondence received on 11 November 2020 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:

The total number of applicants, as at 07 November 2020 or later, that have been approved for conferral of Citizenship and are now waiting to attend a ceremony in the Belconnen Region of ACT.

The number of expected applicants that will participate in the Australia Day Ceremony in 2021. And I would like to inquire about the number of applicants that have participated in Australia Day Ceremony 2020.

I would like the data to be split and listed for each suburb of the Belconnen Region in the ACT.

Clarification of Scope

In order to assist FOI in processing your request, please provide the name of the suburbs you wish to seek data on in the Belconnen Region in the ACT. Please provide a response by Friday 13 November 2020.

Your request was received by the Department on 11 November 2020 and has been allocated FOI request number FA 20/11/00499 . Please include your FOI request number in all correspondence with the Freedom of Information Section.

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Dear FOI,

I would like to know about all the suburbs in the Belconnen Region.

Yours sincerely,

Yaser

Dear Department of Home Affairs,

The information is requested for the following suburbs falling in the Belconnen District:

Aranda, Belconnen, Bruce, Charnwood, Cook, Dunlop, Evatt, Florey, Flynn, Fraser, Giralang, Hawker, Higgins, Holt, Kaleen, Latham, Lawson, Macgregor, Macnamara, Macquarie, Mckellar, Melba, Page, Scullin, Spence, Weetangera.

Yours faithfully,

Yaser

FOI, Department of Home Affairs

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Good morning,

I refer to your request received on 11 November 2020 for access to documents under the FOI Act.

The current due date for your request 11 December 2020.

Due to the number of requests currently being processed by our office, we will not be able to finalise your request by the original due date.

The Department seeks your agreement under section 15AA of the FOI Act to extend the timeframe for the processing of your request by 30 days. This would extend the due date for your request to 10 January 2021.

It would assist the Department in managing its FOI caseload if you could provide a response to this request by close of business, Friday 4 December 2020.

If you wish to discuss this matter further, please do not hesitate to contact the FOI section on the details below.


Yours sincerely,

FOI Officer
Freedom of Information
FOI and Records Management Branch | Data Division
Strategy & Law Enforcement Group
Department of Home Affairs | Email: [DIBP request email]

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Dear Yaser

 

FOI request FA 20/11/00499

 

I refer to your FOI request received on 11 November 2020, seeking access
to the following:

 

The total number of applicants, as at 07 November 2020 or later,  that
have been approved for conferral of Citizenship and are now waiting to
attend a ceremony in the Belconnen Region of ACT.

 

The number of expected applicants that will participate in the Australia
Day Ceremony in 2021. And I would like to inquire about the number of
applicants that have participated in Australia Day Ceremony 2020.

 

I would like the data to be split and listed for each suburb of the
Belconnen Region in the ACT.

 

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

 

This request has now been closed.

 

 

Kind Regards

Position Number 60094816

FOI Officer | Freedom of Information Section

FOI and Records Management Branch | Data Division

Strategy and Law Enforcement Group

Department of Home Affairs

Email: [1][Department of Home Affairs request email]

 

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