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Individuals born in the Realm from that year on receive New Zealand citizenship at birth if at least one parent is a New Zealand citizen or otherwise entitled to be in New Zealand indefinitely. [85] Children born overseas are New Zealand citizens by descent if either parent is a citizen otherwise than by descent. [86]
In contrast to a New Zealand permanent resident, a New Zealand citizen. is entitled to hold and travel on a New Zealand passport; must never be deported from New Zealand; can stand for public office; does not need a visa for their return to New Zealand; is entitled to New Zealand consular protection; may represent New Zealand at international ...
The Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) (Māori: Te Tari Taiwhenua) is the public service department of New Zealand charged with issuing passports; administering applications for citizenship and lottery grants; enforcing censorship and gambling laws; registering births, deaths, marriages and civil unions; supplying support services to ministers; and advising the government on a range of ...
National MP Cameron Brewer confirmed that eligible people would be able to apply for New Zealand citizenship from 26th November, after the Bill receives royal assent on 25 November. [3] Under the Bill's provisions, 3,480 Samoans are expected to be eligibly for New Zealand citizenship. [12]
An Immigration NZ spokesperson clarified that the map had been published as part of its online fact sheets on the humanitarian situation in Palestine and New Zealand's refugee program. The Israel Institute's Director Ashley Church demanded that the Immigration Minister apologize to the Jewish community and confirm this did not represent New ...
From 1 January 1978, when the Citizenship Act 1977 came into force, foreign nationals receive New Zealand citizenship by grant, under New Zealand nationality law. Prior to that date, they received citizenship by naturalisation. Both are included here.
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After the creation of modern New Zealand citizenship with the passing of the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act 1948 (which came into force on 1 January 1949), residence in New Zealand no longer qualified British or Commonwealth citizens for a New Zealand passport, and they had to apply for New Zealand citizenship then for a passport, with increased work for the Department of ...