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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]
When an application for New Zealand citizenship is granted, applicants are required to attend a public citizenship ceremony. [ 3 ] Citizenship ceremonies were first held in 1954. [ 4 ]
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 ...
Therefore, if a New Zealand citizen has already spent 3 months in one or more of the above Schengen countries, any visits to another Schengen country without a bilateral visa waiver agreement with New Zealand may lead to difficulties with local law enforcement agencies (e.g. being accused of having overstayed upon leaving a Schengen country ...
A willingness to apply for citizenship is a requirement. In exceptional circumstances, if a position cannot be filled by an Australian Citizen the citizenship requirement may be waived. [3] In certain areas of the defence, especially sensitive work that involves collaboration with ASIO or ASIS, citizenship is a requirement. [4]
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 ...
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.
The Citizenship (Western Samoa) (Restoration) Amendment Act 2024 is a New Zealand Act of Parliament that "provides entitlement to New Zealand citizenship for a group of people born in Western Samoa whose citizenship was removed through the enactment of the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982. [1]