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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]
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]
New Zealand citizens with a grandparent born either in the United Kingdom, Channel Islands or Isle of Man at any time or in the Republic of Ireland on or before 31 March 1922 can apply for UK Ancestry Entry Clearance, which enables them to work in the UK for 5 years, after which they can apply to settle indefinitely. New Zealand citizens aged ...
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.
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 ]
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 ...
While both the Cook Islands and Niue have expressed a desire to become a UN member state, New Zealand has said that they would not support the application without a change in their constitutional relationship, in particular their right to New Zealand citizenship. [7] [8] However, New Zealand has never formally opposed such an application, nor ...