Kahzadi and Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs (Citizenship)

The Administrative Appeals Tribunal considered an application for Australian citizenship by conferral, brought by Kahzadi (the applicant) against the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship, Migrant Services and Multicultural Affairs. The dispute concerned the Minister's refusal to grant citizenship, specifically whether the Minister could be satisfied of the applicant's identity.

The Tribunal was required to determine the meaning of "identity" in the context of an application for citizenship by conferral, and whether the applicant's identity had been sufficiently established to satisfy the requirements of the *Citizenship Act 2007* (Cth) and the relevant Citizenship Procedural Instructions.

The Tribunal applied the principles established in *Faili Kurd*, which clarified that "identity" in this context refers to the person's true identity, not merely a name. The Tribunal found that the applicant had not provided sufficient evidence to satisfy the Minister of her true identity, and that the Citizenship Procedural Instructions, which guide the assessment of identity, had not been met. Consequently, the Tribunal affirmed the delegate's decision to refuse the application for citizenship.