The Registr y Branch has again made signifcant pr ogr ess in pr ocessing the backlog of applications that r esulted fr om the understaffng during 20102011 As was instructed by AGA Resolution 2012003 an inter nal audit of all MNO har vest fles was completed Letters wer e sent to all Har vesters r equesting submission of documents r equir ed in or der for their fles to meet the Powley T est The Registr y Branch continues to work with all Har vesters to meet these r equir e ments In accor dance with AGA Resolution 2012009 all Community Councils wer e pr ovided with up to date contact information for the citizens within their council at the beginning of July The next scheduled update is for the beginning of Januar y Ther e wer e fewer citizenship applications appr oved in 201213 compar ed to 201112 because 2012 was an election year During the election no new citizenships ar e appr oved to avoid any changes to the electors list As ther e was an appeal in this year s elections no changes could be made to the list of electors until the appeal pr ocess was complete An additional factor explaining why fewer citizenship applications wer e appr oved is that the Har vester Au dit fr om August to the end of November 2012 monopolized Registr y staf f time so no citizenships wer e pr ocessed during that time