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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (22 Mar 2022)

Helen McEntee: The person referred to by the Deputy holds a Stamp 4 permission, which has been extended until 31 May 2022, under the final automatic extension of immigration permissions I announced on 17 December 2021. All permissions are extended on the same terms and conditions to the permission already held. It is open to the person concerned to contact their local Immigration Office before 31 May 2022...

Written Answers — Immigration Clearance Letters: Immigration Clearance Letters (19 Jan 2010)

Dermot Ahern: I am informed by the Immigration Services Section of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service that applications for an Immigration Clearance Letter in respect of a Foreign Adoption are currently taking 5 working days to process on receipt of fully completed applications. At the end of December 2009 there were no applications on hand awaiting decision. The table outlines the figures...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (8 Dec 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The Final Report and Recommendations of the Interdepartmental Committee to oversee reform of the non-EEA student immigration regime was published on 22 September 2010. The Report entitled 'New Immigration Regime for Full Time non-EEA Students', which is available on the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (www.inis.gov.ie), contains more than 20 recommendations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strengthening the Start-up Community: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Professor Tom Cooney: Some of that is dictated by the fact that they are immigrants anyway. Let us consider immigrant groups in any country. We are more entrepreneurial when we go abroad and certainly it reflects that we are an entrepreneurial people. However, we should balance that with the fact that any immigrant community will be more entrepreneurial because of block mobility.

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (20 May 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that every assistance has been provided by that Division within its remit in facilitating the request of the person referred to by the Deputy. The Immigration Division has been in contact with the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) and has been informed that the Bureau will be returning the passport of the person in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (26 Sep 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Immigration Service of my Department that the person referred to has no active applications on-going with the Department at present. The person concerned was granted permission as a family member of an EU citizen for a period of five years from 2012-2017. There is no application for renewal in this person's name at present. However, if this person continues to reside...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (22 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service recently notified other relevant government departments and the HSE of the proposed introduction of an additional immigration stamp, namely Stamp 0. The introduction of Stamp 0 is simply an administrative change to the immigration stamps and there is no change in policy nor any change in legislation regarding immigration permissions. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Passport Controls (6 Sep 2019)

Charles Flanagan: The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department (INIS), is responsible for immigration operations at the border at Dublin Airport. INIS is committed to the highest standards in child safeguarding, as are all divisions of my Department. In the course of discharging immigration duties at the border, immigration officers regularly deal with minors, hence the requirement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders Re-examination (6 Sep 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Immigration Service of my Department that the person concerned is the subject of a Deportation Order signed on 20 June 2002.  Requests were received from the person concerned, pursuant to the provisions of Section 3(11) of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), requesting that the Deportation Order be revoked.  Following the detailed consideration of...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (5 Mar 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: I have been informed by the Immigration Division of my Department that the individual referred to by the Deputy entered the State on the 27th October 2001 and was granted permission to remain under work permit conditions until the 25th September 2002. He failed to renew his permission to remain after that date until the 23rd January 2008 when he again applied to his local immigration office...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (6 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned has a stamp 3 immigration permission to remain in the State until 16 July 2025. Stamp 3 indicates that the holder has an immigration permission to stay in Ireland for a specified period, subject to conditions, and is reckonable as residence when applying for citizenship by naturalisation. As the person concerned is a minor, they and their parent may contact their...

Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2008) See 6 other results from this debate

Leo Varadkar: ...an emigrant nation having contributed to populations around the world from the United States to Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina and so on. Ireland is, and always has been, a country of immigrants be they Celts, Normans, Vikings or English people. There is no aboriginal, normal, ethnic-Irish race. Migration has been and will continue to be the natural course of human...

Written Answers — Student Visas: Student Visas (2 Apr 2009)

Dermot Ahern: I have been informed by the Immigration and Naturalisation Service that a foreign national who is granted permission to come to Ireland for the purpose of engaging in a course of studies is permitted to take up employment on a casual basis. The relevant immigration permission which is granted to the student indicates that the student is only permitted to remain in the State to pursue his or...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (21 Jul 2020)

Helen McEntee: My Department registers persons residing in the Dublin area only. The Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) processes all applications outside of Dublin through the Garda Station network. A new online Registration Renewal system for all non-EEA nationals based in Dublin went live on 20 July 2020. This means that anyone within the Dublin area looking to renew their registration will no...

Written Answers — Private Aerodromes: Private Aerodromes (30 Jan 2008)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: ...aerodromes licensed by the IAA for private use in the State. In addition, there are 14 other aerodromes licensed by the IAA for public use including Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports. Section 6 of Immigration Act, 2004 states that a non-national coming by sea or air from outside the State shall not, without the consent of the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, land elsewhere...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Immigration Policy (12 Nov 2020)

Simon Coveney: The issue of Irish immigration to the US, particularly the status of the undocumented Irish, has been a high priority for successive Governments and continues to be one of my key priorities. Immigration issues have been raised on an ongoing basis in our engagement with the US Administration and political leaders. I have raised immigration issues in recent contacts with Special Envoy Mick...

Written Answers — Travel Documents: Travel Documents (17 Jun 2008) See 1 other result from this answer

Dermot Ahern: The Immigration Section of my Department has informed me that there is no record of a current travel document application on behalf of the son of the person in question. The person concerned can make an application for a travel document in respect of their son by writing to the Immigration Operations Section of my Department at 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2. As the son of the person concerned is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (27 Feb 2019)

Charles Flanagan: ...operations on 9 May 2018. To date, twenty-six Albanian nationals have been intercepted at the Irish Port attempting to enter the State unlawfully. All twenty-six people were refused leave to land by Immigration Officers. Seventeen people were removed from the State in accordance with Section 5 of the Immigration Act 2003 and returned to the port of their...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (13 Jan 2021)

Helen McEntee: The Border Management Unit (BMU) of the Immigration Service of my Department has responsibility for frontline immigration services at Dublin Airport only. Other ports of entry are the responsibility of the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). Under Section 4 of the Immigration Act 2004, an Immigration Officer must determine whether a non-EEA national should be granted leave to land...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas Data (2 Jun 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that information for students on the INIS website provides guidance on the type of courses which students may pursue in Ireland. The website also provides information on the requirements for a visa and for permission to reside in Ireland during the course of their study. In general, students may come to...