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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Administration (11 Oct 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 19 and 20 together. I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the applications for the Immigrant Investor Programme are evaluated by an Independent Evaluation Committee, with experts from Government Departments and relevant State Agencies. To issue a formal pre-approval without the application having...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (17 Oct 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am informed by the Immigration Service of my Department that the onus rests with the person concerned to keep their permission in the State up to date. The person mentioned by the Deputy must make an appointment with the local immigration officer in their district in order to update their permission.   Comprehensive information on the process is available on the website...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (23 Feb 2012)

Alan Shatter: I am informed by officials in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy (and his spouse) were granted permission to remain in the State pursuant to the provisions of the Immigration Act, 2004, for the purpose of further education (Stamp 2). Pursuant to Section 9 of the Immigration Act, 2004, such persons are required to register with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Common Travel Area (27 Nov 2012)

Alan Shatter: ...the United Kingdom work closely together to enhance the protection of the CTA. Indeed, It was very much with this in mind that I agreed a programme of action with the then UK Minister of State for Immigration, Mr. Damien Green MP, as set out in the Joint Statement on the Protection of the CTA. It was signed by both sides in Dublin on 20 December, 2011. The Deputy will recall that in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (30 Apr 2014)

Alan Shatter: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned was granted permission to remain in the State for a three year period to 15th October, 2016. This decision was conveyed in writing to the person concerned by letter dated 15th October, 2013. That communication advised the person concerned of the requirement that they 'register'...

Written Answers — Social Inclusion: Social Inclusion (9 Nov 2006)

Éamon Ó Cuív: ...Ireland and the Irish Refugee Council are being supported under my Department's Federations and Networks Scheme and Anti-Poverty Networks Scheme. In addition a number of projects supporting immigrant families funded under the Dormant Accounts Fund have bee approved, totalling almost €550,000. Details are given in the appendix to this reply. Appendix Name of Group Purpose of Grant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Dec 2022)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned has a stamp 3 immigration permission to remain in the State until 16 July 2025. As the person concerned is a minor, they and their parent may attend at their local immigration office to request a change of permission. Any request for a change of immigration permission should be supported with all relevant documentation. My Department's Registration Office in Burgh Quay is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (20 Feb 2013)

Alan Shatter: It should be stated at the outset that a Stamp 4 immigration permission signifies only that the holder is lawfully resident in the State and can work without the requirement to hold an employment permit. It does not of itself confer rights to free university education or to student support grants. Decisions on eligibility for such supports are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme and International Protection Applications: Discussion (11 Jul 2018)

Mr. Michael Kirrane: I am not aware of any former INIS staff member operating as an immigration consultant. I am aware of a number of retired gardaí who may have worked in the immigration area who are established in that field. We operate a policy that we do not deal directly with immigration consultants. We will take an application received but correspond directly with the...

Written Answers — Deportation Orders: Deportation Orders (29 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Provision is made in section 4 of the Immigration Act, 2004 for an Immigration Officer to authorise a non-national to land in the State. However section 4(3) enumerates fourteen circumstances in which an Immigration Officer may, on behalf of the Minister, refuse to give a person permission to land in the State. The circumstances, any one of which may give rise to a permission to land being...

Written Answers — Garda Strength: Garda Strength (29 Sep 2010)

Dermot Ahern: ...within each Division or national unit. I am informed by the Commissioner that there are a total of one hundred and eight nine (189) members of the Garda Síochána attached to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB), which is assigned particular responsibilities regarding the removal from the State of non-nationals who no longer have permission to be in the State. Personnel attached...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (29 Mar 2023)

Simon Harris: The person referred to by the Deputy does not currently hold a valid immigration permission to remain in the State and there is no application on hand awaiting processing. It is important that persons keep their immigration permission up to date if they wish to continue to reside in the State. Where a person remains resident in the State without an immigration permission, I encourage them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Emigrant Support Services: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Ms Aileen Leonard Dibra: I thank the committee for inviting us to meet it and to provide an overview of the work of the Coalition of Irish Immigration Centers as well as to discuss the current state of immigration in the United States. The coalition was established in 1996 to promote the welfare of Irish immigrants and serve as the umbrella organisation for Irish immigration centres...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Residency Permits (6 Sep 2019)

Charles Flanagan: I am advised by the Immigration Service of my Department that, in response to a notification pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended), written representations have been submitted on behalf of the person concerned. These representations, together with all other information and documentation on file, will be fully considered, under Section 3...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (31 Oct 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: Marriage to an Irish national does not automatically confer on a non-EEA spouse the right to enter or remain in the State. All foreign nationals arriving in the State must present to an immigration officer at the port of entry. The immigration officer has the power under section 4 of the Immigration Act 2004 to grant permission to enter the State. The spouse of an Irish national who is...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (2 Nov 2021)

James Browne: ...referred to by the Deputy holds a Stamp 1 permission, which is valid until 27 February 2022. It is open to the person concerned to write to the Domestic Residence and Permissions Unit of the Immigration Service of my Department and request a change of immigration permission to a Stamp 4 if they meet the required criteria. Detailed information on the criteria for changing immigration...

Written Answers — Immigration Procedures: Immigration Procedures (2 Oct 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Every person landing in the State, including the holder of a visa, is obliged, pursuant to the provisions of section 11 (2) of the Immigration Act, 2004, to furnish to an Immigration Officer such information in such manner as an Immigration Officer may reasonably require for the purposes of the performance of his or her functions. The fact that a visa is a permission to present at the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Controls (16 Oct 2018)

Charles Flanagan: ...(CTA). However, it is the case that airline carriers in many instances require their passengers to have a passport in possession before allowing them to board the aircraft. As such, this is not an immigration requirement. Unlike the operational practices at some UK airports, there is generally no segregation of arriving passengers at Irish ports of entry to the State. Consequently,...

Written Answers — Garda Deployment: Garda Deployment (27 Sep 2006) See 1 other result from this answer

Michael McDowell: Section 6 of the 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 & Law Reform, land elsewhere than at an approved port. A non-national who lands in the State in contravention of the said section of the Act of 2004, is deemed to be a non-national who has been refused a permission...

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (26 Jun 2007)

Brian Lenihan Jnr: The situation under current immigration legislation is that a non-EEA person under the age of 16 years is not required to obtain permission to remain in the State or register with the Garda National Immigration Bureau. In general, persons under the age of 16 years are, for the purpose of their immigration status, dependent on the status of their parent or other guardian. The current practice...