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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: The granting of a multiple entry visa is at the discretion of the Visa Officer and multiple entry visas are usually only issued to an applicant who has shown a compliant travel history. As a person builds such a record and adheres to the conditions of their visas with subsequent visits/visa applications, a Visa officer may give either a 1, 2 or a 5 year multi entry visa. In April 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Travel Documents (26 Apr 2023)

Simon Harris: Non visa required nationals resident in Northern Ireland can travel and remain in the State for up to a month without requiring permission to remain, in accordance with section 4(5)(d) of the Immigration Act 2004. A person's residency status in the UK does not affect their visa required status to travel to the State. Northern Ireland residents who are visa required to enter the State must...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (25 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: In relation to making a visa application to travel to Ireland, a visa required national that wishes to enter the State and remain for up to 90 days must have a Type C Short Stay Visa. A visa required national that wishes to reside in the State for longer than 90 days must have a Type D Long Stay Visa. Any person that wishes to make a visa application must do so online at: ...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (13 Jun 2023)

Helen McEntee: My Department fully appreciates the needs of business travellers and I can advise that it is open to visa applicants to request their passport back while they are waiting on the processing of their applications. We have also extended the multi-entry visa option for up to 5 years, for all visa required countries. Any person applying for a short stay ‘C’ visa may apply for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (18 Jan 2024)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy that Colombian nationals are visa required and must have a valid Irish entry visa before they seek to enter the State. I do not envisage any change to this requirement in the short-term but the situation is kept under review. In support of the visa application process in Colombia the Department recently opened a Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Bogotá. The VAC...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (8 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 387 and 388 together. The person referred to by the Deputy created a 'C type' i.e. short-stay visa application (on-line) on 3 August, 2010. Following full consideration by a Visa Officer this application was refused on 9 September, 2010 for the following reasons: 1. The Visa Officer had concerns surrounding the authenticity of documentation regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (16 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: Decisions regarding the granting or refusal of study visas are made in a number of Visa Offices overseas, in my Department's Visa Office in Dublin, and at certain Embassies of the Department of Foreign Affairs, which process certain visa applications under delegated sanction from my Department. Applications from Turkish residents are normally processed by the Visa Office in Ankara. Visa...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (14 Jun 2022)

Helen McEntee: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1318, 1334 and 1335 together. Decisions regarding the granting or refusal of study visas are made in a number of Visa Offices overseas, in my Department's Visa Office in Dublin, and at certain Embassies of the Department of Foreign Affairs, which process certain visa applications under delegated sanction from my Department. Applications from Turkish...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (16 Nov 2011)

Alan Shatter: It is open to any visa required national to apply for a visa for any purpose and citizens of Kuwait are no different from other visa required nationals in this regard. I can advise that each visa application is considered on its individual merits, the onus as always resting with the applicant to establish to the satisfaction of the Visa Officer as to why the visa sought should be granted....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Applications (14 Jun 2022)

Simon Coveney: Policy and procedures related to the provision of visa services are a matter for the Department of Justice. Decisions regarding the granting or refusal of study visas are made in seven regional Visa Offices overseas, at Embassies that process certain visa applications under delegated sanction from the Department of Justice, and in the Immigration Service Visa Office in Dublin. Since January...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Student Visas (11 Oct 2022)

Helen McEntee: I can advise the Deputy that this visa application was created on the 16 May 2022. Supporting documentation was received in the Ankara visa office on the 18 May 2022 where it awaits examination and processing. Decisions regarding the granting or refusal of study visas are made in a number of Visa Offices overseas, in my Department's Visa Office in Dublin, and at certain Embassies of the...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (25 May 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The visa application reference number 2187482 referred to by the Deputy was received in the Visa Office, Cairo on the 12 July 2009. Following consideration by a Visa Officer, the application was refused on the 6 August 2009. The application was refused for the following reasons: INCO:- Inconsistencies e.g. contradictions in the information supplied - The person referred to made a visa...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (9 Jun 2010)

Dermot Ahern: Detailed guidelines on visa criteria and procedures, including documentation, can be found at the INIS website (www.inis.gov.ie) and visa applications are judged in regard to these criteria. Each visa application is considered on its individual merits, the onus resting with the applicant to satisfy the Visa Officer as to why the visa should be granted. On joining the Visa Section, Visa...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (3 Dec 2009)

Dermot Ahern: Based on the information provided by the Deputy the Visa Office has no record of a current visa application connected to the person referred to. It is, however, open to all persons resident outside the State and who are visa required to complete an on-line visa application form for the appropriate visa. Comprehensive information when making a visa application, inclusive of details with...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 Oct 2012)

Alan Shatter: I propose to take Questions Nos. 441 and 442 together. Visa applications for Chinese Nationals living in China are handled by the Irish Visa Office in Beijing. That office is an office of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (I.N.I.S.) and it handles all aspects of visa applications including appeals. In general business visas are processed within two to five working days of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permit Application Numbers (19 Feb 2014)

Alan Shatter: Visa required nationals who wish to migrate to the State to take up employment must, in the great majority of cases, obtain a work permit before applying for a visa to travel to the State. In a minority of cases, for example, where visa required nationals wish to migrate for periods of less than six months, a work permit may not be required but the person must apply for, and be granted, a...

Written Answers — Visa Applications: Visa Applications (29 Apr 2010)

Dermot Ahern: The visa application referred to by the Deputy was received in the Visa Office, Dublin on 4 November 2009. Following consideration by a Visa Officer, it was refused on 7 January 2010, for a number of reasons: 1. Obligations to return to home country have not been deemed sufficient 2. Observe the conditions of the visa - the visa sought is for a specific purpose and duration:- the applicant...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 Dec 2016)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that decisions regarding the grant or refusal of visas are made in a number of INIS Visa Offices overseas, the INIS Visa Office in Dublin, and at Embassies of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade which process certain visa applications under delegated sanction from my Department. The waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (26 Apr 2022)

Helen McEntee: Any visa required national, including students, that wish to enter the State, and remain, for up to 90 days must have a Type C Short Stay Visa. For periods greater than 90 days they must have a Type D Long Stay Visa. For those staying longer than 90 days they are also required to register their permission to be in the State. Statistics are not held in the manner requested by the Deputy. The...