Written answers

Tuesday, 24 May 2005

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Visa Applications

9:00 pm

Paddy McHugh (Galway East, Independent)
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Question 318: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a visa was refused to a person (details supplied); the further information the person needs to provide to obtain the visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17035/05]

Photo of Michael McDowellMichael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The Deputy has referred to two visa applications in his parliamentary question.

Application number 1514067 was refused by my Department at initial stage on 15 April 2004 and as such is no longer under active consideration by my Department. The applicant was fully informed of the reasons for refusal by my Department on 26 April 2004. Application number 1485852 refers to a more current application. This application was refused by my Department on 11 April 2005.

The applicant has already been informed, by post from my Department on 3 May 2005 of the reasons for refusal. The visa officer examining this case was unable to satisfy himself, based on the evidence supplied, that the applicant would necessarily observe the conditions of the visa applied for, were it to issue. The visa officer was likewise unable to establish, from the information supplied, that the applicant had sufficient social, family, economic or other ties in their country of origin to guarantee their return. Based on the evidence supplied, the visa officer determined that the level of finances available to the applicant were insufficient to support her while in the State.

As mentioned, the applicant was previously notified through the standard and correct channels of the reasons for refusal. On foot of this notification, she submitted an appeal which was received by my Department on 17 May 2005. As an appeal is pending it would not be appropriate to comment further on the specifics of this case. However, the applicant can expect a decision on the appeal within three to four weeks of the date of its receipt.

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