Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 1050: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will reach a decision in the visa appeal case of a person (details supplied). [25775/05]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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In assessing any visa application, the visa officer will consider various matters, including whether it is reasonable in all the circumstances to conclude that the applicant would fully honour the conditions of the visa, that is, if it is unlikely that the applicant would overstay the length of time applied for. The application in question was refused on 18 April 2005 because the visa officer could not be reasonably satisfied on the basis of documentation supplied to my Department, that the applicant would observe the conditions of the visa.

The onus is on the applicant to provide sufficient documentation to enable both the initial application and where applicable, an appeal to be examined fully and in this case it was deemed that the evidence provided by the applicant at appeal stage did not warrant a reversal of the initial decision to refuse the application. Consequently the decision to decline the grant of a visa to the applicant was upheld on 26 May 2005. As each application is entitled to only one appeal, no further review can be facilitated.