Written answers

Tuesday, 28 March 2006

Department of Foreign Affairs

Visa Applications

11:00 pm

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 242: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when visa applications, submitted in Beijing will be approved for persons (details supplied). [11944/06]

Photo of Dermot AhernDermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The applications referred to by the Deputy were refused on 16 March by our embassy in Beijing on the grounds that the embassy did not believe that the applicants would abide by the conditions of their visas, if granted.

Visa refusals may be appealed within 28 days of the date of decision at the embassy in Beijing, or within two months of the date of decision to the Department of Justice Equality and Law Reform. The address for the appeals officer in the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform is: Visa Appeals Officer, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2.

Any further information or additional documentation which the applicant wishes to have taken into account should be included with their letter of appeal, and the relevant visa reference number must be quoted. There is no charge for an appeal against refusal of a visa. Appeal decisions are usually taken four to six weeks from receipt of the appeal. The visa reference numbers for the applicants in question are: 1727883 Huang Quinglin; 1727884 Wu Shulin.

Photo of Michael RingMichael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 243: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a visa will be issued to a person (details supplied). [11946/06]

Photo of Dermot AhernDermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed that the visa application in question was approved by the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform on 23 March. Details of the Deputy's specific request regarding the issuing of the visa have been passed to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform for the required follow-up. That Department has also been asked to make contact with the Deputy to confirm the arrangements.

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