Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 486: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the mechanism available to a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary who has been refused a visa for their daughter to come to Ireland to re-apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29354/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The application referred to by the Deputy was received in the Visa Office, Moscow on 9 July 2007. It was refused by the Visa Officer on 16 July 2007 on the grounds that: 1. The granting of the visa may result in a cost to public resources; 2. Finances shown were deemed to be insufficient.

An appeal was received on 13 August, 2007 and the original decision was upheld by the Appeals Officer on 17 August, 2007. It is open to the applicant to make a fresh visa application at any stage. Comprehensive information regarding the visa application process is available on the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service at www.inis.gov.ie.

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)
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Question 487: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will clarify and have addressed as a matter of urgency an application for family reunification for a person (details supplied) in County Clare in view of the fact that their original application and documents were sent to the Irish Embassy in Ukraine by their legal representatives and were apparently lost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29366/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Honorary Consulate in Kiev has no record of having received a current visa application from the person in question, nor have they received any correspondence from the applicant or other person in that regard.

It is open to the applicant to make a visa application to the Consulate in Kiev. Comprehensive information on how to make a visa application is available on the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service at www.inis.gov.ie.