Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent)
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Question 308: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support a matter in relation to a person (details supplied). [45105/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Nationals of Moldova who wish to apply for a visa to travel to Ireland should lodge their applications at our Embassy in Bratislava.

Embassy of Ireland

Carlton Savoy Building

Mostova 2

811 02 Bratislava 1

Tel: +421-2-5930-9611

Fax: +421-2-5443-0690

Website : www.embassyofireland.sk

If a visa applicant wishes to stay for six months, they should apply for a 'D' type visa. A 'C' visa only covers a shorter stay of less than 90 days and it is not generally possible to extend a stay based on a 'C' visa beyond that 90 day time frame.

It is the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, rather than my own Department, which has primary responsibility for visa and immigration policy. As such applications for the longer-term 'D' type visas are referred by our Embassies abroad to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform in Dublin for decision.

Further details on the documentation required for 'D' visa applications is available on the INIS website at www.inis.gov.ie.