Mary O'Rourke (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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Question 688: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in County Galway. [33259/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The visa application referred to by the Deputy was received in the Visa Office, Cairo on the 13 April 2009. Following consideration by a Visa Officer, it was refused for the following reasons: 1. The evidence of finances provided was deemed insufficient; 2. There was no evidence shown of a relationship having been in existence prior to the visa application\marriage. The applicant submitted an appeal on the 10 June 2009. While the evidence of finances was addressed to the satisfaction of the Appeals Officer, evidence to support the existence of a prior relationship was not. As a result, the decision of the Visa Officer was upheld by the Visa Appeals Officer on 29 June 2009. Only one appeal per application is allowed. The only option available to the applicant is to make a fresh visa application. Where doing so the applicant should be in a position to address the refusal reason upheld at appeal stage.