Brian O'Shea (Waterford, Labour)
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Question 135: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Waterford who has two Irish-born children can have their parents who are non-EEA citizens stay with them on a regular basis to assist with looking after the children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22624/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS), that it is the policy of my Department not to extend a permission to remain to persons who are admitted for a period of 90 days or less on a short stay visit, save in very exceptional and unforeseen circumstances. The reason for that policy is that an extension of visitor's permission should not generally arise in circumstances where the person has accurately and fully disclosed their purpose for intending to come to the State at the visa application stage and/or to the immigration officer at the port of entry. Where exceptional and unforeseen circumstances arise, the person may contact my Department to seek to extend their permission to remain.

Where the person seeking a change of status is of a nationality that is not visa required, some additional latitude may be applied on a case by case basis where that person's circumstances have changed since their arrival in the State. It is open to the person referred to in the Deputy's question to contact the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service at 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 setting out the case.