Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 281: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will approve a stamp 4 visa in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16111/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that an application for Long Term Residency was received in this Department on the 29th October 2009 in respect of the person referred to by the Deputy. This application was subsequently refused on the 10th November 2009 as the person referred to by the Deputy did not meet the qualifying criteria.

The person referred to by the Deputy has permission to be in the State on student conditions until the 16th November 2011. It is open to the person to make an application to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, 13-14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2 for a change of status. I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made direct to INIS by Email using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. The service enables up-to-date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek this information through the more administratively expensive Parliamentary Questions process.