Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The visa application referred to by the Deputy was received in the Visa Office, Dublin on the 5 August 2011. It was refused by the Visa Officer on the 4 October 2011 for the following reasons:

- The finances shown were deemed to be insufficient;

- The Visa Officer had concerns about the authenticity of documents provided by the applicant, specifically the marriage certificate;

- The Visa Officer had concerns that the granting of the visa sought may result in a cost in respect of public funds and public resources;

- The applicant had not provided evidence of a relationship being in existence prior to the visa application/marriage.

As is the case with all refused visa applications, the refusal decision and the reasons for that decision were sent by way of letter to the applicant. In addition, and in common with all visa applications refused in Dublin, the refusal decision and the reasons for that decision were posted promptly on-line (in a format confidential to the applicant). It is open to the person concerned to submit an appeal within two months of the date of refusal, in this case before the 4 December 2011. Guidelines on the visa appeals process are available on the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, www.inis.gov.ie.

I should remind the Deputy that queries in relation to the status of individual Immigration cases may also be made direct to INIS by e-mail 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.