Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 158: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will set out the procedure to be followed in order to upgrade residency status from Stamp 3 to Stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare. [26101/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person mentioned by the Deputy should be advised to make an application to the General Immigration Division of INIS. Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility which has been specifically established for this purpose. This service enables up to date information on such cases to be obtained without the need to seek information by way of the Parliamentary Questions process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in cases where the response from INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.