Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the conditions with which a person in this State on stamp 2 visa must comply; the further conditions that a person on stamp 2 conditions must do to remain in the State should their visa expire; the conditions under which a person can remain in the State; if a person can stay in the State if their partner is on a stamp 1 visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33750/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy is referring to the conditions under which a non-EEA national may reside in this State as a full-time student. The residency conditions pertaining to full time non-EEA students are outlined in the Student section of the web-pages of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, www.inis.gov.ie.

It is the responsibility of all non-EEA nationals resident in the State to keep their immigration permission up to date. Any person whose residency permission expires and who continues to reside in the State is illegally present and may be subject to the removal proceedings under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999. Therefore if a person has exhausted all entitlement to a stamp 2 permission they will need an alternative status or, in the absence of such permission, must leave the State.

Whether a person may reside in the State as the spouse or partner of a person resident on a stamp 1 residency permission will depend on the family reunification conditions associated with the spouse or partners residency permission. If the Deputy has a particular case in mind, 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.