Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if Stamp 4 will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41900/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I refer the Deputy to my reply to Dáil Question No. 178 of 20th September, 2012 (extract below). The position remains as outlined in that reply.

"I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person in question arrived in the State on 16th April, 2005 and was registered as a student from 9th July 2005 to 29th August 2012. The person referred to by the Deputy has not made any application to INIS to upgrade his status to stamp 4."

The person should be advised to apply to the General Immigration Division, Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS), 13/14 Burgh Quay, Dublin 2.

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.