Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a visa application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow. [45876/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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It is open to the person concerned to make a visa application on-line through the following link: https://www.visas.inis.gov.ie. Each visa application is considered on its individual merits, the onus resting with the applicant to satisfy the Visa Officer as to why the visa should be granted. Information on making a visa application can be found on the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Services website (www.inis.gov.ie). It should be borne in mind however that the information contained on the website is intended to act as a guideline only. It does not limit the discretion of the Visa Officer in dealing with individual applications.

Queries in relation to general immigration matters 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.