Written answers

Thursday, 28 February 2013

Department of Justice and Equality

Family Reunification

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons (details supplied) in County Kildare can avail of family reunification in respect of the two children, aged six and seven years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10919/13]

Photo of Alan ShatterAlan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that Family Reunification procedures apply only in the case of persons who have been granted refugee status. The family to whom he refers are not in this category. It is, however, open to all persons resident outside the state who are visa required and who wish to travel to Ireland to apply to their nearest Irish Embassy or Consulate for the appropriate visa. A Join Family visa application may be the most appropriate in this case. Each visa application is considered on its individual merits, the onus resting with the applicant to satisfy the Visa Officer as to why a visa should be granted. Guidelines on the visa application process, including details of the required supporting documents, are available on the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (www.inis.gov.ie).

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.

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