Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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271. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will upgrade present status to stamp 4 in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55055/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Services (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to by the Deputy made an application on the 09/07/2013 for a change of status from a Stamp 1 to a Stamp 4. On the 12/07/2013 a letter requesting several documents was issued to the applicant at the address provided by him, which is a different address to the one provided by the Deputy. To date no reply has been received. A copy of the letter has been re-issued to the applicant at the address given by the Deputy.

The Deputy may wish to note that 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 established specifically 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.