Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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173. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding update of stamp 4 or eligibility for potential naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12657/14]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person mentioned entered the State on 6 November 2008 and was registered on 27 November 2008 as a student until 11 February 2014. The Deputy should be aware that Stamp 2 student permission is not reckonable for naturalisation. An application was received from this person on 24 July 2013 for a change to his immigration status. All applications are dealt with in chronological order and correspondence will issue to this person shortly.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by email 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 email service except in cases where the response from INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.