Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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298. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36997/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The visa application referred to by the Deputy was received in the Dublin visa office on 16th September 2014. The application is currently being examined and a decision will be issued shortly.

As advised on the website of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (www.inis.gov.ie) it is recommended that visa applicants apply for their visas eight weeks before the intended date of travel.

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.