Written answers

Friday, 16 September 2016

Department of Justice and Equality

Residency Permits

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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62. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24858/16]

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that both individuals were registered in the State as students - one from 7 March 2007 to 13 July 2013 - who is now deemed to be a timed out student, while the other person was registered from 9 August 2011 to 11 November 2014 but failed to renew this permission upon expiration.

Ireland has offered a generous immigration regime to foreign students, not only in allowing them to work to support themselves in their studies but also in providing ample opportunity for them to obtain academic qualifications that will equip them for their future, whether that is in Ireland or on return to their home country. It is up to each student to make the best use of that opportunity.If their academic achievement is high, Ireland offers opportunities to students to stay on as graduates, researchers, or high skilled employees. In other words, student permission gives the person concerned a chance to qualify for an enhanced immigration status on the basis of their academic achievement. However, student permission is of a temporary and limited nature that is not reckonable for naturalisation purposes and that generally does not allow for family reunification. Merely spending time in Ireland as a student does not confer entitlement or expectation to remain. Guidelines for non-EEA national students are available on the INIS website at www.inis.gov.ie.

I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the persons concerned were contacted on 18 April 2016 with regard to their residency status in the State.

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 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 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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