Fiona O'Loughlin (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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85. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position of a visa application of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28862/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned submitted an application for De Facto Partner Permission on 20/07/2016 and that an acknowledgement letter was issued on 28/07/2016. The Deputy may wish to note that applications of this type can take up to 6 months to be processed and that INIS is currently dealing with applications received in April, 2016.

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.