Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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42. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality when a joint spouse visa application will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11007/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the visa application referred to was refused by the Visa Office in Dublin on 16 February 2017. The decision was communicated to the applicant who was advised that an appeal could be submitted up to two months following the visa refusal.

No appeal has been submitted as yet. If an appeal is made, the applicant should bear in mind the refusal reasons communicated to the applicant and be in a position to address them.

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 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.