Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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94. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can be issued with a letter for permission to reside here from her Department in order for them to apply for a long-term spouse visa. [18616/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I am advised by the Irish Immigration and Naturalisation Service (INIS) of my Department that the person referred to has permission to reside in Ireland until November 2019. He was also granted a multiple entry visa for short stays in January 2017 which is valid until January 2019.

Should the person concerned now wish to apply for a long-stay visa in order to join his spouse, it is of course open to him to make such an application. Further information on the criteria applicable to the granting of long-stay visas and residency permission is available on the INIS website (www.inis.gov.ie).