Written answers

Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Department of Justice and Equality

Visa Applications

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a change of status from stamp 3 to stamp 4 can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27504/21]

Photo of James BrowneJames Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The person referred to by the Deputy is registered on Stamp 3 conditions until 21 June 2021.

It is open to the person concerned to apply for a change of immigration status from Stamp 3 to Stamp 4 if they meet the criteria for doing so. Further information on the criteria for changing immigration permission, including instructions on how to change permission are available on the Immigration Service website at: www.inis.gov.ie/en/inis/pages/wp07000279.

If the person concerned does not meet the criteria, it is open to them to seek an employment permit from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE), should they wish to take up employment in the State. Further information on employment permits is available on the DETE website at: www.enterprise.gov.ie/en.

If the person is successful in obtaining an employment permit, they may then apply to the Immigration Service of my Department for a change of status from Stamp 3 dependent permission to a Stamp 1 employment permission allowing them to work in the State on their employment permit conditions.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility, inisoireachtasmail@justice.ie 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 is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a visa application will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27507/21]

Photo of James BrowneJames Browne (Wexford, Fianna Fail)
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The visa application referred to by the Deputy was refused by the Visa Office in Abuja. The reasons for this decision were set out in the refusal letter sent to the applicant on 14 May 2021. It is open to the applicant to appeal this decision, in writing, within two months of the date of the refusal. Appeals must be made in writing and sent to the Visa Appeals Officer in the relevant Visa Office. Faxed or emailed appeals will not be considered.

All visa applicants are advised that the onus is on them to provide as much information in support of their application as they feel is necessary. Guidelines to assist applicants are available on the Immigration Service website.

Full consideration will be given to any appeal received on behalf of the applicant, however the onus is on the applicant to satisfy the Visa Officer that a visa should be granted.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility (inisoireachtasmail@justice.ie), 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 is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.

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