Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The applicants referred to by the Deputy created an on-line Short Stay Visit visa application on 24 January 2022. The supporting documentation and fee waivers were received on 26 January 2021 in the Ankara Visa Office where the application is currently awaiting comprehensive examination.

The current processing time for applications of this type received in the Ankara Visa Office is 16 weeks. Applicants can keep up-to-date with processing times by checking the following webpage; which is updated weekly: www.dfa.ie/irish-embassy/turkey/visas/visas-for-ireland-weekly-decisions-report/.

It is open to the applicants to request the return of their passports while they are awaiting a decision on the processing of their visa applications.

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.