James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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628. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a visa application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18323/22]

James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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629. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a visa application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18324/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 628 and 629 together.

The applicants referred to by the Deputy created on-line Join Family (non-EEA national) visa applications on 10 June 2021. The supporting documentation and relevant fees were received on 2 July 2021 in the Ankara Visa Office where they are currently awaiting comprehensive examination. The applicants will be notified in writing as soon as a decision has been reached.

Processing of family reunification visa applications, such as these, may take up to 12 months to determine from date the documentation is received in the relevant Visa Office. The Visa Office endeavours to have applications of this nature processed earlier than this, however, this is not always possible. In order to be fair to all applicants, applications are processed in order by date received.

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.