Written answers

Wednesday, 4 May 2022

Department of Justice and Equality

Visa Applications

Photo of Richard Boyd BarrettRichard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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371. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that a person (details supplied) has been refused a holiday visa to visit their sons in 2022 given that they were granted a visa in 2017 and their circumstances have not changed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21807/22]

Photo of Helen McEnteeHelen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Short Stay Visit 'C' visa application referred to by the Deputy was refused by the Visa Office in Dublin on 17 February 2022. The reasons for this decision were set out in the refusal letter sent to the applicant at that time. An appeal of this decision was made on 11 April 2022.

The Visa Appeals Officer has taken all of the documentation and information submitted with the original application and the appeal into consideration. The appeal was not successful and the original decision to refuse the application was upheld. The reasons for the refusal of the appeal are outlined in the refusal letter sent by my Department on 19 April 2022.

All applicants for a short stay ‘C’ visa (whether for a single entry or multiple entries) must show that they have sufficiently strong family, social or economic ties to a place of residence in a country other than Ireland to assure the visa officer assessing the application that the projected stay in Ireland will be temporary and in accordance with the duration and conditions of the permission granted by the immigration authorities on arrival in Ireland. The maximum stay allowed under a short stay ‘C’ visa is 90 days.

The responsibility for demonstrating substantial ties to a country other than Ireland rests with the applicant. The burden of proof in all cases is on the applicant to satisfy the visa officer. The visa officer may verify any evidence submitted in support of an application.

There is no right to be granted a visa. Nor is there any one set of documents or circumstances that will guarantee the approval of an application. However, the documents normally required in support of an application are set out in the ‘Guide to Supporting Documentation’ for each type of short stay ‘C’ visa, which can be found at: www.irishimmigration.ie/coming-to-visit-ireland/. 

Any person who has been refused a visa, and who wishes to make another application at a future point, will have their application assessed on its own merits, taking all relevant information into consideration at that time. Their prior immigration history is a matter of record but it does not preclude them from seeking a visa in the future.

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