Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options that are available to a person (details supplied) when their stamp 1 visa expires. [4319/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The person referred to by the Deputy holds a Stamp 1 immigration permission, granted for the purpose of obtaining an employment permit and it is valid until 17 March 2023.

If the person concerned wishes to remain in the State beyond that date, a prospective employer must apply for and be granted an employment permit by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE).

Should they be successful in securing the appropriate employment permit from DETE, they will then be able to register that employment permit with their local registration office and be granted a Stamp 1 immigration permission.

It may also be open to the person concerned to request a change to their immigration status if they meet the criteria for doing so. Further information can be found on my Department's immigration website at:

www.irishimmigration.ie/my-situation-has-changed-since-i-arrived-in-ireland/

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by email using the Oireachtas Mail facility, 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 email service except in cases where the response is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.