Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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483. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a refusal of a visa will be urgently reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); when a visa is likely to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9620/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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I can advise the Deputy that following full consideration by a Visa Officer, the visa application referred to was refused. A letter issued to the applicant on the 5 October 2022 outlining the reasons for this refusal. An appeal was lodged in respect of this application, to the relevant Visa Office, on the 3 November 2022. The appeal was received in the Dublin Visa Office on the 17 November 2022, where it is currently awaiting examination.

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 in this regard are posted on our website. Applicants that meticulously follow these guidelines have an improved prospect of receiving a positive decision at first instance.

It should be noted that visa appeals are dealt with in strict chronological order. The Dublin Visa Office are currently processing appeals of this type received, in the Dublin Visa Office, on the 18 August 2022. Processing times and decisions at the Dublin Visa Office can be checked at the following link which is updated each Tuesday:

www.irishimmigration.ie/visa-decisions/

A decision will be issued to the applicant as soon as full consideration has been given by a Visa Appeals Officer.

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.