Jackie Cahill (Tipperary, Fianna Fail)
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1080. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to a prospective visa applicant, applying following family reunification application approval, who is unable to provide their passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16782/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Travel Document Unit in my Department processes travel documents for people who are deemed to be refugees under the 1951 United Nations Convention. This Unit also processes a separate travel document for family members of persons granted refugee status who are beneficiaries of family reunification programmes that cannot obtain a national passport.

In recent times this Unit has experienced a very high volume of applications requiring processing and all non-emergency applications are processed in chronological order. The processing time of Travel Document applications is currently 22 weeks. Further details on Travel Documents together with an application form can be found at the following link:

www.irishimmigration.ie/coming-to-join-family-in-ireland/applying-for-a-travel-document/