Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of applications for visas in the case of persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32368/23]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The persons referred to by the Deputy created on-line Join Family visa applications on 07 July 2022. The supporting documentation and relevant fees were applied on 27 September 2022 in the Pretoria visa office. These visa applications were received in our Dublin Visa Office for further processing on 01 November 2022.

Processing of these applications is ongoing at present. As each application is examined under it's own merits, we are unable to give an exact time-frame for completion. However, the applicants can be assured that there will be no avoidable delay in finalising their applications, and will be notified as soon as a decision has been reached by a Visa Officer.

The Visa office Dublin are currently processing applications of this type received on the 08 September 2022. Applicants can keep up-to-date with the dates the Visa Office in Dublin are processing by checking the following page; which is updated weekly; www.irishimmigration.ie/visa-decisions/

Applicants are advised not to pay for airline or other travel tickets without having first been issued with a visa.

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.