Written answers
Monday, 11 September 2023
Department of Justice and Equality
Visa Applications
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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1192. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visa applications processed in each overseas visa offices in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38553/23]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Visa applications are currently processed in seven overseas Visa Offices in addition to the Visa Office in Dublin. They are located in Abuja, Beijing, London, Moscow, Ankara, Abu Dhabi and New Delhi. In addition, the Department of Foreign Affairs process certain visa applications in Irish Embassies abroad under delegated sanction from my Department.
The table below shows the total number of decisions made at first instance (both granted and refused) and decisions made at appeal (granted and refused) that have been processed in the seven overseas Visa Offices of my department for the period 2022 to 05 September 2023.
| Overseas Office | 2022 Type C | 2022 Type D | 2023 Type C | 2023 Type D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abu Dhabi | 8,094 | 4,382 | 6,057 | 3,105 |
| Abuja | 5,417 | 2,085 | 2,873 | 2,212 |
| Ankara | 2,550 | 2,924 | 3,553 | 2,169 |
| Beijing | 2,258 | 6,234 | 5,403 | 5,980 |
| London | 7,583 | 743 | 8,816 | 401 |
| Moscow | 2,163 | 1,637 | 1,879 | 722 |
| New Delhi | 17,892 | 25,658 | 16,928 | 18,762 |
If an application is refused and the applicant appeals the decision to refuse, the decision on that appeal will be be counted as a further decision in above figures. In such cases the application is examined for a second time by a different officer.
It should also be noted that a decision made in a particular year may relate to an application made in a previous year.
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