Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason visa applications were determined not valid in the case of persons (details supplied); if the applications can be appealed; if new applications are advisable at this point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51317/23]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The persons referred to by the Deputy created on-line Short Stay 'C' visa applications on 18 June 2023.

Upon creating an on-line visa application, the summary sheet must be printed and signed by the applicant and then submitted to the relevant visa office, along with supporting documentation & the relevant fee, within 30 days. Only upon receipt of the necessary documentation & fee, can the visa application be processed.

As no supporting documentation and or fees were supplied within the 30 days, these applications are deemed inactive. It is open to the persons referred to by the Deputy to make a fresh application at any time.

Any person that wishes to make a visa application must do so online at:

www.visas.inis.gov.ie/avats/OnlineHome.aspx.

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 at: 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 Question process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in the cases where the response is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.