Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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385. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and when a decision will be reached for a visa application by a person (details supplied). [53360/23]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the visa application referred to was granted on 20 November 2023. Notification of this decision was issued on 21 November 2023. The visa sticker will issue as soon as the applicant attends the relevant Visa Office/Embassy/Consulate.

The applicant should be advised that entry into the State is solely at the discretion of the Immigration Officer at the port of entry. The onus is on the individuals to have all documentation relating to their reasons for entering Ireland for presentation to the Immigration Officer to gain entry. The Immigration Officer may grant leave to enter to a maximum period of three months. They may, depending on the documentation presented refuse entry to the state or grant a lesser period than three months.

Any non EU/EEA nationals who wish to remain for longer than 90 days must register with their local immigration office and apply for further permission to remain before their initial permission to remain expires. Full details of the Registration process can be found at the link below:

www.irishimmigration.ie/registering-your-immigration-permission/how-to-register-your-immigration-permission-for-the-first-time/requirements-and-documents-needed/

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.