Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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328. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5087/24]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The person referred to by the Deputy was, as an exceptional measure, granted an extension of their visitor permission on Stamp 3 immigration conditions until 16 March 2024.

Any non-EEA national who comes to the State as a visitor is expected to leave Ireland before the expiry of their visitor permission. Any Extension of Visitor Conditions (EVIC) application would only be granted where the circumstances have changed from the time the person was granted the original visa or from when they entered the State if they are not from a visa-required country. An extension to visitor conditions should only be granted once up to a maximum of 180 days in total. Residence in the State beyond 180 days may not qualify as visitor permission.

Applications for family members to reside in the State are governed by the Immigration Service’s Non EEA-National Family Reunification Policy. The person’s correspondence to the Deputy will be considered as an application to the Immigration Service and will be processed in line with this policy. Officials of my Department will contact the person concerned in due course.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by email 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 email service except in cases where the response is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.