Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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1181. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the website for those tracking their application for join family (sponsor is an Irish citizen or is in category A) will be updated (details supplied). [12142/25]

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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1182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the website for those tracking their application for join family (sponsor is an Irish citizen or is in category A) will be updated (details supplied). [12142/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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I understand that extended wait times can be frustrating for applicants. I want to assure anyone who has an application for a join family visa that my Department is doing everything possible to progress applications as quickly as possible.

The date published on the website referenced by the Deputy is the oldest date of application currently being processed under a given category. However, it should be noted that the Visa team continue to process and make decisions on applications received after the published processing date. If a particular application takes longer to consider this may result in the published processing date remaining unchanged. I can assure the Deputy that this does not indicate the processing of these applications has halted overall.

To provide greater clarity, officials in my Department are currently in the process of updating the Immigration Service website to provide processing times for decisions on visa applications at the Dublin visa office.

I am acutely aware join family applications are very important for the persons impacted and I am committed to improving the service my Department provides. I have assigned additional resources and staff to my Department’s visa division which I expect will reduce the waiting times for family applications in the coming months.