Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 27 September 2012
150. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application to remain as a de facto partner will be granted in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41140/12]
View answerI have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person referred to by the Deputy made an application for a de facto permission based on a relationship with an Irish national. This application was received in the General Immigration Division of INIS on the 19 June 2012.
Applicants for this type of permission must be able to demonstrate a durable relationship which has been ongoing for at least two years. The onus remains on the applicant to provide dated documentary evidence of this relationship. With this in mind, the applicant was asked to provided dated documentary evidence to demonstrate the start of the relationship and additional documentary evidence to attest to an established relationship. These requests were sent on 10 August, 2012 and 10 September, 2012 respectively. The applicant has not yet provided a full response to these requests. The application will be processed further once the requested documents have been received.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility 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 from INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.
