Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 28 March 2013
203. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected position in regard to determination of eligibility for residency-naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15915/13]
View answerI have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of my Department that an application was received for permission to remain in the State from the person mentioned on 2 November 2012. An examination of this case indicated that this person arrived in Ireland on 25 September 2006 and was registered in the State as a Student until 14 August 2012. I am advised that this case is being assessed on its merits and will be decided upon in the coming weeks.
All non-EEA students resident in the State are subject to the student immigration rules set out under the "new immigration regime for full time non-EEA students which was published in September 2010 and has been in effect since 1 January 2011. These rules stipulate that non-EEA nationals may reside in Ireland as students, subject to the provisions of the new regime, for a maximum period of seven years. As this person arrived in the State in 2006 he is now classified as a timed out Student.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the 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 the INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.
