Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 19 November 2013
518. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to renew a Garda National Immigration Bureau card in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49017/13]
View answerThe person concerned was granted temporary permission to remain in the State on 8 November, 2005 for an initial two year period, under the revised arrangements applicable to the non-EEA national parents of Irish born children born in the State before 1 January, 2005, more commonly known as the IBC/05 Scheme. This permission was renewed for a further three years in 2007. Subsequently the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) renewed his permission to remain in the State in 2010 until 8 November, 2013.
I am informed that on 6 November, 2013, the person concerned sought to have his permission to remain renewed for a further period. However, his renewal of permission request to the GNIB was not processed on that occasion as he was not in a position to meet the necessary requirements. In the circumstances, I would advise the person concerned to submit a written request for renewal of permission to remain to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department, at PO BOX 10003, Dublin 1, outlining his current family circumstances.
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.
