Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 November 2013
176. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7 can make an application for residency status/permission to remain/Stamp 4 on the basis of their personal circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50092/13]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the position with this person remains the same as was previously stated in my four previous replies to Parliamentary Questions raised on 18/09/2013, 03/10/2013, 17/10/2013 and 07/11/2013. This person currently has permission to be in the State on Student conditions until 31/01/2014. It is open to the person to make an application for stamp 4 status, however, as I indicated in my earlier replies to the Deputy, based on the immigration status and known circumstances of the person, she does not qualify for stamp 4 status and accordingly such an application has little prospect of success.
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.
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.
