Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 4 December 2014
132. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency, eligibility for stamp 4 or naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46673/14]
View answerI am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned is currently registered in the State under Stamp 4 conditions granted to them on the basis of their marriage to an Irish national. This permission is valid until 10 February 2015 and is renewable by attending at their local immigration office accompanied by their Irish spouse.
If there has been any change of circumstances preventing the renewal of their immigration permission, the person concerned should be advised to make an application to INIS outlining the circumstances preventing them from renewing their registration.
All non EEA residents on reaching the age of sixteen are required to register with their local immigration officer. The person concerned should attend at their local immigration office for registration if they are sixteen years of age.
Queries on 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 of too long awaited.
