Bernard Durkan
Question:54. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if stamp 4 will issue in the case of a person (details supplied). [21856/16]
View answerThursday, 14 July 2016
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I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person in question arrived in the State on 8 February 2015, on visitors' permission and has remained in the State illegally since the expiration of that permission.
I understand that on 17 December 2015, the person applied for permission to remain as a dependant of their siblings: one has Stamp 4 and the other is an Irish citizen. This application was refused on 24 May 2016 as the person in question is 39 years old and has not submitted sufficient documentation to show that they meet the criterion as a qualifying family member under Section 13.3 of the Policy Document on Non EEA Family Reunification (2013), where it is stated that 'a person over 18 years of age would be permitted to apply where he/she is dependent on the care of the parent sponsor, directly or indirectly, due to a serious medical or psychological problem which makes independent life in the home country impossible.' Furthermore, satisfactory documentary evidence of dependency (both financial and social) as defined under the same policy document, was not provided with this application.
It should be noted that the surgery required in this case was not of an emergency nature and is available in this person's country of origin.
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 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 Parliamentary Question 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.