Kevin O'Keeffe
Question:122. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied). [11803/17]
View answerTuesday, 7 March 2017
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I am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the visa application referred to was refused by the Visa Office in Abu Dhabi on 6 October 2015. An appeal was subsequently made and refused on 29 January 2016. This decision was communicated to the applicant.
No further applications have been made. If one is made, the applicant should bear in mind the original refusal reasons communicated to him and be in a position to address them.
The Deputy may wish to note that 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 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 INIS is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.
In addition, applicants may themselves e-mail queries directly to INIS (visamail@justice.ie).