Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 July 2017
140. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress in regard to the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied), the holder of stamp 3 status seeking to upgrade to stamp 4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32036/17]
View answerI am advised by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the first-named person concerned has permission to remain in the State until 4 November, 2018 on immigration Stamp 4 conditions. The second-named person concerned has been granted permission to remain in the State, on immigration Stamp 3 conditions, for the period to 4 November 2018. These decisions were conveyed in writing to the persons concerned by letters dated 27 October, 2015.
The decision to grant such status was arrived at following the detailed consideration of the respective cases of the persons concerned and their family members under Section 3 of the Immigration Act 1999 (as amended). This decision was made with due regard for all information and documentation on file at the time.
The Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service would be prepared to review the case of the second-named person concerned in circumstances where they presented documentary evidence to show that they had a concrete offer of paid employment available to them. The Deputy will appreciate that any such offer of paid employment must be on the prospective employer's headed paper; it must describe the specific position being offered; it must set out the proposed salary or salary scale; it must provide an indication that any such position is available immediately, is whole-time and is not subject to seasonal factors. Upon receipt of documentary evidence of the nature described above, INIS will undertake a review of the case of the person concerned.
I am further advised by INIS that to date, no applications for certificates of naturalisation have been received from the persons referred to by the Deputy.
It will be open to the persons concerned to apply to the Citizenship Section of my Department for a Certificate of Naturalisation when the persons concerned are in a position to meet the lawful residency criteria applicable to the lodgement of such applications. Details on the criteria to be met by persons lodging such applications are available from my Department's website (www.justice.ie).
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS of my Department 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.
