Bernard Durkan
Question:561. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36882/17]
View answerMonday, 11 September 2017
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I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the Deputy was advised in replies to his previous parliamentary questions dated 27 September 2016 and 09 May 2017, that the person concerned registered as a student in the State on 10 March 2014 and that their permission expired on 2 March 2015.
It appears that this person has been unlawfully in the State since March 2015. A non-national may not be in the State other than with the terms of any permission given to them by the Minister for Justice and Equality. A person who contravenes this requirement may have committed an offence and if found guilty is liable, under section 13 of the Immigration Act of 2004, to a fine not exceeding €3,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both. As this person does not have current immigration permission they are not entitled to work in the State.
As previously advised, the person concerned should present themselves at their local Immigration Office without delay.
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.