Thomas Byrne
Question:526. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for a working visa by a person (details supplied). [13401/19]
View answerTuesday, 26 March 2019
Questions (526)
Written answers
I have been informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) of my Department that the person concerned applied on 13/10/2017 for a residence card as a family member of an EU citizen under the provisions of the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015 and Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. They stated at that time that they were the spouse of a citizen of Romania.
This application was refused on 13/04/2018 as the Minister was not satisfied that the EU citizen in this case was exercising their EU Treaty Rights in the State through employment, self-employment, the pursuit of a course of study, involuntary unemployment, or the possession of sufficient resources in accordance with Regulation 6(3) of the 2015 Regulations.
The person concerned requested a review of that decision on 16/05/2018 and that application is currently under consideration. INIS confirm that they have received further documentation from the person concerned in respect of their review, and they will correspond with the applicant should further information be required.
Applications are dealt with in strict chronological order, and a decision will issue to the person concerned in due course. Although it is not possible at the present time to provide a definitive date by which a determination will be made in this case, there will be no avoidable delay in completing same.
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.