Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 November 2019
110. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an individual (details supplied) will have the person's status upgraded and a travel document issued to facilitate a family visit of a parent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45951/19]
View answerI can inform the Deputy that, based on the information provided, there is no record of an immigration application from the person referred to. However, I can advise the Deputy that non-EEA nationals who visit the State may be granted a maximum of 90 days visitor permission by an immigration officer when they enter at the port of entry. This applies to both non-visa required nationals and visa required nationals.
It is a general policy of my Department not to grant an extension of a visitor permission. The visitor is expected to leave the State by the end of the original period for which permission was granted. If there is a change of circumstances since the original visitor permission or entry visa was granted then my Department will consider an application for an extension of the visitor permission. However, it is generally only in cases where unforeseen circumstances arise that my Department will grant an extension of visitor permission - for example where there is an unexpected illness of the visitor or of a member of the sponsoring family.
If unforeseen circumstances occur which mean that a visitor needs to extend their visitor permission, they must apply in writing by post to:
Extension of Visitor Permission
Residence Division Unit 6
Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service
PO Box 12695
Dublin 2
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the Immigration Service 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 Immigration Service is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.
