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Visa Applications

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 May 2021

Tuesday, 11 May 2021

Questions (620)

Bernard Durkan

Question:

620. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 821 of 28 April 2021, if the particular appeal in question been assigned to an official in her Department; if the appeal has been assessed by a deciding officer; if there are other issues arising out of the appeal; if so, the issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23656/21]

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The visa appeal will be considered by the visa appeals officer in Abu Dhabi, the visa office where the visa application was made. The processing times and decisions at the Overseas Visa Offices can be checked at the webpage for the relevant Office.

However, to be fair to all applicants, appeals for applications of this type are processed in the order in which they are received. While every effort is made to process these applications as soon as possible, processing times will vary having regard to the volume of appeals received, their complexity, the possible need for the visa office to seek further information in relation to certain appeals and the resources available to process them.

All visa applicants are advised that the onus is on them to provide as much information in support of their application as they feel is necessary. Guidelines in this regard are posted on the Immigration Service website. When making an appeal, the applicant should take into account the reasons for refusal listed in the refusal letter. The appeal should include any further information or additional documentation they wish to have considered, and should be sent for the attention of the Visa Appeals Officer, in the relevant Visa Office, where the matter will be considered afresh.

Full consideration will be given to any appeals received. However, the onus is on applicants to satisfy the Visa Officer that visas should be granted.

Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to my Department by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility (inisoireachtasmail@justice.ie), 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 is, in the Deputy’s view, inadequate or too long awaited.

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