Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 24 June 2021
364. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice when a decision will be reached in relation to a visa application by a person (details supplied); if the visa will be expedited given the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33984/21]
View answerThe visa application referred to by the Deputy was created on-line by the applicant on 1 April 2021 and associated documents were received in the visa office on 1 June 2021. I understand that the visa office has recently been in contact with the applicants to request further documentation to assist with the processing of the application.
In accordance with the provisions under Point 21.1 of the Policy Document on Non-EEA Family Reunification, processing of family reunification visa applications, such as this may take up to 6 months to determine from date documentation is received in the relevant visa office.
The visa office endeavours to have applications of this nature processed earlier than this, however, this is not always possible. In order to be fair to all applicants, applications are processed in order by date received in the office.
Processing times and decisions at the overseas visa offices can be checked at the webpage for the relevant office: www.inis.gov.ie/en/INIS/Pages/visa-offices.
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.
