Ivana Bacik
Question:173. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if she will address visa difficulties experienced by a person (details supplied). [18428/22]
View answerWednesday, 6 April 2022
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The person referred to by the Deputy created an on-line Preclearance – Join Family (Irish national)(de facto partner) visa application on 21 October 2021. The supporting documentation and relevant fees were received on 17 November 2021 in the Chicago Office. This visa application was forwarded to my Department's Dublin Visa Office for further processing, and was received on the 6 December 2021, where it is currently awaiting comprehensive examination.
To be fair to all applicants, applications are processed in the order in which they are received in the Preclearance Unit in Dublin. The person concerned can be assured that there will be no avoidable delay in finalising their application and they will be notified as soon as a decision has been reached by a Visa Officer.
The Visa Office in Dublin is currently processing applications of this type received on 1 November 2021. Applicants can keep up-to-date with the dates the Dublin Office is processing applications by checking the following webpage; which is updated weekly:
www.irishimmigration.ie/visa-decisions/
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.