Bernard Durkan
Question:855. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54555/22]
View answerTuesday, 8 November 2022
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The person referred to by the Deputy holds a Stamp 4 permission, which expires on 20 July 2025.
On 17 December 2021, I announced the final temporary extension of immigration and international protection permissions to 31 May 2022. This extension applied to permissions that were due to expire between 15 January 2022 and 31 May 2022, and included permissions that had already been extended by the previous temporary extensions since March 2020.
The immigration permission of the person referred to by the Deputy was covered by this extension from March 2020, or from the date of the landing stamp as they entered the State, and will benefit towards the qualifying criteria when applying for naturalisation, if their permission was a reckonable Stamp.
Applicants may rely on the above published notice on the ISD website irishimmigration.ie to confirm that their registration was renewed in line with this notice. However, they must still support their application by providing evidence that they continued to reside in the State if they are drawing on any or all of this time for the qualifying period.
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 at 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 Question process. The Deputy may consider using the e-mail service except in the cases where the response is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited. Applicants will be required to reach a score of 150 points in each of the years that proof of residency is required.