Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 March 2023
1094. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 510 of 7 March 2023, if he will clarify the official date of receipt of a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13556/23]
View answerThe person referred to by the Deputy created an on-line Join Family visa application on the 8 October 2022. The supporting documentation was received for this application on the 24 October 2022 in the Athens office. This visa application was then sent to the Dublin Visa Office for further processing by a Visa Officer. It was received in the Dublin Visa Office on the 28 November 2022.
The Dublin Visa Office are currently processing visas of this type received, in the Dublin Visa office, on the 31 July 2022. Processing times and decisions at the Dublin Visa Office can be checked at the following link which is updated each Tuesday:
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.
