Pauline Tully
Question:402. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to open new visa processing offices in Washington DC and Seoul in South Korea. [45289/23]
View answerTuesday, 17 October 2023
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I can advise the Deputy there are no plans to open additional overseas visa offices in any new locations.
There are currently seven overseas Visa Offices in addition to the Visa Office in Dublin. They are located in Abuja, Beijing, London, Moscow, Ankara, Abu Dhabi and New Delhi. Citizens of the United States of America (USA) and the Republic of Korea are not visa required nationals and may present themselves to an immigration official at an Irish Port of Entry without the need to acquire a visa. In addition, the Department of Foreign Affairs process certain visa applications in Irish Embassies abroad under delegated sanction from my Department. The Department of Foreign Affairs operate Embassies in Washington DC and Seoul where they process many different visa types including visit (family), visit (tourism), employment and study visas for visa required nationals that are resident in the USA or the Republic of Korea.