Vol. 504 No. 4
238 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason a visa application for the wife of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6 who is studying here has been refused in view of the fact that similar requests from other students have been granted. [12129/99]
The visa application in question was refused because my Department was not satisfied, on the basis of the documentation supplied, that the applicant or the applicant's spouse would be in a position to support her during her stay.
While each visa application is examined on its own merits, my Department's general approach is that a foreign national may join a spouse who is a student here, where that person has been in the State for at least 12 months and is likely to be here for at least another similar period, provided the student is in a position to provide for his or her family members without recourse to public funds.
