Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 18 September 2012
1288. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the marriage certificate supplied by a person (details supplied) in County Dublin is not sufficient to grant them permission to remain on the basis of marriage to an Irish citizen [39221/12]
Amharc ar fhreagraI am informed by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) that the person concerned has not supplied an original Civil Marriage Certificate as requested by the Spouse of Irish National Unit. This request has been made twice in correspondence dated 2 March, 2012 and 20 April, 2012. The person in question has submitted a Church Marriage Certificate and has been informed that in order to make an application for permission to remain on the basis of marriage to an Irish National they must provide an original Civil Marriage Certificate.
Queries in relation to the status of individual immigration cases may be made directly to the INIS by e-mail using the Oireachtas Mail facility 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 from the INIS is, in the Deputy's view, inadequate or too long awaited.
