1. BY IVAN ZELIĆ Visa Information System EU Migration Law and Policy Jean Monnet Modul prof. dr. sc. Iris Goldner Lang

2. Basic terms Schengen Area Schengen Information System Common Visa Policy  Schengen Visa (short stay visa)  Visits exceeding that period? Subject to national procedures

3. Regulation 539/2001

4. Common Visa policy Aims achieving full visa reciprocity  Reciprocity mechanism:  EU State concered -> Commission  Commision - > 3rd Country authorities  Possible retaliatory measures

5. Visa Information System Database containing information on visa applications by TCN's requiring a visa to enter the Schengen area Established in June 2004 by Council Decision 2004/512/EC Transitional period  Agency for large-scale IT systems  started operations on December 1, 2012

6. Goals of the VIS Facilitating checks and the issuance of visas Fighting abuses Protecting travellers Helping with asylum applications Enhacing security

7. VIS in practice Biometric data recorded in central database  10 Fingerprints  Facial image (digital photography) Frequent travellers Data remains valid for 5 years

8. Searching the VIS Verification Identification  Biometric Matching System (BMS)  Information search engine  70 million people fingerprints; 100 000 request per day

9. Data protection 5 year retention period  When from?  expiry date of the issued visa  date a negative decision is taken  date a decision to modify an issued visa is taken National supervision European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS)

10. Who can access VIS Competent visa authorities Authorities responsible for border checks Asylum authorities  only to determine the State responsible for examination of an asylum application Specific cases  National authorities  Europol

11. Thank you! Feel free to ask questions Merry Christmas!