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Document date	12-08-2004
Publication date	12-08-2009
Reference	11272/1/04 REV 1
From	General Secretariat
To	Visa Working Party
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COUNCIL OF Brussels, 12 August 2004 THE EUROPEAN UNION

11272/1/04 REV 1 (en)

VISA 137 COMIX 465

NOTE from : General Secretariat to : Visa Working Party

No prev. doc. : 11175/02 VISA 123 COMIX 443 + REV 1 (da) + REV 2 (en) + REV 3 (sv)

Subject : Common Consular Instructions on visas for the diplomatic missions and consular posts

COMMON CONSULAR INSTRUCTIONS ON VISAS FOR THE DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS

AND CONSULAR POSTS

Contents

I. General provisions ..................................................................................................................... 9

1.
Scope .................................................................................................................................. 9
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  Definition and types of visa............................................................................................... 10 2.1. Uniform visas ........................................................................................................ 10 2.1.1. Airport transit visas ................................................................................. 10 2.1.2. Transit visas............................................................................................. 11 2.1.3. Short-term or travel visas multiple entry visas ....................................... 11 2.1.4. Group visas .............................................................................................. 12

2.2. Long-term visas ..................................................................................................... 12 2.3. Visas with limited territorial validity .................................................................... 13 2.4. Visas issued at the border ..................................................................................... 13

2.5. Documents having the same value as a visa, authorising the crossing of external borders: FTD/FRTD........................................................ 13

II. Diplomatic mission or consular post responsible .................................................................... 14

1.

Determining the State responsible .................................................................................... 14 1.1. State responsible for deciding on an application .................................................. 14 1.2. State representing the State responsible ............................................................... 15

2.

Visa applications requiring consultation with the national central authority or the authority of one or more other Contracting Parties in accordance with Article 17(2) ...................................................................................................................... 19 2.1. Consultation with the national central authority.................................................... 19
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2.2. Consultation with the central authority of one or more Contracting Parties .................................................................................................................... 19

2.3. Consultation procedure in the framework of representation ................................ 19

3.

Visa applications lodged by non-residents ....................................................................... 20

4.

Authorisation to issue uniform visas ................................................................................ 20

III. Receipt of the application ........................................................................................................ 21

1.

Visa application forms. Number of application forms ..................................................... 21

2.

Documents to be enclosed ................................................................................................ 21

3.

Guarantees regarding return and means of subsistence .................................................... 22

4.

Personal interview with the applicant ............................................................................... 22

IV. Legal basis ............................................................................................................................... 23

V. Examination of applications and decisions taken .................................................................... 26

Basic criteria for examining applications ................................................................................ 26

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Examination of visa applications ...................................................................................... 27 1.1. Verification of the visa application ....................................................................... 27 1.2. Verification of the applicant's identity .................................................................. 27
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1.3. Verification of the travel document ...................................................................... 27 1.4. Verification of other documents depending on the application............................. 28

− Supporting documents regarding the purpose of the journey ..................... 28 − Supporting documents regarding means of transport and return ................. 28 − Supporting documents regarding means of subsistence .............................. 29 − Supporting documents regarding accommodation ...................................... 30 − Other documents which may be required .................................................... 32

1.5. Assessment of the applicant's good faith .............................................................. 32

2.

Decision-making procedure for visa applications ............................................................ 33 2.1. Choice of type of visa and number of entries ....................................................... 33 2.2. Administrative responsibility of the intervening authority.................................... 34 2.3. Procedure to be followed in cases requiring prior consultation

with the central authorities of the other Contracting Parties ................................. 34 (a) Procedure ..................................................................................................... 35 (b) Transmission of applications to the national central authority ................... 35 (c) Information transmitted to the central authority ......................................... 36 (d) Transmission of applications between central authorities ........................... 38 (e) Deadline for replies: Extension ................................................................... 38 (f) Decision based on the outcome of the consultation ..................................... 39 (g) Transmission of specific documents ............................................................ 39

2.4. Refusal to examine an application, to issue a visa ................................................ 40

3.

Visas with limited territorial validity ............................................................................... 41

VI. How to fill in visa stickers ....................................................................................................... 43

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Common entries section (SECTION 8) ............................................................................ 43 1.1. "VALID FOR" heading ........................................................................................ 43 1.2. "FROM ... TO" heading......................................................................................... 44 1.3. "NUMBER OF ENTRIES" heading...................................................................... 45 1.4. "DURATION OF VISIT ... DAYS" heading ....................................................... 45 1.5. "ISSUED IN ... ON ... " heading .......................................................................... 46 1.6. "PASSPORT NUMBER" heading ........................................................................ 46 1.7. "TYPE OF VISA" heading ................................................................................... 47 1.8. "NAME AND FIRST NAME" heading ................................................................ 47

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National entries section (comments) (SECTION 9) ......................................................... 48

3.

Section for the photograph ............................................................................................... 48

4.
Section to be electronically scanned (SECTION 5) .......................................................... 49
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  Other aspects relating to the issue of visas ....................................................................... 49 5.1. Signing visas ......................................................................................................... 49 5.2. Invalidating completed visa stickers ..................................................................... 49 5.3. Affixing visa stickers to passports ........................................................................ 50 5.4. Passports and travel documents to which uniform visas may be affixed ............. 50 5.5. Stamp of the issuing diplomatic mission or consular post .................................... 51
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VII. Administrative management and organisation ........................................................................ 52

1.

Organisation of visa departments ..................................................................................... 52

2.

Filing ................................................................................................................................. 52

3.

Visa registers .................................................................................................................... 53

4.

Fees to be charged for the issue of visas .......................................................................... 53

VIII. Consular cooperation at local level ......................................................................................... 54

1.
Outline of consular cooperation at local level .................................................................. 54
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  How to avoid multiple applications or applications which are lodged after a recent refusal to issue ................................................................................ 54

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Assessment of the applicant's good faith .......................................................................... 56

4.
Exchange of statistics ........................................................................................................ 56
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  Visa applications processed by private administrative agencies, travel agencies and tour operators .................................................................................... 57 5.1. Types of intermediary ........................................................................................... 57 5.2. Harmonisation of cooperation with private administrative agencies, travel agencies, tour operators and their retailers .................................................. 59
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ANNEXES TO THE COMMON CONSULAR INSTRUCTIONS ON VISAS

1.

- Joint list of third countries whose citizens are required to have a visa by
Member States bound by Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 i , as amended by Regulation

(EC) No 2414/02001 and Regulation (EC) No 453/2003 i - Joint list of third countries whose citizens are exempted from the visa

requirement by Member States bound by Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 i , as amended by

Regulation (EC) No 2414/02001 and Regulation (EC) No 453/2003 i .................................. 62

2.

Regulations governing the movement of holders of diplomatic, official and service passports and holders of laissez-passers issued by certain International Intergovernmental Organisations to their officials .................................................................. 71

3.

List of States whose nationals are subject to the airport transit visa requirement, where holders of travel documents issued by these States are also subject to this visa requirement ...................................................................................................................... 82

4.

List of documents entitling holders to entry without a visa .................................................... 93

5.

List of visa applications requiring prior consultation with the central authorities, in accordance with Article 17(2). ........................................................................................... 140

6.

List of honorary consuls authorised to issue uniform visas in exceptional cases and on a temporary basis ...................................................................................................................... 141

7.

Reference amounts determined annually by the national authorities for the crossing of borders ................................................................................................................. 143

8.

Uniform format for visa stickers and information on their technical specifications and security features ....................................................................................... 174
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9.

Information to be entered by the Contracting Parties, if necessary, in the "comments" section ..................................................................................................... 182

10.

Instructions on inserting information in the optical reading area .......................................... 208

11.

Criteria for determining whether a travel document may bear a visa .................................... 213

12.

Fees to be charged, in EURO, corresponding to the administrative costs of processing the visa application .............................................................................................. 215

13.

Guidelines on how to fill in visa stickers .............................................................................. 218

14.

Obligations as regards information to be sent by Contracting Parties when visas with limited territorial validity are issued, when the period of validity of uniform visas is cancelled, revoked or reduced and when national residence permits are issued .................................................................................................................. 236

15.

Specimen harmonised forms providing proof of invitation, sponsorship and accommodation drafted by the Contracting Parties ............................................................... 244

16.

Specimen harmonised uniform visa application form ........................................................... 254

17.

Facilitated Transit Document (FTD) and

Facilitated Rail Transit Document (FRTD) ........................................................................... 257

18.

Table of representation for issuing uniform visas ................................................................. 272
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COMMON CONSULAR INSTRUCTIONS ON VISAS

FOR THE DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS

AND CONSULAR POSTS

OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE SCHENGEN CONVENTION

SUBJECT: Conditions governing the issue of uniform visas, valid for the territory of all the

Contracting Parties.

I. General Provisions

1.

Scope
The following common provisions, which are based on the provisions of Chapter 3 (sections 1

and 2) of the Convention Implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 between

the Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of

Germany and the French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders

(hereinafter referred to as "the Convention") signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990, and which

Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Austria have since acceded to, apply to the examination of

visa applications for a visit not exceeding three months, including transit visas, valid for the

territory of all the Contracting Parties. 1

Visas for visits exceeding three months remain subject to national procedures and only authorise the holder to stay in the one national territory. Nevertheless, such visas shall enable their holders to transit through the territories of the other Contracting Parties in order to reach the territory of the Contracting Party which issued the visa, unless they fail to fulfil the entry conditions referred to in Article 5(1)(a), (d) and (e) or they are on the national list of alerts of the Contracting Party through whose territory they seek to transit.

1 Pursuant to Article 138 of the Convention, these provisions shall only apply to the European

territory of the French Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

2.

Definition and types of visa

2.1. Uniform visas are the authorisation or decision taking the form of a sticker affixed by a Contracting Party to a passport, travel document or other document which entitles the

holder to cross the border. It enables aliens subject to the visa requirement to present themselves at the external border of the Contracting Party which issued the visa or that of another Contracting Party and request, depending on the type of visa, transit or residence, provided that the other transit or entry conditions have been met. Mere possession of a uniform visa does not confer automatic right of entry.

2.1.1. Airport transit visas

This visa entitles aliens who are required to have such a visa to pass through the international transit area of airports without actually entering the national territory of the country concerned, during a stop-over or transfer between two stages of an international flight. The requirement to have this visa is an exception to the general right to transit without a visa through the abovementioned international transit area.

Nationals from the countries listed in Annex 3 and persons who are not necessarily nationals of those countries but who possess travel documents issued by their authorities are required to possess this type of visa.

Exceptions to the airport transit visa requirement are laid down in Section III of Annex 3.

2.1.2. Transit visas

This visa entitles aliens who are travelling from one Third State to another Third State to pass through the territories of the Contracting Parties.

This visa may be issued for one, two or exceptionally several transits, provided that the duration in each case does not exceed five days.

2.1.3. Short-stay or travel visas: multiple-entry visas

This visa entitles aliens who seek to enter the territories of the Contracting Parties, for reasons other than immigration, to pay a continuous visit or several visits, the duration of which does not exceed three months in any half-year from the date of first entry. As a general rule, this visa may be issued for one or several entries.

In the case of aliens who need to travel frequently to one or several Schengen States, for

example on business, short-stay visas may be issued for several visits, provided that the

total length of these visits does not exceed three months in any half-year. This multiple

entry visa may be valid for one year, and in exceptional cases, for more than a year for

certain categories of persons. (see V, 2, 2.1).

2.1.4. Group visas

This is a transit visa or a visa limited to a maximum of thirty days, which may be affixed to a group passport - except where national legislation provides otherwise - issued to a group of aliens formed prior to the decision to travel, provided that the members of the group enter the territory, stay there and leave it as a group.

Group visas may be issued to groups of between 5 and 50 people. The person in charge of the group shall possess an individual passport and, where necessary, an individual visa.

By way of derogation from the foregoing, group transit visas may be issued to seamen in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 415/2003 i of 27 February 2003 on the issue of visas at the border, including the issue of such visas to

seamen in transit * .

2.2. Long-stay visas

Visas for visits exceeding three months shall be national visas issued by one of the Member States in accordance with its national legislation.

However, such visas shall, for a period of not more than three months from their initial date of validity, be valid concurrently as uniform short-stay visas, provided that they were issued in accordance with the common conditions and criteria adopted under or pursuant to the relevant provisions of Chapter 3, section I of the aforementioned Convention and their holders fulfil the entry conditions referred to in Article 5(1)(a), (c), (d) and (e) of the Convention and contained in Part IV of these Instructions. Otherwise, such visas shall enable their holders merely to transit through the territories of the other Contracting Parties in order to reach the territory of the Member State which issued the visa, unless the holders do not fulfil the entry conditions referred to in Article 5(1)(a), (d) and (e) or are on the national list of alerts of the Member State through whose territory they seek to transit.

*

OJ L 64, 7.3.2003, p. 1.

2.3. Visas with limited territorial validity

This visa is affixed in exceptional cases to a passport, travel document or other document which entitles the holder to cross the border, where the visit is authorised only in the national territory of one or more Contracting Parties, provided that both entry and exit are through the territory of this or these Contracting Parties (see V.3 of these Instructions).

2.4. Visas issued at the border *

2.5. Documents having the same value as a visa, authorising the crossing of external borders: FTD/FRTD

For facilitated transit, an FTD or an FRTD can be issued in accordance with Council

Regulation (EC) No 693/2003 i ** and (EC) No 694/2003 *** (see Annex 17).

*

In exceptional cases, short-stay or transit visas may be issued at the border, pursuant to the
conditions defined in part II, point 5 of the Common Manual on External Borders.

** OJ L 99, 17.4.2003, p. 8.

*** OJ L 99, 17.4.2003, p. 15.

II. Diplomatic mission or consular post responsible

Aliens who are subject to the visa requirement (see Annex 1) and who seek to enter the territory of a Contracting Party, are obliged to apply to the visa section in the diplomatic mission or consular post responsible.

1.

Determining the State responsible

1.1. State responsible for deciding on an application

The following are responsible for examining applications for short-stay or transit uniform visas:

(a) – The Contracting Party in whose territory the sole or main destination of the visit is situated. Under no circumstances may a transit Contracting Party be considered the country of main destination.

The diplomatic mission or consular post with which the application is lodged shall decide, on a case-by-case basis, which is the Contracting Party of main destination, bearing in mind, in its assessment, all the facts and, in particular, the purpose of the visit, the route and duration of visit or visits. When assessing these factors, the mission or post will focus mainly on the supporting documents submitted by the applicant.

– It shall focus in particular on the main reason for or the purpose of the visit when one or more destinations are the direct result of or additional to another destination;

– It shall focus in particular on the longest visit when no destination is the direct result or additional to another destination; where the visits are of equal length, the first

destination will be the determining factor.

(b) – The Contracting Party of first entry, when the Contracting Party of main destination cannot be determined.

Contracting Party of first entry shall be the State whose external border the applicant crosses in order to enter the Schengen area after having had his/her documents checked.

– When the Contracting Party of first entry does not require a visa, it is not obliged to issue a visa and - unless it issues the visa voluntarily, subject to the consent of the

person concerned - the responsibility is transferred to the first Contracting Party of destination or of transit which requires a visa.

– The examination of applications and the issue of visas with limited territorial validity (limited to the territory of one Contracting Party or to the territory of the Benelux

States) shall be the responsibility of the Contracting Party or Parties concerned.

1.2. State representing the State responsible

(a) If the State responsible has no diplomatic mission or consular post in a given State, the uniform visa may be issued by the mission or post of the State representing the State

responsible. The visa is issued on behalf of the State that is being represented, subject to its prior authorisation, and where necessary, to consultation between the central authorities. If one of the Benelux States has a diplomatic mission or consular post, it shall in priciple automatically represent the other Benelux States, unless the Benelux State concerned is in practice unable to represent the other Benelux States, in which case the latter may call upon another partner State to represent them on visa matters in the third country in question.

(b) Even if a State has a diplomatic mission or consular post in a third country, it may ask another State having a consular post in that third country to represent it. The uniform visa is issued on behalf of the State that is being represented, subject to its prior

authorisation, and where necessary, to consultation between the central authorities.

(c) When uniform visas are issued pursuant to (a) and (b), the form of representation shall be agreed between the State or States being represented and the State representing that or those State(s), and shall specify:

– the duration of such representation and the conditions for its termination;

– and, for the application of point (b), the arrangements for implementing such representation, including the conditions governing the provision of premises by the representing State or the provision of staff by the representing State and the State being represented, and the possible financial contribution of the State being represented to the costs involved in issuing visas incurred by the representing State.

(d) When uniform visas are issued pursuant to (a) and (b), the representation shall be reflected in the table of representation for the issuing of uniform visas set out in Annex 18.".

(e) The procedure for issuing Schengen visas in the event of representation pursuant to (a) and (b) shall be based on the following principles:

– The rules on representation shall apply to the processing of applications for uniform airport transit visas, transit visas and short-stay visas issued pursuant to the Schengen Convention and in accordance with the Common Consular

Instructions. The representing State is obliged to comply with the provisions of the Common Consular Instructions as quickly as it issues its own visas of the same category and with the same period of validity.

− Except where expressly provided in bilateral agreements, the rules on

representation shall not apply to visas issued for the purpose of paid employment or an activity which requires prior permission from the State in which it is to be carried out. The applicant must contact the accredited consular post of the State where the activity is to be carried out.

− The Schengen States shall not be obliged to ensure that they are represented for

visa purposes in all third States. They may decide that in certain third States visa applications or applications for a particular kind of visa must be made at a permanent consular post or diplomatic mission of the State that is the applicant's main destination.

− The diplomatic missions and consular posts shall bear full responsibility for

assessing the risk of illegal immigration when a visa application is lodged.

− The represented States shall assume responsibility for asylum applications made

by holders of a visa which has been issued by representing States on their behalf and which states that it has been issued in the framework of representation.

− In exceptional cases, bilateral agreements may stipulate that visa applications

from certain categories of aliens are either to be submitted by the representing State to the authorities of the represented State in which the main destination is located or to be forwarded to a permanent consular representation of that State. The categories in question must be laid down in writing (if necessary for each diplomatic mission or consular post). It shall therefore be assumed that the visa has been issued on the authorisation of the represented State pursuant to Article 30(1) of the Schengen Convention.

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Bilateral agreements may be amended in the course of time in the light of decisions taken at national level concerning asylum applications lodged within a set period of time by holders of visas issued in the framework of representation and other information relevant to the issue of visas. Based on the outcome, it may also be decided to waive the rules on representation for certain diplomatic missions and consular posts (and possibly for certain nationalities).

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Representation shall apply solely to the issue of visas. Aliens who are unable to apply for a visa because they cannot furnish sufficient proof that they fulfil the relevant conditions must be informed that they can apply for a visa at a permanent consular post or diplomatic mission of the Schengen State in which their main destination lies.

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The rules on representation may be refined by extension of the consultation network resulting from software development that enables consular posts and diplomatic missions undertaking representation to consult the central authorities of the represented State in a simple fashion.

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At local level, diplomatic missions or consular posts shall, in the framework of local consular cooperation, ensure that appropriate information on the
responsibilities arising from the use of representation pursuant to (a) and (b) is made available to visa applicants.

2.

Visa applications requiring consultation with the national central authority or the authority of one or more other Contracting Parties in accordance with Article 17(2)

2.1. Consultation with the national central authority

The diplomatic mission or consular post which examines the application shall seek authorisation from its central authority, consult it or inform it of the decision it plans to take in accordance with the arrangements and time limits laid down by national law and practice. Cases requiring internal consultation are listed in Annex 5A.

2.2. Consultation with the central authority of one or more Contracting Parties

The diplomatic mission or the consular post with which an application is lodged shall seek authorisation from its central authority, which, for its part, shall forward the application to the competent central authorities of one or more other Contracting Parties (see part V, 2, 2.3). Until the final list of cases of mutual consultation has been approved by the Executive Committee, the list annexed to these Common Consular Instructions shall apply (see Annex 5B).

2.3. Consultation procedure in the framework of representation

(a) When visa applications are lodged by nationals of the countries listed in Annex 5C at a diplomatic mission or consular representation of a Schengen State representing another Schengen State, the represented State shall be consulted.

(b) The information exchanged in respect of these visa applications shall be the same as that currently exchanged in the framework of the consultation under Annex 5B. A

compulsory heading shall, however, be provided on the form for the references to the territory of the represented State.

(c) The current provisions of the Common Consular Instructions on Visas shall apply to the time limits, their extension and the form of the reply.

(d) The consultation provided for in Annex 5B shall be undertaken by the represented State.

3.

Visa applications lodged by non-residents
When an application is lodged with a State which is not the applicant's State of residence and there are doubts concerning the person's intentions (in particular where there is evidence pointing to illegal immigration), the visa shall be issued only after consultation with the diplomatic mission or consular post of the applicant's State of residence and/or its central authority.

4.

Authorisation to issue uniform visas
Only the diplomatic mission or consular posts of the Contracting Parties shall be entitled to issue uniform visas, except in the cases listed in Annex 6.

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III. Receipt of the application

1.

Visa application forms - number of application forms
Aliens shall also be required to fill in the uniform visa form. Applications for a uniform visa must be made using the harmonised form a specimen of which is given in Annex 16.

At least one copy of the application form must be filled in so that it may be used during consultation with the central authorities. The Contracting Parties may, insofar as national administrative procedures so require, request several copies of the application.

2.

Documents to be enclosed
– Aliens shall enclose the following documents with the application:

(a) a valid travel document to which a visa may be affixed (see Annex 11);

(b) where appropriate, documents supporting the purpose and the conditions of the planned visit;

If the information supplied is sufficient to enable the diplomatic mission or consular post to ascertain that the applicant is acting in good faith, the staff responsible for issuing the visas may exempt the applicant from submitting the abovementioned supporting documents.

3.

Guarantees regarding return and means of subsistence
Aliens must ultimately be able to convince the diplomatic mission or consular post with which they lodge their application that they have adequate means to ensure subsistence and return.

4.

Personal interview with the applicant
As a general rule, the applicant shall be called on to appear in person in order to explain verbally the reasons for the application, especially where there are doubts concerning the actual purpose of the visit or the applicant's intention to return to the country of departure.

This requirement may be waived in cases where the applicant is well-known or where the distance from the diplomatic mission or consular post is too great, provided that there is no doubt as to the good faith of the applicant and, in the case of group trips, a reputable and trustworthy body is able to vouch for the good faith of those persons concerned.

Part VIII.5 contains more detailed rules on visa applications processed by private administrative agencies, travel agencies and tour operators and their retailers.

IV. Legal basis

Uniform visas may be issued only once the entry conditions laid down in Articles 15 and 5 of the Convention have been met. These Articles read as follows:

Article 15

"In principle, the visas referred to in Article 10 may be issued only if an alien fulfils the entry conditions laid down in Article 5(1) (a), (c), (d) and (e)."

Article 5

"1. For stays not exceeding three months, aliens fulfilling the following conditions may be granted entry into the territories of the Contracting Parties:

(a) that the aliens possess a valid document or documents, as defined by the Executive Committee, authorising them to cross the border;

(b) that the aliens are in possession of a valid visa if required;

(c) that the aliens produce, if necessary, documents justifying the purpose and conditions of the intended stay and that they have sufficient means of

subsistence, both for the period of the intended stay and for the return to their country of origin or transit to a Third State into which they are certain to be admitted, or are in a position to acquire such means lawfully;

(d) that the aliens shall not be persons for whom an alert has been issued for the purposes of refusing entry;

(e) that the aliens shall not be considered to be a threat to public policy, national security or the international relations of any of the Contracting Parties.

2.

An alien who does not fulfil all the above conditions must be refused entry into the territories of the Contracting Parties unless a Contracting Party considers it necessary to derogate from that principle on humanitarian grounds, on grounds of national interest or because of international obligations. In such cases authorisation to enter will be restricted to the territory of the Contracting Party concerned, which must inform the other Contracting Parties accordingly.
These rules shall not preclude the application of special provisions concerning the right of asylum or of the provisions laid down in Article 18."

Visas with limited territorial validity may be issued subject to the conditions laid down in

Articles 11(2), 14(1) and 16 in conjunction with Article 5(2) (see V.3).

Article 11(2)

2.

Paragraph 1 shall not preclude a Contracting Party from issuing a new visa, the validity of which is limited to its own territory, within the half-year in question if necessary.
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Article 14(1)

1.

No visa shall be affixed to a travel document if that travel document is not valid for any of the Contracting Parties. If a travel document is only valid for one Contracting Party or for a
number of Contracting Parties, the visa to be affixed shall be limited to the Contracting Party

or Parties in question.

Article 16

If a Contracting Party considers it necessary to derogate on one of the grounds listed in Article 5(2) from the principle laid down in Article 15, by issuing a visa to an alien who does not fulfil all the entry conditions referred to in Article 5(1), the validity of this visa shall be restricted to the territory of that Contracting Party, which must inform the other Contracting Parties accordingly.

V. Examination of applications and decisions taken

The diplomatic mission or consular post shall first check the documents submitted (1) and shall then base its decision regarding the visa application on these documents (2):

Basic criteria for examining applications

The main issues to be borne in mind when examining visa applications are: the security of the

Contracting Parties and the fight against illegal immigration, as well as other aspects relating to international relations. Depending on the country concerned, one of these aspects may take precedence over the other, but at no stage should any of them be lost sight of.

As far as security is concerned, it is advisable to check that the necessary controls have been carried out: a search of the entry refusal files (alerts for the purpose of refusing entry) in the Schengen Information System and consultation of the central authorities of the countries subject to this procedure.

The diplomatic mission or consular post shall assume full responsibility in assessing whether there is an immigration risk. The purpose of examining applications is to detect those applicants who are seeking to immigrate to the Member States and set themselves up there, using grounds such as tourism, business, study, work or family visits as a pretext. Therefore, it is necessary to be particularly vigilant when dealing with "risk categories", unemployed persons, those with no regular income, etc. To the same end, fundamental importance attaches to the interview held with the applicant to determine the purpose of the journey. Additional supporting documentation, agreed through local consular cooperation if possible, may also be required. The diplomatic mission or consular post must also draw on local consular cooperation to enhance its capacity to detect false or falsified documents submitted in support of some visa applications. If there is any doubt as to the authenticity of the papers and supporting documents submitted, including doubt as to the veracity of their contents, or over the reliability of statements collected during interview, the diplomatic mission or consular post shall refrain from issuing the visa.

Conversely, checks shall be reduced where the applicant is known to be a bona fide person, this information having been exchanged through consular cooperation.

1.

Examination of visa applications

1.1. Verification of the visa application

– the length of visit requested shall correspond to the purpose of the visit

– the replies to the questions on the form shall be full and consistent. The form shall include an identity photograph of the visa applicant and shall indicate, as far as possible, the main destination to which he is travelling.

1.2. Verification of the applicant's identity and verification as to whether an alert has been issued on the applicant in the Schengen Information System (SIS) for the purpose of refusing entry or verification as to whether the applicant poses any other threat (to security) which would

constitute grounds for refusal to issue the visa or whether, from an immigration point of view, the applicant poses a risk in that on a previous visit he/she overstayed the authorised length of stay.

1.3. Verification of the travel document:

– Verification as to whether the document is in order or not: it should be complete and should not be amended, falsified or counterfeited;

– Verification of the territorial validity of the travel document: it should be valid for entry into the territory of the Contracting Parties;

– Verification of the period of validity of the travel document: the period of validity of the travel document should exceed that of the visa by three months (Article 13(2) of the Convention);

– However, on urgent humanitarian grounds, for reasons of national interest or because of international obligations, visas may, in exceptional cases, be affixed to travel

documents the period of validity of which is less than that specified in the previous paragraph (three months), provided that the period of validity exceeds that of the visa and that the guarantee of return is not compromised;

– Verification of the length of previous stays in the territory of the Contracting Parties.

1.4. Verification of other documents depending on the application:

The number and type of supporting documents required depend on the possible risk of illegal immigration and the local situation (for example, the convertibility of the currency) and may vary from one country to another. As regards evaluation of the supporting documents, the diplomatic missions or consular posts of the Contracting Parties may agree on practical arrangements adapted to suit local circumstances.

The supporting documents shall cover the purpose of the journey, means of transport and return, means of subsistence and accommodation:

– supporting documents regarding the purpose of the journey shall mean, for example: – a letter of invitation,

– a summons, – an organised trip.

– supporting documents regarding means of transport and return shall mean, for example: – a return ticket,

– currency for petrol or car insurance.

– supporting documents regarding means of subsistence:

The following may be accepted as proof of means of subsistence: cash in convertible currency, traveller's cheques, cheque books for a foreign currency account, credit cards or any other means that guarantees funds in hard currency.

The level of means of subsistence shall be proportionate to the length and purpose of the

stay, and to the cost of living in the Schengen State or States to be visited. To this end,

reference amounts for the crossing of borders shall be determined each year by the

national authorities of the Contracting Parties (see Annex 7). *

In addition, in support of an application for a short-term or travel visa, applicants must show that they are in possession of adequate and valid individual or group travel insurance to cover any expenses which might arise in connection with repatriation for medical reasons, urgent medical attention and/or emergency hospital treatment.

Applicants should in principle underwrite insurance in their State of residence. Where this is not possible, they should seek to obtain insurance in any other country. If the host underwrites insurance for the applicant, he should do this in his own place of residence.

The insurance must be valid throughout the territory of the Member States applying in full the provisions of the Schengen acquis and cover the entire period of the person's stay. The minimum coverage shall be EUR 30 000.

*

These reference amounts shall be determined according to the arrangements laid down in
part I of the Common Manual on External Borders.

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In principle, the proof of this insurance shall be submitted when the visa is issued.

The diplomatic mission or consular post competent to examine a visa application may decide that this requirement has been met where it is established that an adequate level of insurance may be assumed in the light of the applicant's professional situation.

Diplomatic missions or consular posts may, on a case by case basis, decide to make an exception from this requirement for holders of diplomatic, official duty and other official passports, or when this protects national interests in the field of foreign policy, development policy or other areas of vital public interest.

Exceptions from the requirement to produce evidence of travel insurance may also be made when, in the framework of local consular cooperation, it is established that it is impossible for nationals of certain third States to acquire such insurance.

When assessing whether an insurance is adequate, Member States may ascertain whether claims against the insurance company would be recoverable in a Member State, Switzerland or Liechtenstein.

– supporting documents regarding accommodation:

The following documents inter alia may be accepted as proof of accommodation:

(a) hotel reservation or reservation for a similar establishment.

(b) documents proving the existence of a lease or a title-deed, in the applicant's name, to a property situated in the country to be visited.

(c) Where an alien states that he/she shall stay at a person's home or in an institution, the diplomatic missions and consular posts shall verify whether the alien will

actually be accommodated there:

– either by checking with the national authorities, where such checks are necessary;

– or by requiring that a certificate be presented which vouches for the commitment to accommodate, in the form of a harmonised form filled in by the host/institution and stamped by the competent authority of the Contracting Party, according to the

provisions laid down in its national legislation. A model of the form may be adopted by the Executive Committee.

– or by requiring that a certificate or an official or public document be presented which vouches for the commitment to accommodate, formalised and verified in accordance with the internal law of the Contracting Party concerned.

The presentation of documents relating to the commitment to accommodate referred to in the previous two paragraphs is not a new condition for the issue of visas. These documents have a practical purpose, aimed at confirming the availability of accommodation and, where appropriate, means of subsistence. If a Contracting Party uses this type of document, it should always specify the identity of the host and of the guest or guests, the address of the accommodation, the length and purpose of the stay, any family ties, and indicate whether the host is residing lawfully in the country.

After issuing the visa, the diplomatic mission or consular post shall affix its stamp and write the visa number on the document in order to prevent it from being reused.

These checks are aimed at avoiding any invitations of convenience, fraudulent invitations or invitations from illegal aliens or aliens whose status is insecure.

Applicants may be exempted from the requirement to provide supporting documents regarding accommodation before applying for a uniform visa if they are able to prove that they have sufficient financial means to cover their subsistence and accommodation costs in the Schengen State or States that they plan to visit.

– Other documents which may be required

– proof of place of residence and proof of ties with the country of residence, – parental authorisation in the case of minors, – proof of the social and professional status of the applicant.

Where the national laws of the Schengen States require proof of invitations from private individuals or for business trips, sponsorship declarations or proof of accommodation, a harmonised form shall be used.

1.5. Assessment of the applicant's good faith

In order to assess the applicant's good faith, the mission or post shall check whether the applicant is recognised as a person of good faith in the framework of local consular cooperation.

Furthermore, they shall consult the information exchanged as referred to in Chapter VIII, 3, of

these Instructions.

2.

Decision-making procedure for visa applications

2.1. Choice of type of visa and number of entries

A uniform visa pursuant to Article 11 may be:

– a travel visa valid for one or more entries, provided that neither the length of a continuous stay nor the total length of successive stays exceeds three months in any half-year, from the date of first entry;

– a visa valid for one year, entitling a three month stay during any half-year and several entries; this visa may be issued to persons providing the necessary guarantees and

persons in whom the Contracting Parties have shown a particular interest. In exceptional

cases, a visa valid for more than one year, but for no more than five years, may be

issued to certain categories of person for several entries;

– a transit visa authorising its holder to transit through the territories of the Contracting Parties once, twice or exceptionally several times en route to the territory of a

Third State, provided that no transit exceeds five days and provided that the entry of the alien into the territory of the destination Third State is guaranteed and that the route taken normally requires transit through the territories of the Contracting Parties.

2.2. Administrative responsibility of the intervening authority

The diplomatic representative or the head of the consular section shall assume, in accordance with their national powers, full responsibility for the practical arrangements for the issue of visas by their missions or posts and shall consult with one another.

The diplomatic mission or consular post shall take its decision on the basis of all the information available to it and bearing in mind the specific situation of each applicant.

2.3. Procedure to be followed in cases of prior consultation with the central authorities of the other Contracting Parties

The Contracting Parties have decided to set up a system for the purpose of carrying out consultation with the central authorities. In the event that the technical system for consultation fails, the following measures may be applied temporarily on a case-by-case basis:

– Limitation of the number of cases of consultation to those where consultation is deemed essential

– Use of the local network of embassies and consulates of the Contracting Parties concerned in order to channel consultation

– Use of the network of embassies of the Contracting Parties located (a) in the country carrying out the consultation, (b) in the country which is to be consulted

– Use of conventional means of communication between contact points: fax, telephone, etc. – Exercise of greater vigilance in the common interest.

In cases where the applicants come under the categories listed in Annex 5B which are subject to consultation of a central authority - the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or another body - (Article 17(2) of the Convention), uniform visas and long-stay visas valid concurrently as short-stay visas shall be issued according to the procedure outlined below.

The diplomatic mission or consular post with which an application has been lodged by a person from one of these categories shall in the first instance check, by carrying out a search in the Schengen Information System, whether an alert has been issued on the applicant for the purpose of refusing entry.

It shall then follow the procedure outlined below:

(a) Procedure

The procedure under (b) shall not apply when the visa applicant is the subject of an alert in the Schengen Information System for the purpose of refusing entry.

(b) Transmission of applications to the national central authority

The diplomatic mission or consular post with which an application has been lodged by a person from one of the categories subject to consultation shall transmit this application immediately to the central authority in its country.

– If the central authority decides to refuse an application for which the Contracting Party applied to is responsible, it shall not be necessary to begin or to continue a consultation procedure with the central authorities of the Contracting Parties which asked to be

consulted.

– In the case of an application examined by the representative of the State responsible, the central authority of the Contracting Party with which the application has been lodged

shall transmit it to the central authority of the State responsible. If the central authority of the represented State - or the central authority of the representing State, where so provided in the representation agreement - decides to reject the visa application, it shall not be necessary to begin or to continue a consultation procedure with the central authorities of the Contracting Parties which asked to be consulted.

As part of consultation with the central authorities, the diplomatic missions or consular posts with which an application has been lodged shall transmit the following information to their central authority:

1.
Diplomatic mission or consular post with which the application has been lodged.
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  Surname and first names, date and place of birth and, if known, the names of the applicant's parents.
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  Nationality of the applicant(s) and, if known, any previous nationalities.

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Type and number of travel document(s) submitted, their date of issue and date of expiry.
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  Length and purpose of the intended stay.
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  Planned dates of travel.
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Residence, profession, employer of the visa applicant.

8.

References from the Member States, in particular, any previous applications or visits to the Signatory States.

9.

Border which the applicant intends to cross in order to enter Schengen territory.

10.

Any other names (maiden name, or where appropriate, married name, in order to complete the identification in accordance with the requirements under the national law of the Contracting Parties and the national law of the State of which the applicant is a national).

11.

Any other information deemed necessary by the diplomatic missions or consular posts, concerning, for example, the spouse or minor children accompanying the person
concerned, any visas previously issued to the applicant and visa applications for the same destination.

This information shall be taken from the visa application form, in the order in which it appears on the aforementioned form.

The above headings shall form the basis for the information to be transmitted in the framework of consultation between central authorities. The Contracting Party carrying out the consultation shall as a rule be responsible for the mode of transmission, on the understanding that the date and time of transmission and its receipt by the recipient central authorities are clearly marked.

(d) Transmission of applications between central authorities

The central authority of the Contracting Party whose mission or post has received an application shall consult, in turn, the central authority or authorities of the Contracting Party or Parties who have asked to be consulted. To this end, the authorities designated by the Contracting Parties shall be considered central authorities.

After carrying out the relevant checks, these authorities shall transmit their assessment of the visa application to the central authority which consulted them.

(e) Deadline for replies: Extension

The central authorities consulted shall have a maximum deadline of 7 calendar days for sending a reply to the central authority which asked for the consultation. The initial deadline commences at the date on which the application is transmitted by the central authority which has to carry out the consultation.

If during the 7 days one of the consulted central authorities asks for the deadline to be extended, this may be increased by 7 days.

In exceptional cases, the consulted central authority may submit a justified request for an extension of more than 7 days, stating reasons.

The authorities consulted shall ensure that in urgent cases, the reply is transmitted as quickly as possible.

Where no reply is received by the end of the initial deadline or, where appropriate, by the end of the extended deadline, the absence of a reply shall be the equivalent of an authorisation and shall mean that there are, as far as the Contracting Party or Parties consulted are concerned, no grounds for objecting to the issue of a visa.

(f) Decision based on the outcome of the consultation

Once the initial or extended deadline has expired, the central authority of the Contracting Party with which the application has been lodged may authorise the diplomatic mission or consular post to issue the uniform visa.

Where there is no clear decision on the part of the central authority, the diplomatic mission or consular post with which the application has been lodged may issue the visa after a period of 14 days has elapsed from the time at which the application was sent by the central authority carrying out the consultation. It is the responsibility of each central authority to inform its missions and posts at the start of each consultation period.

In cases where the central authority receives a request for an exceptional extension to the deadline, it shall notify the mission or post with which the application has been lodged accordingly: it shall not decide on the application before receiving clear instructions from its central authority.

(g) Transmission of specific documents

In exceptional cases, the embassy where the visa application is lodged may, at the request of the consular mission of the consulted State, transmit the visa application form (with a space for a photograph) pursuant to Article 17 of the Schengen Convention.

This procedure shall apply only in cities where there are diplomatic missions or consular posts of

both the consulting State and consulted State and only in respect of the nationalities listed in

Annex 5B.

Under no circumstances may the reply or the request to extend the deadline for consultation be transmitted locally, except in the case of consultation at local level in accordance with the current provisions of Annex 5B of the Common Consular Instructions on Visas. In principle, the consultation network shall be used for exchanges between the central authorities.

2.4. Refusal to examine an application, to issue a visa

The procedure and the possible channels of appeal in cases where the diplomatic mission or consular post of a Contracting Party refuses to examine an application or issue a visa are governed by the law of that Contracting Party.

If a visa is refused and national law provides for the grounds for such a refusal to be given, this must be done on the basis of the following text:

"Your request for a visa has been refused pursuant to Article 15 in conjunction with Article 5 of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 19 June 1990 because you do not satisfy the conditions under a, c, d, e, (indicate relevant condition(s)) of Article 5(1) of the said Convention, which stipulates ......................... (state relevant condition(s))."

If necessary, the above grounds may be supplemented with more detailed information or contain other information in accordance with the requirements in this area laid down in the national law of the Schengen States.

When a diplomatic or consular mission which is representing another Schengen State is forced to discontinue its examination of a visa application, the applicant should be notified thereof and informed that he/she may go to the nearest diplomatic or consular mission of the State competent to examine his application.

3.
Visas with limited territorial validity
A visa the validity of which is limited to the national territory of one or several Contracting Parties may be issued:

(1) in cases where a diplomatic mission or consular post considers it necessary to derogate from the principle laid down in Article 15 of the Convention (Article 16) on one of the grounds listed in Article 5(2) (on humanitarian grounds, for reasons of national interest or because of international obligations);

(2) in cases provided for in Article 14 of the Convention, according to which:

"1. No visa may be affixed to a travel document if that travel document is not valid for any of the Contracting Parties. If a travel document is only valid for one Contracting Party or for a number of Contracting Parties, the visa to be affixed shall be limited to the Contracting Party or Parties in question.
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  If a travel document is not recognised as valid by one or more of the Contracting Parties, an authorisation may be issued in place of a visa."
(3) in cases where, on account of urgency, (on humanitarian grounds, for reasons of national interest or because of international obligations), a mission or post does not consult the central authorities or where this procedure gives rise to objections;

(4) in cases where a mission or post issues, out of necessity, a new visa for a stay during the same half-year to an applicant who, over a six-month period, has already used a visa

with a validity of three months.

The validity is limited to the territory of one Contracting Party, the Benelux or two Benelux States for cases 1, 3 and 4 above, and to the territory of one or several Contracting Parties, the Benelux or two Benelux States for case 2.

The missions or posts of the other Contracting Parties must be informed of cases where these visas are issued.

VI. How to fill in visa stickers

Annexes 8 and 13 contain the following: 8 - a description of the sticker's security features;

13 - examples of specimen visa stickers that have already been filled in.

1.

Common entries section (Section 8)

1.1. "VALID FOR" heading:

This heading indicates the territory in which the visa holder is entitled to travel.

This heading may be completed in one of the following four ways only:

(a) Schengen States; (b) Schengen State or Schengen States to whose territory the validity of the visa is limited (in this case the following abbreviations are used: F for France, D for Germany, E for Spain, GR for Greece, P for Portugal, I for Italy, L for Luxembourg, NL for the Netherlands, B for Belgium); (c) Benelux; (d) Schengen State (using the abbreviations in (b)) which issued the national long-stay visa + Schengen States

– When the sticker is used to issue the uniform visa pursuant to Articles 10 and 11 of the Convention, or to issue a visa whose validity is not limited to the territory of the

Contracting Party which issued the visa, the heading "valid for" is filled in using the words "Schengen States", in the language of the Contracting Party which issued the visa.

– When the sticker is used to issue visas which restrict entry, stay and exit to just one territory, this heading shall be filled in, in the national language, with the name of the Contracting Party to which the visa holder's entry, stay and exit are limited.

– When the sticker is used to issue a national long-stay visa valid concurrently as a uniform short-stay visa for a maximum period of three months from its initial date of validity, this heading is to be filled in with the Member State which issued the national long-stay visa, followed by "Schengen States".

– Pursuant to Article 14 of the Convention, limited territorial validity may cover the territory of several Member States; in that case, according to the Member State codes to be entered under this heading, the following options are available:

(a) entry of the codes for the Member States concerned;

(b) entry of the words "Schengen States" in the language of the issuing Member State, followed in brackets by the minus sign and the codes of the Member States for the territories of which the visa is not valid.

– Limited territorial validity may not apply to just part of the territory of a Contracting Party.

1.2. "FROM ... TO" heading:

This heading indicates the period of the holder's stay as authorised by the visa.

The date from which the visa holder may enter the territory for which the visa is valid is written as below, following the word "FROM":

– the day is written using two digits, the first of which is a zero if the day in question is a single digit.

– horizontal dash. – the month is written using two digits, the first of which is a zero if the month in question is a single digit. – horizontal dash. – the year is written using two digits, which correspond with the last two digits of the year. – For example: 15-04-94 = 15 April 1994.

The date of the last day of the period of the visa holder's authorised stay is entered after the word "TO". The visa holder must have left the territory for which the visa is valid by midnight on this date.

This date is written in the same way as the first date above.

1.3. "NUMBER OF ENTRIES" heading:

This heading shows the number of times the visa holder may enter the territory for which the visa is valid; in other words, it refers to the number of periods of stay which may be spread over the entire period of validity, see 1.4.

The number of entries may be one, two or more. This number is written to the right hand-side of the pre-printed part, using "01", "02" or the abbreviation "MULT", where the visa authorises more than two entries.

For a transit visa, only one or two entries may be authorised ("01" or "02" is entered). More than two entries ("MULT") shall be authorised only in exceptional cases.

The visa shall expire when the total number of exits made by the holder equals the number of authorised entries, even if the holder has not used up the number of days authorised by the visa.

1.4. "DURATION OF VISIT ... DAYS" heading

This heading indicates the number of days during which the holder may stay in the territory

for which the visa is valid. * This stay may be continuous or, depending on the number of

days authorised, spread over several periods between the dates mentioned under 1.2, bearing in mind the number of entries authorised under 1.3.

*

In the case of transit visas, the length of transit may not exceed 5 days.

The number of days authorised is written in the blank space between "DURATION OF VISIT" and "DAYS", in the form of two digits, the first of which is a zero if the number of days is less than 10.

The maximum number of days that can be entered under this heading is 90 in any half-year.

1.5. "ISSUED IN ... ON ..." heading

This heading gives the name of the town in which the diplomatic mission or consular post which is issuing the visa is situated; in the language of the Contracting Party issuing the visa this name is entered between "IN" and "ON". The date of issue is indicated after "ON".

The date of issue is written in the same way as the date referred to in 1.2.

The authority which issued the visa may be identified by the reference which appears in the stamp affixed to section 4.

1.6. "PASSPORT NUMBER" heading:

This heading indicates the number of the passport to which the visa sticker is affixed. This number shall be followed by a reference to the children and the spouse accompanying the holder if their names are entered in the passport (a letter "X" for children preceded by the number thereof (for example 3X = three children) and a letter "Y" for the spouse).

Where, because the holder's travel document is not recognised, the uniform format for forms is used for the visa, the issuing diplomatic mission or consular post may opt to use the same form to extend the validity of the visa to the holder's spouse and to accompanying minors dependent on the holder of the form who accompany the holder or to issue separate forms for the holder, his spouse and each person dependent on him, affixing the corresponding visa on each form separately.

The passport number is the series number which is pre-printed or perforated on all or almost all of the pages of the passport.

The number to be entered under this heading, in the case of a visa to be affixed to the uniform format form, is not the passport number but the same typographical number as appears on the form, made up of six digits, which may be accompanied by the letter or letters assigned to the Member State or group of Member States which issued the visa.

1.7. "TYPE OF VISA" heading:

In order to facilitate matters for the control authorities, this heading shall specify the type of visa using the letters A, B, C and D as follows:

A: airport transit visa B: transit visa C: short-stay visa D: long-stay national visa D + C: national long-stay visa valid concurrently as a short-stay visa

For visas with limited territorial validity and group visas, the letters A, B or C shall be used as

required.

1.8. "SURNAME AND FIRST NAME" heading:

The first word in the "surname" box followed by the first word in the "first name" box of the visa holder's passport or travel document shall be written in that order. The diplomatic mission or consular post shall verify that the name and first name which appear in the passport or travel document and which are to be entered under this heading and in the section to be electronically scanned are the same as those appearing in the visa application.

2.

National entries section ("COMMENTS"). Section 9
Contrary to section 8 (joint and obligatory entries), this section is reserved for any comments relating to national provisions. Although the Contracting Parties shall be free to include any comments which they deem relevant, they shall be obliged to inform their partners thereof for the purpose of interpretation (see Annex 9).

3.

Section for the photograph
The visa-holder's photograph, in colour, shall be integrated in the space reserved for that purpose as shown in Annex 8. The following rules shall be observed with respect to the photograph to be integrated into the visa sticker.

The size of the head from chin to crown shall be between 70% and 80% of the vertical dimension of the surface of the photograph.

The minimum resolution requirements shall be:

– 300 pixels per inch (ppi), uncompressed, for scanning,

– 720 dots per inch (dpi) for colour printing of photos.

In the absence of a photograph, it shall be obligatory to enter the words "valid without photograph" in this section in two or three languages (the language of the Member State issuing the visa, English and French). These words shall in principle be entered using a printer and, exceptionally, a specific stamp, in which case the stamp shall also cover part of the rotogravure section whose left or right-hand side delimits the space for integrating the photograph.

4.

Section to be electronically scanned. Section 5
Both the format of the visa sticker and that of the electronically-scanned section were adopted

by the ICAO on the basis of a proposal put forward by the Schengen States. This section is

made up of two lines of 36 characters (OCR B-10 cpi). Annex 10 explains how this section is

to be filled in.

5.

Other aspects relating to the issue of visas

5.1. Signing visas:

In cases where the law or practice of a Contracting Party requires a hand-written signature,

the sticker affixed to the page of the passport shall be signed by the competent official.

The signature is placed at the right-hand side of the heading "COMMENTS"; part of the signature should extend onto the page of the passport or the travel document, but it must not cover the section to be electronically scanned.

5.2. Invalidating completed visa stickers:

No changes shall be made to the visa sticker. If an error is made when the visa is issued, the sticker shall be invalidated.

– If the error is detected on a sticker which has not yet been affixed to the passport, the sticker shall be destroyed or cut diagonally in half.

– If the error is detected after the sticker has been affixed to the passport, a red cross shall be drawn on the sticker and a new sticker affixed.

5.3. Affixing visa stickers to passports:

The sticker shall be filled in before being affixed to the passport. The stamp and the signature shall be placed on the sticker once it has been affixed to the passport or travel document.

Once the visa sticker has been correctly filled in, it shall be affixed to the first page of the passport that contains no entries or stamps - other than the identification stamp of the application. Passports which do not have space free for affixing the sticker, passports which have expired and passports which do not authorise exit from the territory before the visa expires, or the alien's return to his/her country of origin or entry into a third country (see Article 13 of the Convention), shall be refused.

5.4. Passports and travel documents to which uniform visas may be affixed

The criteria for deciding which travel documents may bear a visa in accordance with the provision of Article 17(3) (a) of the Convention are listed in Annex 11.

Under Article 14, no visa may be affixed to a travel document if that travel document is not valid for any of the Contracting Parties. If a travel document is valid only for one Contracting Party or for a number of Contracting Parties, the visa to be affixed shall be limited to the Contracting Party or Parties in question.

If the travel document is not recognised as valid by one or more Member States, the visa shall have only limited territorial validity. The diplomatic mission or consular post of a Member State must use the uniform format form to affix a visa issued to holders of a travel document not recognised by the Member State that issues the form. Such a visa shall have only limited territorial validity.

5.5. Stamp of the issuing diplomatic mission or consular post

The stamp of the diplomatic mission or consular post issuing the visa shall be affixed in the "COMMENTS" section, with special care to ensure that it does not prevent data from being read, and shall extend beyond the sticker on to the page of the passport or travel document. Only in cases where it is necessary to dispense with the completion of the section to be electronically scanned may the stamp be placed in this section to render it unusable. The size and content of the stamp and the ink to be used shall be determined by the national provisions of the Member State.

To prevent re-use of a visa sticker affixed to a uniform format form, the seal of the issuing consular office shall be stamped to the right, straddling the sticker and the form, in such a way as neither to impede reading of the headings and completion data nor to enter the electronic scanning area if completed.

VII. Administrative management and organisation

1.

Organisation of visa sections
Each Contracting Party shall be responsible for organising its visa sections.

The heads of missions or posts shall ensure that the section responsible for issuing visas is organised in such a way as to avoid any kind of negligent behaviour that could facilitate theft and falsifications.

– The staff responsible for issuing visas shall in no way be exposed to local pressure.

– In order to prevent the formation of "habits" which could lead to a decline in the level of vigilance, officers responsible shall be rotated on a regular basis.

– The storage and use of visa stickers shall be the subject of security measures similar to those applied to other documents which require protection.

2.

Filing
Each Contracting Party shall be responsible for filing visa applications and in cases where visas are subject to central consultation, photographs of applicants.

Visa applications shall be kept for at least one year where the visa has been issued and at least five years where the visa has been refused.

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In order to make it easier to locate an application, the file and archive references shall be mentioned during consultation and in replies to consultation.

3.

Visa registers
Each Contracting Party shall register visas which have been issued in accordance with national practice. Cancelled visa stickers shall be registered as such.

4.

Fees to be charged corresponding to the administrative costs of processing visa applications *
The fees to be charged corresponding to the administrative costs of processing the visa application are listed in Annex 12.

However, no fees are to be charged for administrative costs for visa applications lodged by nationals of third countries who are members of the family of a Union citizen or of a national of a State party to the EEA Agreement, and who are exercising their right to free movement.

*

In accordance with Council Decision (EC) No 44/2002 of 20 December 2001, OJ L 20,
23.1.2002, p. 5, Article 3: 1. This Decision shall apply as from 1 July 2004 at the latest. 2. Member States may apply this Decision before 1 July 2004, provided that they notify the General Secretariat of the Council of the date from which they are in a position to do so. 3. If all the Member States apply this Decision before 1 July 2004, the General Secretariat of the Council shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Communities the date from which the last Member State applied the Decision.

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VIII. Consular cooperation at local level

1.

Framework of consular cooperation at local level
In general, consular cooperation in situ will concern the assessment of immigration risks. It shall be aimed mainly at determining common criteria for examining files, exchanging information on the use of false documents, on possible illegal immigration routes and on refusing visas where applications are manifestly ill-founded or fraudulent. It should also permit the exchange of information on bona-fide applicants and the joint finalisation of information for the public on the conditions governing Schengen visa applications.

Consular cooperation shall also take account of the local administrative situation and socio-economic structure.

The missions and posts shall organise meetings on a regular basis depending on circumstances

and as often as they deem suitable: they shall submit reports on these meetings to the central

authorities. At the request of the Presidency they shall submit a general half-yearly report.

2.

How to avoid multiple applications or applications which are lodged after a recent refusal to issue
The exchange of information between missions and posts and the identification of applications by means of a stamp or otherwise are aimed at preventing the same person from presenting multiple or successive visa applications, either whilst an application is being examined, or after an application has been refused, to the same mission or post or to a different mission or post.

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Without prejudice to the consultation which may take place between the missions and posts and the exchanges of information which they may undertake, the mission or post with which an application is lodged shall affix a stamp to each applicant's passport stating "Visa applied for on ... at ...". The space following "on" shall be filled in with six digits (two for the day, two for the month and two for the year); the second space shall be reserved for the diplomatic mission or consular post concerned. The code for the visa that has been applied for must be added.

The mission or post which receives the application shall decide whether or not to affix a stamp to diplomatic and service passports.

The stamp may also be affixed in the case of applications for long-stay visas.

When a Schengen State is representing another Schengen State, the stamp shall show, after the code of the type of visa requested, the indication "R" followed by the code of the represented State.

Where the visa is issued, the sticker shall, where possible, be affixed on the identification stamp.

In exceptional cases where it is manifestly impracticable to affix a stamp, the mission or post of the Presidency in office shall inform the competent Schengen group and submit for its approval an alternative proposal, for instance the exchange of photocopies of passports or lists of rejected visa applications giving grounds for the refusal.

The heads of the diplomatic missions or posts shall decide, either at the initiative of the

Presidency or at their own initiative, whether alternative or additional preventive measures are necessary.

3.

Assessment of the applicant's good faith
In order to facilitate assessment of the applicant's good faith, diplomatic missions or consular posts may, in accordance with national legislation, exchange information on the basis of arrangements concluded at local level in the framework of their cooperation pursuant to point 1 of this chapter.

Information on the following may be exchanged from time to time: persons whose applications have been refused because stolen, lost or falsified documents have been used, or because the exit date on the previous visa was not observed or because there is a risk to security and, in particular, there is reason to believe that an attempt is being made to immigrate illegally to the territory of the Contracting Parties.

The information which is exchanged and produced jointly shall serve as a working instrument for assessing visa applications. It shall not, however, replace the actual examination of the visa application, nor the search in the Schengen Information System, nor consultation with the requesting central authorities.

4.

Exchange of statistics

4.1. Statistics on short-stay visas, transit visas and airport transit visas that have been issued and on applications for such visas that have been formally rejected shall be exchanged every

three months.

4.2. Notwithstanding the obligations laid down in Article 16 of the Schengen Convention, which are clearly formulated in Annex 14 to the Common Consular Instructions and which require the Schengen States to forward within 72 hours details concerning the issue of visas with

limited territorial validity, the diplomatic missions and consular representations of the Schengen States shall be instructed to exchange their statistics on visas with limited territorial validity issued the previous month and transmit them to their respective central authorities.

5.

Visa applications processed by private administrative agencies, travel agencies and tour operators
The basic rule for visa applications is that there should be the possibility of a personal interview. However, this may be dispensed in so far as, where there is no reasonable doubt as to the good faith of the applicant, the purpose of the journey or the applicant's actual intention of returning to the country of origin, a reputable and solvent entity, organising trips for groups, supplies the diplomatic mission or consular post with the necessary documentation and vouches, with reasonable reliability, for the applicant's good faith, the purpose of the journey and the applicant's actual intention of returning (see point III.4).

It is both common and useful, particularly in countries with a large surface area, for private administrative agencies, travel agencies, and tour operators and their retailers to act as authorised intermediaries of the applicant. These commercial intermediaries are not uniform in nature as they do not enter into the same degree of commitment in relation to clients entrusting them with the processing of a visa; so that, the degree of solvency and reliability expected of them will, in principle, be directly proportional to their degree of involvement in the overall planning of the journey, accommodation, medical and travel insurance, and their responsibility for the client's return to the country of origin.

5.1. Types of intermediary

(a) The simplest type of intermediary are private administrative agencies, where the assistance given to the client involves only the supply of identity and other supporting documents on the client's behalf.

(b) A second type of commercial entity is that of transport agencies or local travel agencies, in some cases linked to air carriers, whether or not these are flag carriers, involved in

scheduled or charter passenger transport. Their assistance to the client includes the supply of supporting documents as well as, where appropriate, ticket sales and hotel reservations.

(c) A third type of intermediary is constituted by tour organisers or operators, being natural or legal persons organising package tours on a non-occasional basis (preparation of

travel documentation, transport, accommodation, other tourist services not ancillary to these elements, medical and travel insurance, internal transfers, etc.) which sell such package tours, or offer them for sale directly or via a retailer or travel agency contractually linked to the tour operator.

For the tour operator and the agency retailing the package trip, the visa applicant is no more than the consumer of the arranged trip, with the offer to process the visa application being part of the arrangement. This third, complex type of intermediary service comprises several phases and facets which can be subject to objective monitoring: business documentation, management, the actual completion and destination of the trip, accommodation and scheduled group entries and exits.

5.2 Harmonisation of cooperation with private administrative agencies, travel agencies, tour operators and their retailers

(a) All diplomatic missions and consular posts located in the same city should endeavour to achieve harmonised application at local level of the guidelines set out below, based on

the type of intermediary role performed by the agencies concerned. Although it is for each diplomatic mission or consular post to decide whether or not to work with agencies, they must retain the option of withdrawing accreditation at any time if experience and the interests of a common visa policy so dictate. If a diplomatic mission or consular post decides to work with an agency, it must adhere to the working practices and procedures set out in this section.

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The consular posts of the Member States must be particularly vigilant and will cooperate closely in the evaluation and exceptional accreditation of private
administrative agencies. The processing of their visa applications will be subject to meticulous examination, with checks being conducted in every case on the supporting documents of the visa holder and on those relating to the licence and entry in the commercial register of the private agency.

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For the evaluation of visa applications lodged by transport agencies or local travel agencies, particular attention must be paid to the circumstances of the applicant
and the case-by-case verification of the supporting documents. The consular posts

must cooperate closely, reinforcing their respective mechanisms for detecting

irregularities in the agencies and in the carriers themselves, and, in support of

those mechanisms, irregularities committed by agencies must be notified at the

level of local and regional consular cooperation.

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The criteria governing the accreditation of travel agencies (tour operators and retailers) will, inter alia, take into account: the current licence, the commercial register, the company statutes, contracts with the banks which they use, up-to-date contracts with Community recipients of tourism services, which must include all the elements of the package trip (accommodation and tour package services), contracts with airlines, which must include outward and guaranteed, fixed return journeys, as well as the required medical and travel insurance. Visa applications lodged by these travel agencies must be carefully scrutinised.

(b) In the context of local consular cooperation, diplomatic missions and consular posts will also endeavour to harmonise working practices and procedures as well as the criteria for monitoring the proper functioning of private administrative agencies, travel agencies

and tour organisers (tour operators and retailers). Such monitoring must at least comprise checks at any time on accreditation documentation, spot checks involving personal or telephone interviews with applicants, verification of trips and accommodation, and, wherever possible, verification of the documents relating to group return.

(c) There must be an intensive exchange of relevant information on the operation of private administrative agencies, travel agencies and tour organisers (tour operators and

retailers): notification of irregularities detected, regular exchanges concerning refused visas, communication of detected forms of travel document fraud and failure to effect scheduled trips. Cooperation with private administrative agencies, travel agencies and tour organisers (tour operators and retailers) must be discussed at the regular meetings organised within the framework of common consular cooperation.

(d) At the level of local consular cooperation, lists must be exchanged of private administrative agencies, travel agencies and tour organisers (tour operators and retailers) to which accreditation has been given by each diplomatic mission or consular post or from which accreditation has been withdrawn, together with the reasons for any such withdrawal.

(e) Private administrative agencies, travel agencies and tour organisers (tour operators and retailers) must submit to the diplomatic missions and consular posts to which they are accredited the names of one or two staff authorised as intermediaries to lodge visa

applications.

A N N E X 1

I.- Joint list of third countries whose citizens are required to have a visa by Member States bound by

Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 i * , as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2414/2001 i ** and Regulation (EC) No 453/2003 i *** .

II.- Joint list of third countries whose citizens are exempted from the visa requirement by

Member States bound by Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 i * , as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2414/2001 i ** and Regulation (EC) No 453/2003 i *** .

*

OJ L 81, 21.3.2001, p. 1-7.

** OJ L 327, 12.12.2001, p. 1-2.

*** OJ L 69, 13.3.2003, p. 10-11.

I.- Joint list of third countries whose citizens are required to have a visa by Member States bound by Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 i, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2414/02001 and

Regulation (EC) No 453/2003 i.

1.

States

AFGHANISTAN

ALBANIA

ALGERIA

ANGOLA

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

ARMENIA

AZERBAIJAN

BAHAMAS

BAHRAIN

BANGLADESH

BARBADOS

BELARUS

BELIZE

BENIN

BHUTAN

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA

BOTSWANA

BURKINA FASO

BURMA/MYANMAR

BURUNDI

CAMBODIA

CAMEROON

CAPE VERDE

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CHAD

CHINA

COLOMBIA

COMOROS

CONGO

COTE D'IVOIRE

CUBA

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

DJIBOUTI

DOMINICA

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

ECUADOR

EGYPT

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

ERITREA

ETHIOPIA

FIJI

FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

GABON

GAMBIA

GEORGIA

GHANA

GRENADA

GUINEA

GUINEA-BISSAU

GUYANA

HAITI

INDIA

INDONESIA

IRAN

IRAQ

JAMAICA

JORDAN

KAZAKHSTAN

KENYA

KIRIBATI

KUWAIT

KYRGYZSTAN

LAOS

LEBANON

LESOTHO

LIBERIA

LIBYA

MADAGASCAR

MALAWI

MALDIVES

MALI

MARSHALL ISLANDS

MAURITANIA

MAURITIUS

MICRONESIA

MOLDOVA

MONGOLIA

MOROCCO

MOZAMBIQUE

NAMIBIA

NAURU

NEPAL

NIGER

NIGERIA

NORTH KOREA

NORTHERN MARIANAS (ISLANDS)

OMAN

PAKISTAN

PALAU

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

PERU

PHILIPPINES

QATAR

RUSSIA

RWANDA

SAMOA

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

SAUDI ARABIA

SENEGAL

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO

SEYCHELLES

SIERRA LEONE

SOLOMON ISLANDS

SOMALIA

SOUTH AFRICA

SRI LANKA

ST KITTS AND NEVIS

ST LUCIA

ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

SUDAN

SURINAME

SWAZILAND

SYRIA

TAJIKISTAN

TANZANIA

THAILAND

TIMOR-LESTE

TOGO

TONGA

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

TUNISIA

TURKEY

TURKMENISTAN

TUVALU

UGANDA

UKRAINE

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

UZBEKISTAN

VANUATU

VIETNAM

YEMEN

ZAMBIA

ZIMBABWE

2.

Entities and territorial authorities not recognised as States by at least one Member State

TAIWAN

PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY

II.- Joint list of third countries whose citizens are exempted from the visa requirement by Member States bound by Regulation (EC) No 539/2001 i, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 2414/02001 and Regulation (EC) No 453/2003 i.

1.

States

ANDORRA

ARGENTINA

AUSTRALIA

BOLIVIA

BRAZIL

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

BULGARIA

CANADA

CHILE

COSTA RICA

CROATIA

EL SALVADOR

GUATEMALA

HOLY SEE (STATE OF THE VATICAN)

HONDURAS

ISRAEL

JAPAN

MALAYSIA

MEXICO

MONACO

NEW ZEALAND

NICARAGUA

PANAMA

PARAGUAY

ROMANIA

SAN MARINO

SINGAPORE

SOUTH KOREA

UNITED STATES

URUGUAY

VENEZUELA

2.

Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China
1

HONG KONG S.A.R.

MACAO S.A.R. 2

1 The visa exemption applies only to holders of a "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region"

passport.

2 The visa exemption applies only to holders of a "Região Administrativa Especial de Macau"

passport.

A N N E X 2

Regulations governing the movement of holders of diplomatic, official and service passports and holders of laissez-passers issued by certain International Intergovernmental Organisations to their officials.

I. Regulations governing movements at external borders

1.

Movements of holders of diplomatic, official and service passports are not governed by the common list of visa requirements. The Contracting States undertake, however, to keep their partners informed in advance of any changes that they intend to make to the regulations
governing the movements of holders of the abovementioned passports and to take into account the interests of their partners.

2.

Given the aim of increased flexibility in the run-up to harmonisation of the rules applied to holders of the abovementioned passports, a schedule of countries whose nationals are not
subject to a visa requirement when they hold the abovementioned passports, although this visa

requirement applies to ordinary passport holders of the same nationality, is annexed to the

Common Consular Instructions for information purposes. A schedule of States to which the

obverse applies shall also be drawn up if necessary. The Executive Committee shall assume

responsibility for updating these schedules.

3.

The regulations governing movements mentioned in this document shall not apply to holders of ordinary passports travelling on public business nor to holders of service, official or special passports, etc., where issue by third countries does not conform to the international practice applied by the Schengen States. Accordingly, the Executive Committee, acting on a proposal from a Group of Experts, could draw up a schedule of passports other than ordinary passports, to holders of which the Schengen States do not plan to accord preferential treatment.
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4.

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 18 of the Schengen Convention, persons to whom a visa is issued to enable them to reach the territory of the Schengen State for the purpose of their
accreditation may at least transit through the other States on their way to the State which issued the visa.

5.

Persons who have already been accredited by a diplomatic or consular representation and members of their families who hold an identity card issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs may cross the external border of the Schengen area on production of the said identity card, and, where necessary, the travel document.

6.

In general, the holders of diplomatic, official or service passports, even though they remain subject to a visa requirement, where such a requirement exists, do not have to prove that they have sufficient means of subsistence at their disposal. However, if they are travelling in a
personal capacity, they may, where necessary, be asked to produce the same supporting documents that are required from ordinary passport holders applying for visas.

7.

A Note Verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or from a diplomatic mission (if the visa application is lodged in a third country) should accompany each application for a visa for a
diplomatic, official or service passport when the applicant is on mission. A Note Verbale may

also be requested where the journey is for private purposes.

8.1. The arrangement for prior consultation with the central authorities of the other Contracting States shall apply to requests for visas made by holders of diplomatic, official and service passports.

Prior consultation shall not involve any State which has concluded an agreement removing the visa requirement for holders of diplomatic and/or service passports with the country whose nationals are concerned by the consultation (in the cases contained in Annex 5 to these Instructions).

Should one of the Contracting States raise objections, the Schengen State which is to decide on the application for a visa can issue a visa with limited territorial validity.

8.2. The Schengen States undertake not to conclude at a future date, without the prior agreement of the other Member States, agreements on the lifting of visa requirements for holders of

diplomatic, official or service passports with States whose nationals are subject to prior consultation for a visa to be issued by another Schengen State.

8.3. If the visa in question is to be issued for accrediting an alien who is the subject of an alert for the purpose of refusing entry and the arrangement for prior consultation applies, the consultation

should be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Article 25 of the Schengen Convention.

9.

If a Contracting State invokes the exceptions provided for under Article 5(2) of the

Schengen Convention, entry granted to holders of diplomatic, official or service passports will also be limited to the national territory of the State in question, which should inform the other

Member States accordingly.

II. Regulations governing movements at internal borders

In general, the arrangement under Articles 19 et seq. shall apply, except for the issue of a visa with limited territorial validity.

The holders of diplomatic, official and service passports may move within the territory of the Contracting States for three months from the date of entry (if they are not subject to the visa requirements) or for the period provided for by the visa.

Persons accredited by a diplomatic or consular representation and members of their families who

hold the card issued by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs may move within the territory of the

Contracting States for a maximum period of three months upon production of this card and, if

required, the travel document.

III. Regulations governing movements outlined in this document shall apply to laissez-passers issued by the Intergovernmental International Organisations to which all the Schengen States belong to officials of those organisations who, pursuant to the Treaties establishing those Organisations, are exempted from registering with the Immigration Office and from holding a residence permit (see Annex 5 to the Common Manual).

Regulations governing movement of holders of diplomatic, official and service passports.

SCHEDULE A

Countries whose nationals are NOT subject to a visa requirement in one or more Schengen States when they are holders of diplomatic, official or service passports, but who are subject to this requirement when they are holders of ordinary passports.

BNL CZ DK DE EE EL ES FR IT CY LV LT HU MT AT PL PT SI SK FI SE IS NO

Albania DS D DS D DS DS DS

Algeria DS D 1 DS

Angola DS Antigua and Barbuda DS Armenia DS D DS D Azerbaijan DS Bahamas DS Barbados DS DS Belarus DS D Benin DS DS Bosnia and D DS D D DS Herzegovina Bolivia DS

1 Holders of diplomatic passports who are posted in Hungary shall be subject to visa requirements at their first entry, but shall be exempt from

these requirements during the rest of their assignment.

ANNEX 2 DG H I EN

BNL CZ DK DE EE EL ES FR IT CY LV LT HU MT AT PL PT SI SK FI SE IS NO

Botswana DS Burkina Faso DS Cambodia DS Cape Verde DS Chad D DS People's Republic of DS DS DS DS DS China Colombia DS DS DS DS DS Côte d'Ivoire D DS DS DS Cuba DS DS DS Dominica DS Dominican Republic DS Ecuador DS DS DS DS DS DS Egypt DS DS DS Fiji DS Former Yugoslav D DS DS D DS DS D DS DS DS DS Republic of Macedonia Gabon D Gambia DS Ghana DS Guyana DS

ANNEX 2 DG H I EN

BNL CZ DK DE EE EL ES FR IT CY LV LT HU MT AT PL PT SI SK FI SE IS NO

Georgia DS India DS D Iran DS D D Jamaica DS D DS Kazakhstan DS Kenya D Kuwait DS Kyrgyzstan DS Laos DS DS DS Lesotho DS Malawi DS D Maldives DS Mexico DS Morocco DS DS D DS D D DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS Mauritania DS Moldova DS D DS Mongolia DS DS Mozambique DS Namibia D Niger DS

ANNEX 2 DG H I EN

BNL CZ DK DE EE EL ES FR IT CY LV LT HU MT AT PL PT SI SK FI SE IS NO

Pakistan DS DS DS D DS DS DS DS DS Paraguay DS Peru DS DS D DS DS DS DS DS DS DS D DS Philippines DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS Romania DS Russian Federation DS DS D Samoa DS São Tomé and Príncipe DS Senegal D D DS DS Serbia and Montenegro DS DS DS DS DS Seychelles DS D South Africa DS D DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS Swaziland DS D Tajikistan DS Thailand DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS DS Togo DS Trinidad and Tobago DS Tunisia DS DS D D DS D D DS DS DS DS DS D Turkey DS DS DS DS D DS DS DS DS D DS DS DS DS D DS DS DS DS DS DS Turkmenistan DS

ANNEX 2 DG H I EN

BNL CZ DK DE EE EL ES FR IT CY LV LT HU MT AT PL PT SI SK FI SE IS NO

Uganda DS Ukraine D D DS DS D Uzbekistan D Venezuela DS Vietnam D DS Yemen DS D Zimbabwe DS

DS: Holders of diplomatic and service passports are exempt from visa requirements.

D: Holders of diplomatic passports are exempt from a visa requirement.

ANNEX 2 DG H I EN

SCHEDULE B

Countries whose nationals are subject to a visa requirement in one or more Schengen States when they are holders of diplomatic, official or service passports, but who are NOT subject to this requirement when they are holders of ordinary passports.

BNL CZ DK DE EE EL ES FR IT CY LV LT HU MT AT PL PT SI SK FI SE IS NO

Australia X ∗

Chile X

Israel X

Mexico X

United States of X X * X *

America

∗ If travelling on official business.

ANNEX 2 DG H I EN

A N N E X 3

Joint list of third countries whose nationals are subject to the airport transit visa requirement, where

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holders of travel documents issued by these third countries are also subject to this visa requirement.

The Schengen States undertake not to amend Part I of Annex 3 without the prior consent of the other Member States.

If a Member State intends to amend Part II of this Annex, it undertakes to inform its partners and to take account of their interests.

∗ It is not necessary to consult the central authorities for the issue of an airport transit visa (ATV).

Part I: Joint list of third countries whose nationals are subject to the airport visa requirement

(ATV) by all Schengen States where holders of travel documents issued by these

third countries are also subject to this requirement. 2

AFGHANISTAN BANGLADESH CONGO (Democratic Republic)

ERITREA 3

ETHIOPIA GHANA

IRAN IRAQ NIGERIA PAKISTAN SOMALIA SRI LANKA

1 For all the Schengen States

The following persons shall be exempt from the ATV requirement: - flight crew who are nationals of a Contracting Party to the Chicago Convention.

2 For the Benelux countries, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Spain, France, Hungary and Slovakia

The following persons shall be exempt from the ATV requirement: - holders of diplomatic and service passports. For Slovenia The following persons shall be exempt from the ATV requirement: - holders of diplomatic and service passports - flight crew who are nationals of a contracting Party to the ICAO Cicago Convention.

3 For Germany and Italy

Only where the nationals are not in possession of a valid visa or residence permit for a Member State of the EU or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area of 2 May 1992, Canada, Switzerland or the United States of America.

4 For Germany and Cyprus

The following persons shall be exempt from the ATV requirement: - holders of diplomatic and service passports. For Poland The following persons shall be exempt from the ATV requirement: - holders of diplomatic passports.

These persons shall not be subject to the visa requirement if they hold one of the residence permits of an EEA Member State listed in Part III (A) of this Annex or one of the residence permits of Andorra, Japan, Canada, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland or the United States guaranteeing an unqualified right of return and listed in Part III (B).

This list of residence permits shall be drawn up by mutual agreement within Working Group II's

Sub-Group on Visas and verified regularly. Should problems arise, the Schengen States may suspend these measures until such time as the problems in question have been resolved by mutual agreement. The Contracting States may exclude certain residence permits from this exemption if indicated in Part III.

Exemptions from the airport transit visa requirement for holders of diplomatic, service or other official passports shall be decided by each Member State individually.

Part II: Joint list of third countries whose nationals are subject to the airport transit visa requirement by some Schengen States only, where with holders of travel documents issued by these third countries are also subject to this requirement.

BNL CZ DK DE EE 4 EL ES 3 FR 4 IT 5 CY LV LT 10 HU MT AT 1 PL PT SI SK FI SE IS NO

Albania X

Angola X X X X X X

Armenia X

Azerbaijan X

Burkina Faso X 6

Cameroon X

Congo X

Côte d'Ivoire X X X 6

Cuba X

Egypt X 7

Gambia X X X 6

Guinea X X 6 X

Guinea Bissau X

Haiti X X

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ANNEX 3 DG H I EN

BNL CZ DK DE EE 4 EL ES 3 FR 4 IT 5 CY LV LT 10 HU MT AT 1 PL PT SI SK FI SE IS NO

Jordan X

(North) Korea X

Lebanon X X X 7 X

Liberia X X X X X X

Libya X X

Mali X X X 6

Northern Marianas X

Philippines X

Rwanda X

Senegal X X 6 X X X

Sierra Leone X X X X

Sudan X X X X X X X X

Syria X X 4 X X X X 6+9 X

Togo X X

Turkey X 6 X X X

Vietnam X

ANNEX 3 DG H I EN

1.

Aliens subject to transit visa obligations do not require an airport transit visa (ATV) for transit via an Austrian airport provided they hold one of the following documents that is valid for the length of the stay necessary for the transit:
– a residence permit issued by Andorra, Japan, Canada, Monaco, San Marino, Switzerland, the Holy See or the USA which guarantees the right to return;

– a visa or residence permit issued by a Schengen State for which the Accession Agreement has been brought into force;

– a residence permit issued by a Member State of the EEA. 2. Only when nationals are not in possession of a valid residence permit for the Member States of the

EEA, the United States or Canada. Holders of diplomatic, service or special passports are also exempt.

3.

Holders of diplomatic, official and service passports are not subject to the ATV requirement. The same applies to holders of ordinary passports residing in a Member State of the EEA, the United States or Canada, or in possession of an entry visa valid for one of these countries.

4.

The following persons shall be exempt from the ATV requirement :
– holders of diplomatic and service passports; – holders of one of the residence permits listed in Part III; – flight crew who are nationals of a Contracting Party to the Chicago Convention.

5.

Only when nationals are not in possession of a valid residence permit for the Member States of the EEA, Canada or the United States.

6.

Only when nationals are not in possession of a valid visa or residence permit for a Member State of the EU or a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area of 2 May 1992,
Canada, Switzerland or the United States. 7. Only for holders of the travel document for Palestinian refugees. 8. Indian nationals are not subject to the ATV requirement if they are holders of a diplomatic or

service passport. Indian nationals are also not subject to the ATV requirement if they are in possession of a valid visa or residence permit for a country of the EU or the EEA or for Canada, Switzerland or the United States. In addition, Indian nationals are not subject to the ATV requirement if they are in possession of a valid residence permit for Andorra, Japan, Monaco or San Marino and a reentry permit for their country of residence valid for three months following their airport transit. It should be noted that the exception concerning Indian nationals in possession of a valid residence permit for Andorra, Japan, Monaco or San Marino enters into force on the date of Denmark's integration into Schengen cooperation, i.e. on 25 March 2001.

9.

Also for holders of the travel document for Palestinian refugees.

10.

Holders of diplomatic and service passports are not subject to the ATV requirement.

Part III:

A. List of residence permits of EEA States for which the holders are exempt from the airport transit visa requirement:

IRELAND:

• Residence permit only in conjunction with a re-entry visa

LIECHTENSTEIN:

• Livret pour étranger B (Alien's card B) (residence permit, guaranteeing the holder's return provided the one-year validity has not expired) *

• Livret pour étranger C (Alien's card C) (settlement permit, guaranteeing the holder's return

provided the five- or ten-year validity has not expired)

UNITED KINGDOM:

• Leave to remain in the United Kingdom for an indefinite period (this document guarantees

return only if the duration of stay outside the United Kingdom is not more than two years)

• Certificate of entitlement to the right of abode

B. List of residence permits with unlimited right of return on presentation of which the holders are exempt from the airport transit visa requirement:

ANDORRA:

• Tarjeta provisional de estancia y de trabajo (provisional residence and work permit) (white).

These are issued to seasonal workers; the period of validity depends on the duration of

employment, but never exceeds 6 months. This permit is not renewable *

• Tarjeta de estancia y de trabajo (residence and work permit) (white). This permit is issued for 6 months and may be renewed for another year *

• Tarjeta de estancia (residence permit) (white). This permit is issued for 6 months and may be renewed for another year *

• Tarjeta temporal de residencia (temporary residence permit) (pink). This permit is issued for

1 year and may be renewed twice, each time for another year * • Tarjeta ordinaria de residencia (ordinary residence permit) (yellow). This permit is issued for

3 years and may be renewed for another 3 years * • Tarjeta privilegiada de residencia (special residence permit) (green). This permit is issued for

5 years and is renewable, each time for another 5 years

• Autorización de residencia (residence authorisation) (green). This permit is issued for

one year and is renewable, each time for another 3 years * • Autorización temporal de residencia y de trabajo (temporary residence and work

authorisation) (pink). This permit is issued for 2 years and may be renewed for another

2 years *

• Autorización ordinaria de residencia y de trabajo (ordinary residence and work authorisation)

(yellow). This permit is issued for 5 years

• Autorización privilegiada de residencia y de trabajo (special residence and work

authorisation) (green). This permit is issued for 10 years and is renewable, each time for another 10 years

CANADA:

• Returning Resident Permit (loose-leaf in passport)

JAPAN:

• Re-entry permit to Japan *

MONACO:

• Carte de séjour de résident temporaire de Monaco (temporary resident's permit) *

• Carte de séjour de résident ordinaire de Monaco (ordinary resident's permit)

• Carte de séjour de résident privilégié (privileged resident's permit)

• Carte de séjour de conjoint de ressortissant monégasque (residence permit for the spouse of a

Monegasque national) SAN MARINO:

• Permesso di soggiorno ordinario (validità illimitata) [ordinary residence permit (no expiry

date)]

• Permesso di soggiorno continuativo speciale (validità illimitata) [special permanent residence

permit (no expiry date)]

• Carta d'identità de San Marino (validità illimitata) [San Marino identity card (no expiry

date)]

SWITZERLAND:

• Livret pour étranger B (Alien's card B) (residence permit, guaranteeing the holder's return provided the one-year validity has not expired) ∗

• Livret pour étranger C (Alien's card C) (settlement permit, guaranteeing the holder's return

provided the five- or ten-year validity has not expired)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:

• Form I-551 permanent resident card (valid for 2 * to 10 years)

• Form I-551 Alien registration receipt card (valid for 2 * to 10 years)

• Form I-551 Alien registration receipt card (no expiry date)

• Form I-327 Re-entry document (valid for 2 years – issued to holders of a I-551) *

• Resident alien card (valid for 2 * or 10 years or no expiry date. This document guarantees the

holder's return only if his or her stay outside the USA has not exceeded one year.)

• Permit to re-enter (valid for 2 years. This document guarantees the holder's return only if his or her stay outside the USA has not exceeded two years.) *

• Valid temporary residence stamp in a valid passport (valid for one year from the date of

issue) *

∗ This residence permit does not exempt the holder from the airport transit visa requirement in Germany.

A N N E X 4

List of documents entitling holders to entry without a visa

ANNEX 4 DG H I EN

BELGIUM

− Carte d'identité d'étranger

Identiteitskaart voor vreemdelingen Personalausweis für Ausländer (Aliens Identity Card)

− Certificat d'inscription au régistre des étrangers

Bewijs van inschrijving in het vreemdelingenregister Bescheinigung der Eintragung im Ausländer-register (Certificate of entry in aliens' register)

− Special residence permits issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

∗ Carte d'identité diplomatique

Diplomatieke identiteitskaart Diplomatischer Personalausweis (Diplomat's Identity Card)

∗ Carte d'identité consulaire Consular identiteitskaart

Konsularer Personalausweis (Consular Identity Card)

∗ Carte d'identité spéciale – couleur bleue Bijzondere identiteitskaart – blauw

Besonderer Personalausweis – blau (Special Identity Card – blue in colour)

∗ Carte d'identité spéciale – couleur rouge

Bijzondere identiteitskaart – rood Besonderer Personalausweis – rot (Special Identity Card – red in colour)

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∗ Certificat d'identité pour les enfants âgés de moins de cinq ans des étrangers privilégiés titulaires d'une carte d'identité diplomatique, d'une carte d'identité consulaire, d'une carte d'identité spéciale – couleur bleue ou d'une carte d'identité – couleur rouge

Identiteitsbewijs voor kinderen, die de leeftijd van vijf jaar nog niet hebben bereikt, van een bevoorrecht vreemdeling dewelke houder is van een diplomatieke identiteitskaart, consulaire identiteitskaart, bijzondere identiteitskaart – blauw of bijzondere identiteitskaart – rood Identitätsnachweis für Kinder unter fünf Jahren, für privilegierte Ausländer, die Inhaber eines diplomatischen Personalausweises sind, konsularer Personalausweis, besonderer Personalausweis – rot oder besonderer Personalausweis – blau (Identity card for children, under the age of five, of aliens who are holders of diplomatic identity cards, consular identity cards, blue special identity cards or red special identity cards)

− Certificat d'identité avec photographie délivré par une administration communale belge à un

enfant de moins de douze ans Door een Belgisch gemeentebestuur aan een kind beneden de 12 jaar afgegeven identiteitsbewijs met foto Von einer belgischen Gemeindeverwaltung einem Kind unter dem 12. Lebensjahr ausgestellter Personalausweis mit Lichtbild (Certificate of identity with photograph issued by Belgian communes to children under twelve)

− List of persons participating in a school trip within the European Union

ANNEX 4 DG H I EN

DENMARK

Residence cards

EF/EØ – opholdskort (EU/EEA residence card) (title on card)

− Kort A. Tidsbegrænset EF/EØS-opholdsbevis (anvendes til EF/EØS-statsborgere)

(Card A. Temporary EU/EEA residence permit used for EU/EEA nationals)

− Kort B. Tidsubegrænset EP/EØS-opholdsbevis (anvendes til EF/EØS-statsborgere)

(Card B. EU/EEA residence permit of unlimited duration used for EU/EEA nationals)

− Kort K. Tidsbegrænset opholdstilladelse til tredjelandsstatsborgere, der meddeles

opholdstilladelse efter ER/EØS-reglerne) (Card K. Temporary residence permit for nationals of third countries who have been granted a residence permit under EU/EEA rules)

− Kort L. Tidsubegrænset opholdstilladelse til tredjelandsstatsborgere, der meddeles

opholdstilladelse efter ER/EØS-reglerne) (Card L. Residence permit of unlimited duration for nationals of third countries who have been granted a residence permit under EU/EEA rules)

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Residence permits (title on card)

− Kort C. Tidsbegrænset opholdstilladelse til udlændinge, der er fritaget for arbejdstilladelse

(Card C. Temporary residence permit for aliens who are not required to have a work permit)

− Kort D. Tidsubegrænset opholdstilladelse til udlændinge, der er fritaget for arbejdstilladelse

(Card D. Residence permit of unlimited duration for aliens who are not required to have a work permit)

− Kort E. Tidsbegrænset opholdstilladelse til udlændinge, der ikke har ret til arbejde

(Card E. Temporary residence permit for aliens who do not have the right to work)

− Kort F. Tidsbegrænset opholdstilladelse til flygtninge – er fritaget for arbejdstilladelse

(Card F. Temporary residence permit for refugees – not required to have a work permit)

− Kort G. Tidsbegrænset opholdstilladelse til EF/EØS – stats borgere, som har andet

opholdsgrundlag end efter EF-reglerne – er fritaget for arbejdstilladelse (Card G. Temporary residence permit for EU/EEA nationals who have a basis for residence other than that deriving from EU rules – not required to have a work permit)

− Kort H. Tidsubegrænset opholdstilladelse til EF/EØS – stats borgere, som har andet

opholdsgrundlag end efter EF-reglerne – er fritaget for arbejdstilladelse (Card H. Residence permit of unlimited duration for EU/EEA nationals who have a basis for residence other than that deriving from EU rules – not required to have a work permit)

ANNEX 4 DG H I EN

− Kort J. Tidsbegrænset opholds- og arbejdstilladelse til udlændinge

(Card J. Temporary residence and work permit for aliens)

Since 14 September 1998 Denmark has issued new residence pemits in credit-card format.

There are still some valid residence permits of types B, D and H in circulation which were issued in another format. These cards are made of laminated paper, measure approximately 9 cm x 13 cm and bear a pattern of the Danish coat of arms in white. For Card B, the background colour is beige, for Card D it is light pink and for Card H light mauve.

Stickers to be affixed to passports, bearing the following wording:

− Sticker B. Tidsbegrænset opholdstilladelse til udlændinge, der ikke har ret til arbejde

(Sticker B. Temporary residence permit for aliens who do not have the right to work)

− Sticker C. Tidsbegrænset opholds- og arbejdstilladelse

(Sticker C. Temporary residence and work permit)

− Sticker D. Medfølgende slægtninge (opholdstilladelse til børn, der er optaget i forældres pas)

(Sticker D. Accompanying relatives (residence permit for children who are included in their parents' passport)

− Sticker H. Tidsbegrænset opholdstilladelse til udlændinge, der er fritaget for arbjdstilladelse

(Sticker H. Temporary residence permit for aliens who are not required to have a work permit)

ANNEX 4 DG H I EN

Stickers issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

− Sticker E – Diplomatisk visering

(Sticker E – diplomatic visa) – issued to diplomats and the members of their family who appear on the diplomatic lists, and to staff of equivalent rank at the international organisations in Denmark. Valid for residence and for multiple entry for as long as the person concerned is on the diplomatic lists in Copenhagen)

− Sticker F – Opholdstilladelse

(Sticker F – residence permit) – issued to seconded technical or administrative staff and members

of their family and to domestic servants of diplomats on secondment from the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs of the State of origin with a service passport. Also issued to staff of equivalent

rank at the international organisation in Denmark. Valid for residence and multiple entry for the

duration of the mission.

− Sticker S (i kombination med sticker E eller F)

(Sticker S (in combination with Sticker E or F) Residence permit for accompanying close relatives, where they are included in the passport.

It should be noted that identity cards for foreign diplomats, technical or administrative staff, domestic servants etc. issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs do not give the holder the right to enter the territory without a visa, since such identity cards are not proof of permission to reside in Denmark.

Other documents:

− List of persons participating in a school trip within the European Union

− Readmission permit in the form of a visa sticker with national code D

ANNEX 4 DG H I EN

GERMANY

− Aufenthaltserlaubnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland

(Residence permit for the Federal Republic of Germany)

− Aufenthaltserlaubnis für Angehörige eines Mitgliedstaates der EWG

(Residence permit for EC nationals)

− Aufenthaltsberechtigung für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland

(Residence permit for the Federal Republic of Germany)

− Aufenthaltsbewilligung für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland

(Residence authorisation for the Federal Republic of Germany)

− Aufenthaltsbefugnis für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland

(Residence permit for the Federal Republic of Germany)

These residence permits entitle the holder to enter without a visa only when they are inserted in a passport or issued in connection with a passport as an authorisation replacing a visa. They do not entitle the holder to enter without a visa if they are issued instead of a national identity document.

The document for a deferred expulsion measure "Aussetzung der Abschiebung (Duldung)" (exceptional leave to remain and the temporary residence authorisation for asylum seekers "Aufenthaltsgestattung für Asylbewerber" does not entitle entry without a visa either.

ANNEX 4 DG H I EN

− Special residence permits issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

∗ Diplomatenausweis

(Diplomat's pass) (red in colour)

∗ Ausweis für bevorrechtigte Personen (VIP pass ) (blue in colour)

∗ Ausweis (Pass) (yellow in colour)

∗ Ausweis (Pass) (dark red in colour)

∗ Personalausweis (Identity Card) (green in colour)

− Special residence permits issued by the Länder:

∗ Ausweis für Mitglieder des Konsularkorps (Pass for members of the consular corps) (white in colour)

∗ Ausweis (Pass) (grey in colour)

*

Ausweis für Mitglieder des Konsularkorps (Pass for members of the consular corps) (white with green stripes)

∗ Ausweis (Pass) (yellow in colour)

∗ Ausweis (Pass) (green in colour)

ANNEX 4 DG H I EN

− New residence permits in card format (ID card format) issued by the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs:

∗ Diplomatenausweis (diplomatic ID card) and – Diplomatenausweis Art. 38 WÜD

(diplomatic ID card pursuant to Article 38 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations) – These documents are equivalent to the old red diplomat's passes and bear the letter "D" on the back.

∗ Protokollausweis für Verwaltungspersonal (protocol pass for administrative staff) – This document is equivalent to the old blue pass for seconded members of the administrative and technical staff of missions and bears the letters "VB" on the back.

∗ Protokollausweis für dienstliches Hauspersonal (protocol pass for service staff) – This document is equivalent to the old blue pass for seconded members of the service staff of the mission and bears the letters "DP" on the back.

∗ Protokollausweis für Ortskräfte (protocol pass for local staff) – This document is equivalent to the old yellow pass for locally hired employees of the missions and bears the letters "OK" on the back.

∗ Protokollausweis für privates Hauspersonal (protocol pass for private domestic staff)

– This document is equivalent to the old green pass for private servants for seconded members of the missions and bears the letters "PP" on the back.

ANNEX 4 DG H I EN

∗ Sonderausweis für Mitarbeiter internationaler Organisationen (Special card issued to members of staff of international organisations) – This document is equivalent to the old dark red special pass for members of staff of international organisations and bears the letters "IO" on the back.

The respective privileges are indicated on the back of the pass.

− List of persons participating in a school trip within the European Union.

ANNEX 4 DG H I EN

ESTONIA

-

Alaline elamisluba
(Permanent residence permit)

-

Tähtajaline elamisluba (Temporary residence permit)

In case an alien, who is a family member of the citizen of the EU, applies for a residence permit to stay with his/her family member in Estonia the Citizenship and Migration Board issues a special residence permit:

-

El kodaniku perekonnaliikme elamisluba
(Residence permit of EU citizen family member) GREECE

1.

Άδεια παραµονής αλλοδαπού (ενιαίου τύπου)
Alien's residence permit (uniform format) [This document is valid for between six months and an indefinite period. It is issued to all aliens who are legally resident in Greece and for the following reasons:

Employment, services or work provided on a self-employed basis, independent economic activity,

studies, persons engaged in intellectual work, athletes/coaches, business executives, family

reunification, parents of Greek nationals, spouses of EU citizens, family members of EU citizens,

financially independent persons, staff of diplomatic missions, adult family members of diplomatic

employees, foreign press correspondents, students in receipt of a grant, seasonal work, spouses of

persons of Greek descent from the former USSR, spouses of persons of Greek descent from other

countries, special temporary permits for aliens considered to be of non-Greek origin, tour leaders,

specific provision, Athonias School, Olympic Games-Athens 2004, humanitarian reasons, public

interest, scientists, new technologies, permits issued for an indefinite period, study of and

acquaintance with the monastic life of Mount Athos, members of foreign archeological school.]

2.

Άδεια παραµονής αλλοδαπού (χρώµα µπεζ-κίτρινο) 1
(Alien's residence permit) (beige-yellow) [This document is issued to all aliens who are legally resident in Greece. It is valid for between one year and an indefinite period.]

3.

Άδεια παραµονής αλλοδαπού (χρώµα λευκό) 2
(Alien's residence permit) (white) [This document was issued to aliens married to Greek nationals. It is valid for five years.]

1 This document ceased to be issued on 1.7.2003.

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4.

Άδεια παραµονής αλλοδαπού (βιβλιάριο χρώµατος λευκού)
(Alien's residence permit) (white booklet)

[This document is issued to persons recognised as refugees under the 1951 Geneva Convention.] 3

5.

Δελτίο ταυτότητας αλλοδαπού (χρώµα πράσινο)
(Alien's identity permit) (yellow) [This document is issued only to aliens of Greek descent; it may be valid for either two or five years.]

6.

Ειδικό δελτίο ταυτότητας οµογενούς (χρώµα µπεζ)
(Special identity card for aliens of Greek descent (beige) [This document is issued to Albanian nationals of Greek descent; it is valid for three years. The card is also issued to their spouses and descendants of Greek origin, regardless of nationality, provided there is official documentation to prove their family ties.]

7.

Ειδικό δελτίο ταυτότητας οµογενούς (χρώµα ροζ)
(Special identity card for aliens of Greek descent) (pink) [This document is issued to aliens of Greek descent from the former USSR. It is valid indefinitely.]

8.

Δελτίο ταυτότητας διπλωµατικού υπαλλήλου (χρώµα λευκό)
(Identity card for diplomatic officials) (white) - Δελτίο ταυτότητας προξενικού υπαλλήλου (χρώµα λευκό) (Identity card for consular officials) (white) - Δελτίο ταυτότητας υπαλλήλου διεθνούς οργανισµού (χρώµα λευκό) (Identity card for officials of international organisations) (white) - Δελτίο ταυτότητας διοικητικού υπαλλήλου διπλωµατικής αρχής (χρώµα γαλάζιο) (Identity card for administrative officials of diplomatic authorities (blue)

9.

List of persons participating in a school trip within the European Union

3 It is planned to replace this type of residence permit by the "stand-alone" document provided

for in Council Regulation No 1030/2002 i. Immediately after this change Member States will be notified accordingly.

SPAIN

Holders of a valid re-entry authorisation will be allowed entry without a visa.

Currently valid residence permits entitling aliens who, because of their nationality, would normally be subject to a visa requirement to enter Spanish territory without a visa are as follows:

– Permiso de Residencia Inicial

(Initial Residence Permit)

– Permiso de Residencia Ordinario

(Ordinary Residence Permit)

– Permiso de Residencia Especial

(Special Residence Permit)

– Tarjeta de Estudiante

(Student Card) – Permiso de Residencia tipo A

(Type A Residence Permit)

– Permiso de Residencia tipo b

(Type b Residence Permit)

– Permiso de Trabajo y de Residencia tipo B

(Type B Work and Residence Permit)

– Permiso de Trabajo y de Residencia tipo C

(Type C Work and Residence Permit)

– Permiso de Trabajo y de Residencia tipo d

(Type d Work and Residence Permit)

– Permiso de Trabajo y de Residencia tipo D

(Type D Work and Residence Permit)

– Permiso de Trabajo y de Residencia tipo E

(Type E Work and Residence Permit) – Permisa de Trabajo fronterizo tipo F

(Type F border work permit)

– Permisa de Trabajo y Residencia tipo P

(Type P work and residence permit)

– Permisa de Trabajo y Residencia tipo Ex

(Type Ex work and residence permit)

– Tarjeta de Reconocimiento de la excepción a la necesidad de obtener Permi-so de Trabajo y Permiso de Residencia (art. Ley 7/85)

(Pass acknowledging exemption from the requirement to obtain a work and residence permit -

Article 16 Law 7/85)

– Permiso de Residencia para Refugiados

(Residence Permit for refugees)

– Lista de personas que participan en un viaje excolar dentro de la Unión Europea

(List of persons participating in a school trip within the European Union)

– Tarjeta de Familiar Residente Comunitario

(Pass for relatives of a Community resident) – Tarjeta temporal de Familiar de Residente Comunitario

(Temporary pass for relatives of a Community resident)

The holders of the following valid accreditation cards issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs may enter without a visa:

– Tarjeta especial (Special pass, red in colour), on the cover it reads "Cuerpo Diplomático.

Embajador. Documento de Identidad" (Diplomatic corps. Ambassador. Identity document), issued to accredited ambassadors

– Tarjeta especial (Special pass, red in colour), on the cover it reads "Cuerpo Diplomático.

Documento de Identidad" (Diplomatic corps. Identity document), issued to staff accredited to diplomatic missions who have diplomatic status. An F is added to the document when issued to spouses or children

– Tarjeta especial (Special pass, yellow in colour), on the cover it reads "Misiones

Diplomáticas. Personal Administrativo y Técnico. Documento de Identidad" (Diplomatic missions. Administrative and technical staff. Identity document), issued to administrative officials at accredited diplomatic missions. An F is added to the document when issued to spouses or children

– Tarjeta especial (Special pass, red in colour), on the cover it reads "Tarjeta Diplomática de

Identidad" (Diplomatic identity card), issued to staff with diplomatic status at the office of the League of Arab States and to staff accredited to the Office of the Palestinian General Delegation (Oficina de la Delegación General). An F is added to the document when issued to spouses or children

– Tarjeta especial (Special pass, red in colour), on the cover it reads "Organismos

Internacionales. Estatuto Diplomático. Documento de Identi-dad" (International organisations.

Diplomatic status. Identity document), issued to staff with diplomatic status accredited to

International Organisations. An F is added to the document when issued to spouses or

children

– Tarjeta especial (Special pass, blue in colour), on the cover it reads "Organismos

Internacionales. Personal Administrativo y Técnico. Documento de Identidad" (International Organisations. Administrative and technical staff. Identity document), issued to administrative officials accredited to International Organisations. An F is added to the document when issued to spouses or children

– Tarjeta especial (Special pass, green in colour), on the cover it reads "Funcionario Consular de Carrera. Documento de Identidad" (Career Consular Official. Identity document), issued to career consular officials accredited in Spain. An F is added to the document when issued to spouses or children

– Tarjeta especial (Special pass, green in colour), entitled "Empleado Consular. Emitido a ....

Documento de Identidad" (Consular employee. Issued on behalf of ... Identity document), issued to consular administrative officials accredited in Spain. An F is added to the document when issued to spouses or children

– Tarjeta especial (Special pass, grey in colour), entitled "Personal de Servicio. Missiones

Diplomáticas, Oficinas Consulares y Organismos Internacionales. Emitido a .... Documento de Identidad" (Service staff. Diplomatic missions, consular posts and international organisations. Issued on behalf of ... Identity document). This is issued to staff working in the domestic service of diplomatic missions, consular posts and international organisations (service duty staff) and staff with career diplomatic or consular status (special servants). An F is added to the document when issued to spouses or children

FRANCE

1.

Adult aliens should be in possession of the following documents:
– Carte de séjour temporaire comportant une mention particulière qui varie selon le motif du séjour autorisé

(A temporary Residence Permit containing particular details which will vary in accordance with the grounds for the authorised stay)

– Carte de résident (Resident's card)

– Certificat de résidence d'Algérien comportant une mention particulière qui varie selon le motif du séjour autorisé (1 an, 10 ans)

(Algerian Residence Certificate containing a particular reference depending on grounds for the authorised stay) (1 year, 10 years)

– Certificat de résidence d'Algérien portant la mention "membre d'un organisme officiel") (2 ans)

(Algerian Residence Certificate bearing the words "member of an official organisation")

(2 years)

– Carte de séjour des Communautés européennes (1 an, 5 ans, 10 ans) (European Communities Residence Permit) (1 year, 5/10 years)

– Carte de séjour de l'Espace Economique Européen (European Economic Area Residence Permit)

– Cartes officielles valant de titre de séjour, délivrées par le Ministère des Affaires Etrangères (Official permits with the same status as residence permits issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

a.
Titres de séjour spéciaux (special residence permits)
- *
  
  Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention CMD/A délivrée aux Chefs de Mission diplomatique
  (special residence permit marked "CMD/A" issued to heads of diplomatic missions)
- *
  
  Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention CMD/M délivrée aux Chefs de Mission d'Organisation Internationale
  (special residence permit marked "CMD/M" issued to heads of mission of international organisations)
- *
  
  Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention CMD/D délivrée aux Chefs d'une
délégation permanente auprès d'une Organisation Internationale

(special residence permit marked "CMD/D" issued to heads of permanent

delegations to international organisations)
- *
  
  Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention CD/A délivrée aux agents du Corps Diplomatique
  (special residence permit marked "CD/A" issued to diplomatic officials) * Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention CD/M délivrée aux Hauts Fonctionnaires d'une

organisation Internationale (special residence permit marked "CD/M" issued to senior officials of an international organisation)

*

Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention CD/D délivrée aux assimilés diplomatiques membres d'une délégation permanente auprès d'une Organisation Internationale

(special residence permit marked "CD/D" issued to officials comparable to diplomatic

officials who are members of permanent delegations to international organisations)

*

Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention CC/C délivrée aux Fonctionnaires Consulaires (special residence permit marked "CC/C" issued to consular officials)

*

Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention AT/A délivrée au personnel Administratif ou Technique d'une Ambassade
(special residence permit marked "AT/A" issued to administrative or technical staff of an

Embassy)

*

Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention AT/C délivrée au personnel Administratif ou Technique d'un Consulat
(special residence permit marked "AT/C" issued to administrative or technical staff of a Consulate) * Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention AT/M délivrée au personnel Administratif ou Technique d'une Organisation Internationale (special residence permit marked "AT/M" issued to administrative or technical staff οf an international organisation)

*

Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention AT/D délivrée au personnel Administratif ou Technique d'une Délégation auprès d'une Organisation Internationale
(special residence permit marked "AT/D" issued to administrative or technical staff of a

delegation to an international organisation)

*

Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention SE/A délivrée au personnel de Service d'une Ambassade
(special residence permit marked "SE/A" issued to service staff of an Embassy)

*

Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention SE/C délivrée au personnel de Service d'un Consulat
(special residence permit marked "SE/C" issued to service staff of a Consulate)

*

Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention SE/M délivrée au personnel de Service d'une Organisation Internationale
(special residence permit marked "SE/M" issued to service staff of an international organisation)

*

Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention SE/D délivrée au personnel de Service d'une Délégation auprès d'une Organisation Internationale
(special residence permit marked "SE/D" issued to service staff of a delegation to an international organisation)

*

Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention PP/A délivrée au Personnel Privé d'un diplomate
(special residence permit marked "PP/A" issued to private staff of a diplomat)

*

Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention PP/C délivrée au Personnel Privé d'un
Fonctionnaire consulaire (special residence permit marked "PP/C" issued to private staff of a consular official)

*

Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention PP/M délivrée au Personnel Privé d'un membre d'une Organisation Internationale
(special residence permit marked "PP/M" issued to private staff of a member of an international organisation)

*
Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention PP/D délivrée au Personnel Privé d'un membre d'une Délégation permanente auprès d'une Organisation Internationale (special residence permit marked "PP/D" issued to private staff of a member of a permanent delegation at an international organisation)
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  Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention EM/A délivrée aux Enseignants ou Militaires à statut spécial attachés auprès d'une Ambassade
  (special residence permit marked "EM/A" issued to teachers or military staff with special status attached to an Embassy)
- *
  
  Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention EM/C délivrée aux Enseignants ou Militaires à statut spécial attachés auprès d'un Consulat
  (special residence permit marked "EM/C" issued to teachers or military staff with special status attached to a Consulate)
- *
  
  Titre de séjour spécial portant la mention EF/M délivrée aux Fonctionnaires internationaux domiciliés à l'étranger
  (special residence permit marked "EF/M" issued to international officials domiciled abroad)

– Monegasque permits

*

la carte de séjour de résident temporaire de Monaco (temporary resident's permit);

*

la carte de séjour de résident ordinaire de Monaco (ordinary resident's permit);

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la carte de séjour de résident privilégié de Monaco (privileged resident's permit);

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la carte de séjour de conjoint de ressortissant monégasque (residence permit for the spouse of a person of Monegasque nationality).

2.

Aliens who are minors should be in possession of the following documents:
– Document de circulation pour étrangers mineurs (Travel document for alien minors)

– Titre d'identité républicain (French Republic identity document)

– Visa de retour (sans condition de nationalité et sans présentation du titre de séjour, auquel ne sont pas soumis les enfants mineurs)

(Return visas) (alien minors are not subject to nationality conditions or to production of residence permits)

– Passeport diplomatique/de service/ordinaire des enfants mineurs des titulaires d'une carte spéciale du Ministère des Affaires étrangères revêtu d'un visa de

circulation (Diplomatic/service/ordinary passports for minors who are children of holders of a Special Pass issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs containing a travel visa)

3.

List of persons participating in a school trip within the European Union
NB 1:

It should be noted that acknowledgements of first-time applications for residence permits do not give entitlement to entry without a visa. In contrast, acknowledgements of requests to renew residence permits, or to amend permits are considered valid, when these are accompanied by the old permit.

NB 2:

The "attestation de fonctions" (certificate of appointment) issued by the protocol department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not constitute a replacement for a residence permit. Holders must also be in possession of one of the standard residence permits.

ITALY

– Carta di soggiorno (validità illimitata)

(Residence Permit) (unlimited validity)

– Permesso di soggiorno con esclusione delle sotto elencate tipologie:

(Residence permit with the exception of the following:)

1.

Permesso di soggiorno provvisorio per richiesta asilo politico ai sensi della Convenzione di Dublino
(Provisional residence permit for political asylum seekers pursuant to the Dublin Convention)

2.

Permesso di soggiorno per cure mediche (Residence permit for medical purposes)

3.

Permeso di soggiorno per motivi di giustizia (Residence permit for legal purposes)

– Carta d'identità M.A.E.

(Identity Card issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

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Mod. 1 (blu) Corpo diplomatico accreditato e consorti titolari di passaporto diplomatico (Model 1 (blue) Accredited members of the diplomatic corps and their spouses who hold a diplomatic passport)

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Mod. 2 (verde) Corpo consolare titolare di passaporto diplomatico (Model 2 (green) Members of the consular corps who hold a diplomatic passport)

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Mod. 3 (orange) Funzionari II^ FAO titolari di passaporto diplomatico, di servizio o ordinario
(Model 3 (orange) Category II FAO officials who hold a diplomatic, service or ordinary passport)

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Mod. 4 (orange) Impiegati tecnico-amministrativi presso Rappresentanze diplomatiche titolari di passaporto di servizio
(Model 4 (orange) Technical and administrative staff of diplomatic representations who hold a service passport)

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Mod. 5 (orange) Impiegati consolari titolari di passaporto di servizio (Model 5 (orange) Consular staff who hold a service passport)

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Mod. 7 (grigio) Personale di servizio presso Rappresentanze diplomatiche titolare di passaporto di servizio
(Model 7 (grey) Domestic staff of diplomatic representations who hold a service passport)

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Mod. 8 (grigio) Personale di servizio presso Rappresentanze Consolari titolare di passaporto di servizio
(Model 8 (grey) Domestic staff of consular representations who hold a service passport)

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Mod. 11 (beige) Funzionari delle Organizzazioni internazionali, Consoli Onorari, impiegati locali, personale di servizio assunto all'estero e venuto al seguito, familiari Corpo Diplomatico e Organizzazioni Internazionali titolari di passaporto ordinario
(Model 11 (beige) Officials of international organisations, honorary consuls, local employees, domestic staff recruited abroad who have followed their employer, families of members of the diplomatic corps and international organisations who hold an ordinary passport)

NB: Models 6 (orange) and 9 (green) for, respectively, staff of international organisations who have no immunity and foreign honorary consuls, are no longer issued and have been replaced by model 11. However, these documents remain valid until the expiry date stated on them.

– List of persons participating in a school trip within the European Union

LATVIA

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Pastāvīgās uzturēšanās atļauja
(Permanent residence permit, green in colour)

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Termiņuzturēšanās atļauja (Temporary residence permit, pink in colour)

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Uzturēšanās atļauja (issued since 1 May 2004)
(Residence permit, pink in colour)

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Nepilsoņa pase
(Aliens passport, violet in colour) LITHUANIA

1.

Leidimas laikinai gyventi Lietuvos Respublikoje

(Permit of temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania – card or sticker)

2.

Leidimas nuolat gyventi Lietuvos Respublikoje
(Permit of permanent residence in the Republic of Lithuania – card)

3.

Europos bendrijų valstybės narės piliečio leidimas gyventi

(Residence permit for a national of a Member State of the EU – card)

4.

Asmens grįžimo pažymėjimas
(Repatriation certificate, only to return to the Republic of Lithuania – bluish)

5.

Akreditacijos pažymėjimas "A"
(Accreditation certificate "A" category - yellow) - temporary

6.

Akreditacijos pažymėjimas "B"
(Accreditation certificate "B" category - yellow) - temporary LUXEMBOURG

– Carte d'identité d'étranger

(Alien's Identity Card )

– Autorisation de séjour provisoire apposée dans le passeport national

(Provisional Residence Authorisation affixed in national passports)

– Carte diplomatique délivrée par le Ministère des Affaires étrangères

(Diplomat's Pass issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

– Titre de légitimation délivré par le Ministère des Affaires étrangères au personnel administratif et technique des Ambassades

(Certificate issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Embassy's administrative and technical staff)

– Titre de légitimation délivré par le Ministère de la Justice au personnel des institutions et organisations internationales établies au Luxembourg

(Certificate issued by the Ministry for Justice to the staff of institutions and International Organisations based in Luxembourg)

– List of persons participating in a school trip within the European Union

THE NETHERLANDS

1.
The following types of aliens document:
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  I (Regulier bepaalde tijd) (Regular - fixed-term)
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  II (Regulier onbepaalde tijd) (Regular - indefinite)
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  III (Asiel bepaalde tijd) (Asylum - fixed-term)
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  IV (Asiel onbepaalde tijd) (Asylum - indefinite)
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  EU/EER (Gemeenschapsonderdanen) (EU nationals)

2.

Het Geprivilegeerdendocument
(Privileged persons document)

Document issued to a group of "privileged persons" comprising members of the diplomatic corps, the consular corps and certain international organisations, and members of their family.

– Visum voor terugkeer

(Return visa)

– List of persons participating in a school trip within the European Union.

AUSTRIA

– Aufenthaltstitel in Form der Vignette entsprechend der Gemeinsamen Maßnahme der

Europäischen Union vom 16. Dezember 1996 zur einheitlichen Gestaltung der Aufenthaltstitel

(Residence permit in the form of a sticker in accordance with the EU Joint Action of 16 December 1996 concerning a uniform format for residence permits)

(As from 1 January 1998 residence permits will be issued and extended in this form only. The

following will be entered under "Type of Permit": Niederlassungsbewilligung (Permanent

residence permit); Aufenthaltserlaubnis (Residence permit) "Befr. Aufenthaltsrecht"

(Temporary residence permit).

– Vor dem 1. Jänner 1998 erteilte Aufenthaltstitel im Rahmen der - auch "unbefristet" eingetragenen - Gültigkeitsdauer:

Residence permits issued before 1 January 1998 remain valid for the period mentioned, some having been issued for an indefinite period:

"Wiedereinreise - Sichtvermerk" oder "Einreise - Sichtvermerk"; wurden bis 31.12.1992 von Inlandsbehörden, aber auch von Vertretungsbehörden in Form eines Stempels ausgestellt;

(Re-entry visas or entry visas issued by the Austrian authorities until 31.12.1992, and in the form of a stamp by the representing authorities);

"Gewöhnlicher Sichtvermerk"; wurde vom 1.1.1993 bis 31.12.1997 in Form einer Vignette - ab 1.9.1996 entsprechend der VO[EG] 1683/95 - ausgestellt; (Ordinary visa: issued between 1 January 1993 and 31 December 1997 in the form of a sticker – as from 1 September 1996 in accordance with EU Regulation 1683/95 i) "Aufenthaltsbewilligung"; wurde vom 1.1.1993 bis 31.12.1997 in Form einer speziellen Vignette ausgestellt.

(Residence permit: issued between 1 January 1993 and 31 December 1997, in the form of a special sticker)

– Konventionsreisepaß ausgestellt ab 1.1.1993

(Travel document, issued as of 1 January 1993) – Lichtbildausweis für Träger von Privilegien und Immunitäten in den Farben rot, gelb und

blau, ausgestellt vom Bundesministerium für auswärtige Angelegenheiten (Identity card with photograph for the bearers of privileges and immunities in red, yellow and blue, issued by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs)

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Lichtbildausweis im Kartenformat für Träger von Privilegien und Immunitäten in den Farben rot, gelb, blau, grün, braun, grau und orange, ausgestellt vom Bundesministrium für
auswärtige Angelegenheiten (Identity card (in card format) with photograph for the bearers of privileges and immunities in red, yellow, blue, greenish brown, grey and orange issued by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs

– List of pupils participating in school trips within the European Union

The following are not valid as residence permits and therefore do not entitle the holder to visa-free entry into Austria:

– Lichtbildausweis für Fremde gemäß § 85 Fremdengesetz 1997

(Alien's identity card with photograph pursuant to § 85 of the 1997 Aliens Act)

– Durchsetzungsaufschub und Abschiebungsaufschub nach Aufenthaltsverbot oder Ausweisung (Deferral of enforcement and deferral of removal following refusal of a residence permit or

expulsion)

– Bewilligung zur Wiedereinreise trotz bestehenden Aufenthaltsverbotes, in Form eines Visums erteilt, jedoch als eine solche Bewilligung gekennzeichnet

(Authorisation to re-enter, despite refusal of a residence permit, issued in the form of a visa indicating that it is an authorisation of this kind)

– Vorläufige Aufenthaltsberechtigung gemäß § 19 Asylgesetz 1997, bzw. § 7 AsylG 1991

(Provisional residence permit pursuant to § 19 of the 1997 Asylum Act or § 7 of the 1991 Asylum Act)

– Befristete Aufenthaltsberechtigung gemäß § 15 Asylgesetz 1997, bzw. § 8 AsylG 1991, als

Duldung des Aufenthaltes trotz abgelehntem Asylantrag (Temporary residence permit pursuant to § 15 of the 1997 Asylum Act or § 8 of the 1991 Asylum Act, granting exceptional leave to remain despite rejection of the application for asylum)

POLAND

1.

Karta pobytu (Residence card, "KP" Series, issued since 1 July, 2001)
A residence card for an alien who has obtained: - a temporary residency permit, - a permanent residence permit, - a refugee status, - a consent for tolerated stay.

It is an identity card and, when accompanied by a travel document, it entitles the holder to enter the territory of Poland without a visa.

2.

Karta stałego pobytu (Permanent residence card, "XS" series, issued before 30 June 2001)
A permanent residence card for an alien who has obtained a permanent residence permit. It is

an identity card and, when accompanied by a travel document, it entitles the holder to enter

the territory of Poland without a visa. Valid for 10 years. The last card of this edition is valid

until 29 June 2011.

3.
Special accreditation cards issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
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  Legitymacja dyplomatyczna (Diplomatic card) Issued to accredited ambassadors and members of diplomatic staff of the missions
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  Legitymacja konsularna (zielona) (Consular card – green) Issued to heads of consular posts and members of consular staff
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  Legitymacja konsularna (żółta) (Consular card – yellow) Issued to honorary consuls
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  Legitymacja służbowa (Service card) Issued to members of the administrative, technical and service staff of the missions
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  Zaświadczenie (Certificate) Issued to other categories of aliens than mentioned above in point 3, who are authorised to profit from diplomatic and consular immunity on the grounds of acts, agreements or international customs

PORTUGAL

– Cartão de Identidade (emitido pelo Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros) (Identity Card issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Corpo Consular, Chefe de Missão (Consular corps, Head of mission)

– Cartão de Identidade (emitido pelo Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros) (Identity Card issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Corpo Consular, Funcionário de Missão (Consular corps, mission official)

– Cartão de Identidade (emitido pelo Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros)

(Identity Card issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Pessoal Auxiliar de Missão Estrangeira (Auxiliary staff working in a foreign mission)

– Cartão de Identidade (emitido pelo Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros)

(Identity card issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Funcionário Admnistrativo de Missão Estrangeira (Administrative officer working in a foreign mission)

– Cartão de Identidade (emitido pelo Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros) (Identity card issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Corpo Diplomático, Chefe de Missão (Diplomatic Corps, Head of mission)

– Cartão de Identidade (emitido pelo Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros) (Identity card issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Corpo Diplomático, Funcionário de Missão (Diplomatic Corps, mission official)

– Título de Residência

(Residence Permit)

– Autorização de Residência Temporária

(Temporary Residence Authorisation)

– Autorizaçåo de Residência Permanente

(Permanent Residence Authorisation)

– Autorização de Residência Vitalícia

(Residence Authorisation valid for life)

– Cartão de Identidade de Refugiado

(Refugee Identity Card) – Autorização de Residência por razões humanitárias

(Residence Authorisation on humanitarian grounds)

– Cartão de Residência de nacional de um Estado-membro da Comunidade Europeia (Residence Permit of a national of an EC Member State)

– Cartão de Residência Temporária

(Temporary Residence Permit)

– Cartão de Residência

(Residence Permit)

– Autorização de Permanência

(Permit of Stay) SLOVENIA

a)

Dovoljenje za stalno prebivanje
(Permanent residence permit)

b)

Dovoljenje za začasno prebivanje
(Temporary residence permit)

c)

Osebna izkaznica za tujca
(Identity card for foreigner)

d)

Osebna izkaznica prosilca za azil
(Identity card for asylum applicant)

e)

Osebna izkaznica begunca
(Identity card for refugee)

f)

Diplomatska izkaznica
(Diplomatic pass issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

g)

Službena izkaznica
(Offical pass issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

h)

Konzularna izkaznica
(Consular pass issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) FINLAND

– Pysyvä oleskelulupa

(Permanent residence permit) in the form of a sticker

– Oleskelulupa tai oleskelulupa ja työlupa

(Temporary residence permit or temporary residence and work permit) in the form of a sticker clearly indicating the expiry date and bearing one of the following codes: A.1, A.2, A.3, A.4, A.5 E.A.1, E.A.2, E.A.4, E.A.5 or

B.1, B.2, B.3, B.4 E.B.1, E.B.2, E.B.3, E.B.4, or

D.1 and D.2

– Oleskelulupa uppehållstillstånd

(Residence permit) in the form of a card issued to nationals of the Member States of the EU or

the EEA and to members of their families

– Henkilökortti A, B, C and D

(Identity card) issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to diplomatic, administrative and technical staff, including members of their families

– Oleskelulupa diplomaattileimaus tai olekelulupa virkaleimaus

(Residence permit) in the form of a sticker issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, bearing the indication "diplomatic" (diplomaattileimaus) or "service" (virkaleimaus)

– List of persons participating in a school trip within the European Union

SWEDEN

− Permanent residence permit in the form of a sticker bearing the words "Sverige

Permanent uppehållstillstånd. Utan tidsbegränsning" (Sweden – Permanent residence permit.

No time-limit), affixed to the passport.

− Temporary residence permit in the form of a sticker bearing the words "Sverige

Uppehållstillstånd" (Sweden – Residence permit), affixed to the passport.

− Residence permit in the form of a card issued to citizens of the EU/EEA and to members of

their families, in the following categories:

employees others parents who are not citizens of an EEA country

− Residence permit in the form of a sticker issued by the Government Offices (Ministry of

Foreign Affairs) (regeringskansliet (UD)) for foreign diplomats, members of the technical/administrative staff, service staff and private servants who are connected with embassies or consular posts in Sweden, and members of their families.

ICELAND

– Tímabundið atvinnu- og dvalarleyfi

(Temporary work and residence permit)

– Dvalarleyfi með rétti til atvinnuþátttöku

(Residence permit giving the right to work)

– Óbundið dvalarleyfi

(Permanent residence permit)

– Leyfi til vistráðningar

(Au-pair's permit)

– Atvinnu- og dvalarleyfi námsmanns

(Student's work and residence permit)

– Óbundið atvinnu- og dvalarleyfi

(Permanent work and residence permit)

– Special residence permits issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

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Diplómatískt Persónuskilríki (Diplomatic identity card)

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Persónuskilríki (Identity card)

– Takmarkað dvalarleyfi fyrir varnarliðsmann, sbr. lög nr. 110/1951 og lög nr. 82/2000

(Temporary residence permit for civilian or military members of the United States' armed

forces and their dependants, in accordance with Law No 110/1951 and Law No 82/2000)

– Takmarkað dvalarleyfi

(Temporary residence permit) NORWAY

– Oppholdstillatelse

(Residence permit)

– Arbeidstillatelse

(Work permit)

– Bosettingstillatelse

(Settlement permit/Permanent work and residence permit)

Residence permits issued before 25 March 2000 are distinguished by the presence of stamps (not stickers) in the bearers' travel documents. For foreign nationals subject to a visa requirement, these stamps are accompanied by a Norwegian visa sticker for the period of validity of the residence permit. Residence permits issued after Schengen is brought into force on 25 March 2001 will have a sticker. If a foreign national's travel document has an old stamp in it, this will remain valid until such time as the Norwegian authorities have to replace the stamps with the new sticker to be affixed to the residence permit.

The abovementioned permits are not valid as travel documents. In cases where the foreign national needs a travel document, one of the two following documents may be used as a supplement to the work-, residence- or settlement permit:

– A refugee's travel document ("Reisebevis" – blue)

– An immigrant's passport ("Utlendingspass" – green).

The holder of one of these travel documents is guaranteed to be permitted to re-enter Norway while the document remains valid.

– EEA card issued to EEA nationals and members of their families who are third-country nationals. These cards are always laminated.

– Identitetskort for diplomater

(Identity card for diplomats – red)

– Identitetskort for hjelpepersonale ved diplomatisk stasjon

(Identity card for auxiliary staff – brown)

– Identitetskort for administrativt og teknisk personale ved diplomatisk stasjon

(Identity card for administrative and technical staff – blue)

– Identitetskort for utsendte konsuler

(Identity card for consuls – green)

– Residence/visa sticker issued to holders of diplomatic, service and official passports who are subject to the visa requirement and staff of foreign missions who hold a national passport

RESTREINT UE

A N N E X 5

A N N E X 6

List of honorary consuls authorised to issue uniform visas in exceptional cases and on a temporary basis

In accordance with the decision taken by the Ministers and Secretaries of State at the meeting of

15 December 1992, all the Schengen States accepted that the following honorary consul would be authorised to issue uniform visas for the period specified below.

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A N N E X 7

Reference amounts determined annually by the national authorities for the crossing of borders.

B E L G I U M

Belgian law lays down general provisions for the verification of adequate means of subsistence, without specifying any mandatory rules. The administrative practice is as follows:

– Aliens staying with a private individual

Proof of means of subsistence may be furnished by means of a letter of guarantee signed by the person accommodating the alien in Belgium and authenticated by the municipal administration of his place of residence.

The declaration of liability covers the costs of the alien's stay, health care, accommodation and repatriation in the event that the alien is unable to pay, so as to ensure that the public authorities do not have to bear them. The declaration must be signed by a person who is solvent and, if this person is an alien, is in possession of a residence permit or establishment permit. If necessary, the alien may also be required to furnish proof of personal resources.

If he is without any financial credit at all, he must have access to approximately EUR 38 for each day of the planned stay.

– Aliens staying at a hotel

If the alien is unable to furnish proof of any credit at all, he must have access to approximately EUR 50 for each day of the planned stay.

In most cases, the person concerned must in addition produce a ticket (air ticket) enabling him

to return to his country of origin or residence.

C Z E C H REPUBLIC

Reference amounts are fixed by Act No 326/1999 Sb. on Residence of Aliens in the Territory of the Czech Republic and Amendments of Some Acts.

According to Section 5 of the Act on Residence of Aliens in the Territory of the Czech Republic on the request of the Police, an alien shall be obliged to submit a document confirming that funds are available for his/her stay in the Territory (Section 13) or a certified invitation not older than 90 days from the date of its certification by the Police (Sections 15 and 180),

Section 13 provides the following:

"Funds to Cover the Stay in the Territory

(1) Unless provided otherwise below, the following shall be submitted to prove the availability of funds for the stay in the Territory:

(a) funds amounting at least to the following:

– 0,5 times the subsistence minimum set out under a special legal regulation as required to cover maintenance and other basic personal needs (hereinafter the "Subsistence Minimum for Personal Needs") per day of stay if the total period of stay is not to exceed 30 days,

– 15 times the Subsistence Minimum for Personal Needs if the period of stay in the Territory is to exceed 30 days while this sum shall be increased to double the

subsistence minimum for each whole month of expected stay in the Territory,

– 50 times the Subsistence Minimum for Personal Needs in case of stay for the purposes of business activity the total period of which is to exceed 90 days, or

– a document confirming the payment of services connected with the stay of the alien in the Territory or a document confirming that services will be provided free of charge.

(2) Instead of funds as referred to in sub-section 1, the following may be used to prove the availability of funds for the stay in the Territory:

(a) a bank account statement in the name of the alien confirming that the alien is free to

use funds in the amount as referred to in sub-section 1 during his stay in the

Czech Republic; or

(b) another document to certify that funds are available, such as a valid internationally recognised credit card.

(3) An alien who will study in the Territory may submit, as proof of availability of funds for his stay, a commitment by a state authority or a legal entity to cover the stay of the alien by providing funds equivalent to the Subsistence Minimum for Personal Needs for 1 month of expected stay, or a document confirming that all costs related to his studies and stay shall be covered by the receiving organisation (school). If the sum referred to in the undertaking does not reach this amount, the alien shall be obliged to submit a document proving the ownership of funds equivalent to the difference between the Subsistence Minimum for

Personal Needs and the amount of the commitment for the period of his expected stay, however, not more than 6 times the Subsistence Minimum for Personal Needs. Document on the provision of means for one's residence may be replaced by a decision or an agreement on the allocation of a grant acquired pursuant to an international treaty by which the Czech Republic is bound.

(4) An alien who has not attained 18 years shall be obliged to prove the availability of funds for his stay pursuant to sub-section 1 equivalent to a half of the amount."

and Section 15 provides the following:

"Invitation

In an invitation, the person inviting an alien shall undertake to cover the costs:

(a) related to the maintenance of the alien throughout his stay in the Territory until he leaves the Territory;

(b) related to the accommodation of the alien throughout his stay in the Territory until he leaves the Territory;

(c) related to the provision of healthcare to the alien throughout his stay in the Territory until he leaves the Territory, and the transfer of the alien when ill or of the remains of the

deceased;

(d) arising to the Police in connection with the alien staying in the Territory and leaving the Territory in case of administrative expulsion."

D E N M A R K

Under the Danish Aliens Law, an alien entering Danish territory must have means adequate for his subsistence and for the return journey.

In each case it is for the border control services at the point of entry to determine whether this is the case by conducting a specific appraisal of the economic situation of the alien, taking account of information on his or her possibilities with regard to accommodation and the return journey.

For the purpose of determining whehter an alien has adequate means, the administration has set a figure for adequate means of subsistence of, in principle, of DKK 350 per 24 hours. This is the sum which the alien must have at his disposal

In addition, the alien must be able to prove that he or she has adequate means for the return journey, for example in the form of a return ticket.

G E R M A N Y

Pursuant to Article 60(2) of the Aliens Act of 9 July 1990 (AuslG), an alien may be refused entry at the border if there are grounds for removal.

This is the case if an alien is obliged to claim or claims social security benefit from the

German State for himself, for members of his family staying on German territory or for his dependants (Article 46(6) of the Aliens Act).

Reference amounts have not been set for use by border control officials. In practice, an amount of EUR 25 per day is generally used as a basic reference. The alien must also have a return ticket or corresponding financial means.

Nevertheless, prior to the decision to refuse entry to the alien, he must be granted the opportunity to produce, in a timely and lawful fashion, the financial means necessary to provide for his stay on German territory, notably by presenting:

– a legal guarantee from a German bank,

– a letter of guarantee from the host,

– a telegraphic money order,

– a guarantee deposited with the immigration authorities responsible for the stay.

E S T O N I A

Under Estonian law, aliens arriving into Estonia without a letter of invitation, shall upon request by a border guard official upon entry into the country provide proof of sufficient monetary means to cover the costs of his/her stay in and departure from Estonia. Sufficient monetary means for each allowed day is considered to be 0,2 times the monthly minimum salary implemented by the Government of the Republic.

Otherwise the person inviting shall assume responsibility for the costs of the alien's stay in and departure from Estonia.

G R E E C E

Ministerial decree No 3011/2/1f of 11 January 1992 fixes the amount for the means of subsistence which foreign nationals – with the exception of nationals of the Member States of the European Community – must have at their disposal if they wish to enter Greek territory.

Pursuant to the abovementioned ministerial decree, the amount of foreign currency enabling foreign nationals of non-member states of the European Community to enter Greece is fixed at the equivalent of EUR 20 in foreign currency per person per day, and a minimum total amount of EUR 100.

The amount of foreign currency required per day is reduced by 50% for minors who are members of the alien's family.

Nationals of non-Community countries which oblige Greek nationals to change currency at the borders are also subject to this obligation in accordance with the principle of reciprocity.

S P A I N

Aliens must prove that they have the necessary means of subsistence. The minimum amount is given below:

(a) for the costs of their stay in Spain: EUR 30, or the equivalent in foreign currency, multiplied by the planned number of days of the stay in Spain and by the number of family members

travelling with the person concerned. Regardless of the planned duration of the stay, the

minimum amount for which he must provide proof must always be EUR 300 per person.

(b) for their return to the state of origin or for transit via third states: the nontransferable and fixed-date ticket or tickets, bearing the name, for the intended mode of transport.

Aliens must prove that they have the above means of subsistence either by producing them if they are in cash, or by producing certified cheques, traveller's cheques, receipts, letters of credit or a bank certificate confirming the existence of these means. In the absence of these documents, any other supporting documents recognised by the Spanish border police authorities may be produced.

F R A N C E

The reference amount for adequate means of subsistence for the planned duration of an alien's stay or for his transit via France to a destination in a third state is equal to the amount of the guaranteed minimum wage in France (SMIC) calculated daily on the basis of the rate fixed on 1 January of the current year.

This amount is regularly reassessed on the basis of the French cost of living index:

– automatically whenever the retail price index rises more than 2%,

– by a government decision – after consultation with the national commission for collective bargaining – to grant a rise higher than the rise in the retail price index.

As of 1 July 2003, the daily amount of the SMIC (minimum wage) is EUR 50,40.

Persons holding proof of accommodation ("attestation d'accueil") must possess a minimum amount of money, equivalent to half the SMIC, in order to stay in France. This amount is therefore EUR 25,20 per day.

I T A L Y

Article 4(3) of the "Consolidated text of provisions governing immigration and the status of aliens" No 286 of 28 July 1998 states that Italy, in accordance with the obligations entered into by adherence to specific international agreements, shall allow entry into its territory to aliens who can prove that they possess suitable documentation to confirm the purpose and conditions of their residence and that they have sufficient means of subsistence for the duration of their stay and, except in the case of residence permits for work purposes, for their return to the country of origin. Means of subsistence are defined in the relevant directive issued by the Minister for the Interior. Aliens who do not satisfy these requirements or who are considered a threat to national security or public order of the State or of one of the countries with which Italy has signed agreements for the abolition of internal border controls and the free movement of persons may not enter Italy, subject to the limits and derogations laid down in those agreements. The directive in question, which was issued on 1 March 2000 and has the title "Definition of means of support for entry and residence of aliens in the national territory", lays down that:

• the availability of means of support may be demonstrated by producing currency or equivalent

bills of exchange or bank guarantees or insurance policies guaranteeing payment, by means of documents attesting to prepaid services or documents proving the availability of sources of income in the national territory;

• the monetary amounts laid down in the directive are to be reviewed annually, after application

of the parameters relating to average annual variation produced by ISTAT and calculated on the basis of the general consumer price index for foodstuffs, drinks, transport and accommodation services;

• the alien must indicate that he has suitable accommodation in Italian territory and that he

possesses the sum needed for repatriation; he may also present a return ticket;

• the minimum means of support needed per person for the issue of a visa and for entry to

Italian territory for the purpose of tourism are defined in accordance with Table A below.

TABLE A

TABLE FOR DETERMINING THE MEANS OF SUPPORT

REQUIRED FOR ENTRY TO ITALIAN TERRITORY

FOR THE PURPOSE OF TOURISM

Number of participants in trip Duration of trip One participant Two or more participants

euro euro

1 to 5 days overall fixed sum 269,60 212,81

6 to 10 days daily sum per person 44,93 26,33

11 to 20 days fixed sum 51,64 25,82 + daily sum per person 36,67 22,21

more than 20 days fixed sum 206,58 118,79 + daily sum per person 27,89 17,04

C Y P R U S

According to the Aliens and Immigration Regulations (Regulation (9(2)(B)) the entry of aliens for temporary stay in the Republic depends on the discretionary power of the immigration officers at the borders, which is exercised according to the general or specific instructions of the Minister of Interior or to the provisions of the abovementioned Regulations. The immigration officers at the borders decide on the entry on a case by case basis, taking into consideration the purpose and length of stay, possible hotel reservations or hospitality by persons normally residing in Cyprus.

L A T V I A

Article 81 of Cabinet of Ministers' Regulation No 131 of 6 April 1999, as amended by Cabinet of

Ministers' Regulation No 124 of 19 March 2002, stipulates that upon the request of an official of the State Border Guard, an alien or a stateless person shall present the documents referred to in subparagraphs 67.2.2 and 67.2.8 of these Regulations:

"67.2.2. a health resort or travel voucher confirmed in accordance with the regulatory enactments of the Republic of Latvia, or a tourist carnet prepared pursuant to a specified pattern and issued by the Alliance of International Tourism (AIT);

67.2.8. for the receipt of a single entry visa:

67.2.8.1. traveller's cheques in the convertible currency or cash in LVL or in convertible currency corresponding to LVL 60 for each day; if the person presents the documents proving the payment already made for a certified place of accommodation for the whole duration of his/her stay – traveller's cheques in the convertible currency or cash in LVL or in convertible currency corresponding to LVL 25 for each day;

67.2.8.2. a document which certifies the reservation of a certified place of accommodation;

67.2.8.3. a round trip ticket with fixed dates."

According to the Immigration Law, in order to be able to enter and stay in the Republic of Latvia an alien must prove that he or she has the necessary means of subsistence.

The following amounts are required:

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the daily amount required is LVL 10, if the inviter provides an alien with accommodation and no extra resources are needed for accommodation;

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if the alien has booked a hotel reservation, the means of subsistence are computed based on the hotel charge, taking into account that the total of per diem and accommodation fee shall be at least LVL 20 per day.

In cases when the electronic information system – invitation data base – contains information that the inviter will cover the expenses related to the alien's entrance and stay in the Republic of Latvia, the aliens applying for visas do not have to submit the documents proving availability of the means of subsistence required for entrance and stay in the Republic of Latvia.

L I T H U A N I A

Under the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens, an alien entering the territory of the Republic of

Lithuania if necessary must prove that he has adequate means of subsistence or the sources of those means for the stay in the Republic of Lithuania, a return trip to his country or for proceeding to another country which he has the right to enter.

For the purpose of determining whether the alien has adequate means of susbsistence, the Ministry of Social Security and Labour has set the appropriate amounts of financial means per 24 hours which the alien must have at his disposal:

1)

40 litas, for alien who enters the Republic of Lithuania with the visa, which is issued only if the invitation by Lithuanian natural or legal person is provided;

2)

140 litas, for alien who enters the Republic of Lithuania with the visa, for which the invitation by Lithuanian natural or legal person is not required;

3)

15 litas, for alien who is eligible to obtain a permit of temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania as well as for each member of his family;

4)

40 litas, for aliens who are eligible to obtain a permit of temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania because they register in the prescribed manner an enterprise of foreign capital
with the authorised capital or the value of shares held at least 250, 000 litas; they come to the Republic of Lithuania to undertake scientific research or take up teaching positions at institutions of higher education, research or educational institutions; they have been issued a permit of work in the Republic of Lithuania;

5)

20 litas, for aliens who are eligible to obtain a permit of temporary residence in the Republic of Lithuania because they have been enrolled as students at an educational institution or for
training in the Republic of Lithuania; they are students coming to the Republic of Lithuania for a period of one year on study visits or to work under international mobility programmes administered by public (non-governmental) organisations. The amount of the means of subsistence required is reduced by 50% for children and adoptees of the alien, who are under the age of 18.

L U X E M B O U R G

The law of Luxembourg does not provide for any reference amount for border controls. The official conducting the check decides on a case-by-case basis whether an alien arriving at the border has adequate means of subsistence. In this regard the official takes particular account of the purpose of the stay and the type of accommodation.

H U N G A R Y

A reference amount is specified in the aliens policing legislation: under Decree No 25/2001.

(XI. 21.) of the Minister of Interior, currently at least HUF 1000 is required upon each entry.

Under Article 5 of the Aliens Act (Act XXXIX of 2001 on the Entry and Stay of Foreigners), the means of subsistence required for entry and stay may be certified by the presentation of:

– Hungarian currency or foreign currency or non-cash means of payment (e.g. cheque, credit card etc.),

– a valid letter of invitation issued by a Hungarian national, an alien holding a residence permit or settlement permit or a legal entity if the person inviting the alien declares to cover the costs of the accommodation, lodging, health care and return (repatriation). The official consent of the aliens policing authority shall be attached to the letter of invitation,

– confirmation of board and lodging reserved and paid in advance by means of a travel agency (voucher),

– any other credible proof.

M A L T A

It is the practice to ensure that persons entering Malta have a minimum amount of MTL20

(EUR 48) per day for the duration of their visit.

T H E N E T H E R L A N D S

The amount which border control officials take as the basis when checking means of subsistence is currently EUR 34 per person per day.

This criterion is applied flexibly, since the required amount of the means of subsistence is determined on the basis of the planned duration of the stay, the reason for the visit and the personal circumstances of the person concerned.

A U S T R I A

Pursuant to Article 52(2) Z 4 of the Aliens Act, aliens shall be refused entry at the border if they have no place of residence in Austria and do not have sufficient means of subsistence to meet the costs of their stay and return.

However, there are no reference amounts for the above. Decisions are made on a case-by-case basis depending on the purpose, type and duration of the stay. Cash and – depending on individual circumstances – traveller's cheques, credit cards, bank guarantees or letters of guarantee from solvent persons living in Austria may be accepted as proof.

P O L A N D

Amounts required for the crossing of borders are determined annually by the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration.

Amounts indicated for 2004 are as follows:

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PLN 100 per day of stay for persons over 16 years old, but not less then 500 PLN,

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PLN 50 per day of stay for persons under 16 years old, but not less then 300 PLN,

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PLN 300 for persons over 16 years old, whose stay in Poland does not exceed 3 days,

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PLN 150 for persons under 16 years old, whose stay in Poland does not exceed 3 days.

Aliens must prove that they have the above means of subsistence either by producing them in cash, or by producing:

- traveller's check or credit card, - a letter of legal guarantee from a Polish bank (confirming the existence of these means), - a letter of guarantee from the host.

P O R T U G A L

Aliens must be in possession of the following amounts if they wish to enter or stay in Portugal:

EUR 75 – for each entry EUR 40 – for each day spent on the territory

Aliens who are able to prove that their board and lodging are guaranteed for the duration of their stay may be exempted from paying the above amounts.

S L O V E N I A

According to article 7 of the Instructions on refusing entry to aliens, conditions for issuing visas at border crossings, conditions for issuing visas for humanitarian reasons and procedure for revoking visas (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 2/01 - hereinafter referred to as "Instructions"), an alien has to, prior to entry into the country and upon request of a police officer, provide information regarding the way in which means of subsistence and return to the home country or further travel to the third country will be secured for the time of the alien's stay in the Republic of Slovenia.

As an adequate proof of existence of the required means of subsistence an alien has to present the prescribed amount of money in cash, or traveller's checks, internationally recognized debit or credit cards, letters of credit, or any other verified proof of existence of such means in the Republic of Slovenia.

As an adequate proof that an alien may return to his home country or may travel to the third country, an alien has to submit either paid travel tickets or sufficient means to pay travel expenses.

The adequate amount of cash is obtained by multiplying the daily means of subsistence by the number of days an alien is staying in the Republic of Slovenia. If alien doesn't have secured means of subsistence (family, paid accommodation within a tourist package, etc...), the daily means shall be fixed at EUR 70, converted in SIT according to the valid exchange daily rate.

The prescribed amount for minors accompanied by their parents or legal representatives shall consist of 50% of the prescribed amount in the previous paragraph.

S L O V A K I A

Pursuant to Article 4(2)(c) of Act No 48/2002 Z. z. on the Stay of Aliens, an alien is obliged, upon request, to prove he or she has a financial amount for the stay, in convertible currency, corresponding to at least half the minimum wage provided for in Act No 90/1996 Z. z. on minimum wage, as amended, for each day of the stay; an alien younger than 16 years old is obliged to prove he or she has the financial means for the stay corresponding to half of this.

F I N LA N D

The border control officer decides on a case-by-case basis whether the alien has adequate means of subsistence. The assessment of adequate means will be based on the following elements. The alien should:

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be in possession of EUR 30 for each day of his or her stay in the territory; and - have prepaid or free of charge accomodation at his or her disposal, or have sufficient means for the planned accomodation; and - have a ticket for the return journey or other proof of guaranteed transportation for the return to his or her country of departure, or have sufficient means for the return to his or her country of departure.

SWEDEN

Swedish law does not lay down a reference amount for the crossing of borders. The border control officer decides on a case-by-case basis whether the alien has adequate means of subsistence.

ICELAND

Under Icelandic law, aliens must prove that they have enough money to meet their needs in Iceland and to make the return journey. In practice, the reference amount is ISK 4 000 per person. If the expenses connected with the stay are borne by a third party, the amount is halved. The total minimum amount is ISK 20 000 for each entry.

NORWAY

Under Article 27(d) of the Norwegian Immigration Law, any foreign national who is unable to prove that he or she has adequate funds for his or her stay in the Kingdom and for the return journey, or that he or she can count on such funds, may be refused entry at the border.

The amounts deemed necessary are fixed individually and decisions are taken on a case-by-case basis. Account is taken of the length of stay, whether the foreign national will be staying with family or friends, whether he or she has a ticket for the return journey and whether a guarantee has been given for the stay (as an indication, an amount of NOK 500 per day is deemed to be adequate for visitors who are not staying with relations or friends).

A N N E X 8

Uniform format for visa stickers and information on their technical specifications and security features

The technical and security features for the visa sticker format are contained in, or adopted on the basis

of, Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 i of 29 May 1995 laying down a uniform format for visas * , as

last amended by Regulation (EC) No 334/2002 i .

*

OJ L 164, 14.7.1995, p. 1.

** OJ L 53, 23.2.2002, p. 7.

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1683/95

of 29 May 1995

laying down a uniform format for visas

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION with Member States remaining free to change the body, if need be; whereas, for security reasons, each Member State must

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European communicate the name of the competent body to the Community, in particular Article 100c (3) thereof, Commission and the other Member States;

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, to be effective, this Regulation should apply to all visas covered by Article 5; whereas Member States should be

free also to use the uniform visa format for visas which can be

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, used for purposes other than those covered by Article 5 provided

differences visible to the naked eye are incorporated to make

Whereas Article 100c (3) of the Treaty requires the Council to confusion with the uniform visa impossible;

adopt measures relating to a uniform format for visas before

1 January 1996; Whereas, with regard to the personal data to be entered on the

uniform format for visas in accordance with the Annex hereto,

Whereas the introduction of a uniform format for visas is an compliance should be ensured with Member States' important step towards the harmonisation of visa policy; whereas data-protection provisions as well as with the relevant Article 7a of the Treaty stipulates that the internal market shall Community legislation,

comprise an area without internal frontiers in which the free

movement of persons is ensured in accordance with the HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

provisions of the Treaty; whereas this step is also to be regarded as forming a coherent whole with measures falling within Title Article 1 VI of the Treaty on European Union;

Visas issued by the Member States in conformity with Article 5 Whereas it is essential that the uniform format for visas should shall be produced in the form of a uniform format (sticker). They contain all the necessary information and meet very high shall conform to the specifications set out in the Annex. technical standards, notably as regards safeguards against counterfeiting and falsification; whereas it must also be suited to

use by all the Member States and bear universally recognisable Article 2

security features which are clearly visible to the naked eye;

Further technical specifications which render the visa difficult to counterfeit or falsify shall be laid down in accordance with the

Whereas this Regulation only lays down such specifications as procedure set out in Article 6.

are not secret; whereas these specifications need to be supplemented by further specifications which must remain secret

in order to prevent counterfeiting and falsification and which Article 3

may not include personal data or references to such data;

whereas powers to adopt further specifications should be 1. The specifications referred to in Article 2 shall be secret and conferred on the Commission; not be published. They shall be made available only to bodies

designated by the Member States as responsible for printing and

Whereas, to ensure that the information referred to is not made to persons duly authorised by a Member State or the available to more persons than necessary, it is also essential that Commission.

each Member State should designate not more than one body having responsibility for printing the uniform format for visas,

2.

Each Member State shall designate one body having The representative of the Commission shall submit to the responsibility for printing visas. It shall communicate the committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The name of that body to the Commission and the other committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a

Member States. The same body may be designated by time limit which the chairman may lay down according two or more Member States for this purpose. Each to the urgency of the matter. The opinion shall be

Member State shall be entitled to change its designated delivered by the majority laid down in Article 148 (2) of body. It shall inform the Commission and the other the Treaty in the case of decisions which the Council is

Member States accordingly. required to adopt on a proposal from the Commission.

The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the committee shall be weighted in the manner set

Article 4 out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.

3.

(a) The Commission shall adopt the measures 1. Without prejudice to the relevant more extensive envisaged if they are in accordance with the provisions concerning data protection, an individual to opinion of the committee. whom a visa is issued shall have the right to verify the personal particulars entered on the visa and, where appropriate, to ask for any corrections or deletions to be (b) If the measures envisaged are not in accordance made. with the opinion of the committee, or if no
opinion is delivered, the Commission shall, 2. No information in machine- readable form shall be without delay, submit to the Council a proposal given on the uniform format for visas unless it also relating to the measures to be taken. The Council appears in the boxes described in points 6 to 12 of the shall act by a qualified majority.

Annex, or unless it is mentioned in the relevant travel document. If, on the expiry of a period of two months, the

Council has not acted, the proposed measures shall be adopted by the Commission, save where the Council has decided against the said measures

Article 5 by a simple majority.

For the purposes of this Regulation a 'visa' shall mean an authorisation given by or a decision taken by a Member

State which is required for entry into its territory with a Article 7 view to:

Where Member States use the uniform visa format for - an intended stay in that Member State or in several purposes other than those covered by Article 5,

Member States of no more than three months in all, appropriate measures must be taken to ensure that confusion with the visa referred to in Article 5 is not

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transit through the territory or airport transit zone of possible. that Member State or several Member States.
Article 6 Article 8 1. Where reference is made to the procedure defined in This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth this Article, the following provisions shall apply. day following that of its publication in the Official

Journal of the European Communities.

2.

The Commission shall be assisted by a committee composed of the representatives of the Member States Article 1 shall become applicable six months after the and chaired by the representative of the Commission. adoption of the measures referred to in Article 2.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 29 May 1995.

For the Council The President

H. de CHARETTE

Security features

1.

A sign consisting of nine ellipses in a fan-shape shall appear in this space. 2. An optically variable mark ('kinegram' or equivalent) shall appear in this space. Depending on the angle of

view, 12 stars, the letter 'E' and a globe become visible in various sizes and colours. 3. The logo consisting of a letter or letters indicating the issuing Member State (or "BNL" in the case of the

Benelux countries, namely Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) with a latent image effect shall appear in this space. This logo shall appear light when held flat and dark when turned by 90°. The following logos shall be used: A for Austria, BNL for Benelux, CY for Cyprus, CZE for the Czech Republic, D for Germany, DK for Denmark, E for Spain, EST for Estonia, F for France, FIN for Finland, GR for Greece, H for Hungary, I for Italy, IRL for Ireland, LT for Lithuania, LVA for Latvia, M for Malta, P for Portugal, PL for Poland, S for Sweden, SK for Slovakia, SVN for Slovenia, UK for the United Kingdom.

4.

The word 'visa' in capital letters shall appear in the middle of this space in optically variable colouring.

Depending on the angle of view, it shall appear green or red. 5. This box shall contain the number of the visa, which shall be pre-printed and shall begin with the letter or

letters indicating the issuing country as described in point 3 above. A special type shall be used.

Sections to be completed

6.

This box shall begin with the words 'valid for'. The issuing authority shall indicate the territory or territories for which the visa is valid.

7.

This box shall begin with the word 'from' and the word 'until' shall appear further along the line. The issuing authority shall indicate here the period of validity of the visa.

8.

This box shall begin with the words number of entries' and further along the line the words 'duration of stay'

(i.e. duration of applicants' intended stay) and again 'days' shall appear. 9. This box shall begin with the words 'issued in' and shall be used to indicate the place of issue. 10. This box shall begin with the word 'on' (after which the date of issue shall be filled in by the issuing authority)

and further along the line the words 'number of passport' shall appear (after which the holder's passport number shall appear).

11.

This box shall begin with the words 'type of visa'. The issuing authority shall indicate the category of visa in conformity with Articles 5 and 7 of this Regulation.

12.

This box shall begin with the word 'remarks'. It shall be used by the issuing authority to indicate any further information which is considered necessary, provided that it complies with Article 4 of this Regulation. The following two and a half lines shall be left empty for such remarks.

13.

This box shall contain the relevant machine-readable information to facilitate external border controls.

The paper shall be pastel green with red and blue markings.

The words designating the boxes shall appear in English and French. The issuing State may add a third official Community language. However, the word 'visa' in the top line may appear in any one official language of the Community.

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 334/2002

of 18 February 2002

amending Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 i laying down a uniform format for visas

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, facilitate detection of forged or falsified visa stickers.

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and (8) The powers to adopt such common standards should be conferred in particular Article 62(2)(b)(iii) thereof, on the Committee set up by Article 6 of Regulation (EC)

No 1683/95 which should be adapted to take account of Council

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 1 ), Decision 1999/468/EC i of 28 June 1999 laying down the

procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ( ), 4 the Commission ( ).

Whereas: (9) Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 i should therefore be amended.

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 i ( 3 ) laid down a uniform (10) The measures provided for in this Regulation to make the

format for visas. uniform format for visas more secure do not affect the rules currently governing recognition of the validity of travel

(2) Measure No 38 of the Vienna Action Plan, adopted by the Justice documents. and Home Affairs Council on 3 December 1998, states that

attention must be given to new technical developments in order to (11) The conditions governing entry into the territory of the Member

ensure, where appropriate, greater security in the uniform format States or the issue of visas do not affect the rules currently

for visas. governing recognition of the validity of travel documents.

(3) Conclusion No 22 of the Tampere European Council of 15 and (12) As regards the Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway,

16 October 1999 states that a common active policy on visas and this Regulation constitutes a development of the provisions of the

false documents should be further developed. Schengen acquis falling within the area referred to in Article 1,

point B, of Council Decision 1999/437/EC i of 17 May 1999 on

(4) The establishment of a uniform visa format is an essential element certain arrangements for the application of the Agreement

in the harmonisation of visa policy. concluded by the Council of the European Union and the

Republic of Iceland and the Kingdom of Norway concerning the

(5) It is necessary to make provision for the establishment of common association of those two States with the implementation,

standards relating to the implementation of the uniform format for application and development of the Schengen acquis ( 5 ).

visas, in particular common rules on the technical methods and

standards to be used for filling in the form. (13) In accordance with Article 3 of the Protocol on the position of the (6) The integration of a photograph produced according to high United Kingdom and Ireland annexed to the Treaty on European

security standards is a first step towards the use of elements Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community, establishing a more reliable link between the uniform format visa the United Kingdom gave notice, by letter of 4 December 2001, and the holder as an important contribution to ensuring that the of its wish to take part in the adoption and application of this uniform format for visas is protected even against fraudulent use. Regulation.

The specifications set out in ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) document 9303 on machine readable visas will be (14) In accordance with Article 1 of the Protocol on the position of the taken into account. United Kingdom and Ireland annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

(7) Common standards relating to the implementation of the uniform Ireland is not participating in the adoption of this Regulation. As format for visas are essential to meet high technical standards and a result, and without prejudice to Article 4 of the said Protocol, to the provisions of this Regulation do not apply to Ireland,

1 OJ C 180 E, 26.6.2001, p. 310 . 4 OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

2 Opinion delivered on 12 December 2001 5 OJ L 176, 10.7.1999, p. 31

(not yet published in the Official Journal).

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 i is hereby amended as follows: adoption of the technical measures provided for the adoption of this measure in Article 2."

1.
Article 2 shall be replaced by the following: "Article 2
- 4.
  
  The following point shall be inserted in the Annex: 1. Further technical specifications for the uniform format for visas relating to the following shall be established in accordance with the "2a. An integrated photograph produced according to high security procedure referred to in Article 6(2): standards."
  Article 2 (a) additional elements and security requirements including enhanced

anti-forgery, counterfeiting and falsification standards; The first sentence of Annex 8 of the final version of the Common Consular Instructions and Annex 6 of the final version of the Common

Manual as they stand following the Decision of the Schengen Executive

(b) technical standards and methods to be used for the filling in of the 1 Committee of 28 April 1999 ( ) shall be replaced by the following:

uniform visa. "The technical and security features for the visa sticker format are

2.

The colours of the visa sticker may be changed in accordance with the contained in, or adopted on the basis of, Council Regulation (EC)

procedure referred to in Article 6(2)." No 1683/95 of 29 May 1995 laying down a uniform format for visas (*), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 334/2002 i (**)"

2.

Article 6 shall be replaced by the following: "Article 6 ________________________
(*) OJ L 164, 14. 7. 1995, p. 1.

1.

The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. (**) OJ L 53, 23.2.2002, p. 7.

2.

Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of

Decision 1999/468/EC i (*) shall apply. Article 3

This Regulation shall not affect the powers of the Member States The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC i shall be regarding recognition of States and territorial entities and passports, set at two months. identity documents and travel documents issued by their authorities.

3.

The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure." Article 4

_____________

(*) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following that of

3.

The following subparagraph shall be added to Article 8: "The its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities .

integration of the photograph provided for in point 2a of the Annex shall be implemented at the latest five years after the

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the Member States in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Done at Brussels, 18 February 2002. For the Council

The President

J. PIQUÉ I CA MPS

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A N N E X 9

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Information to be entered by the Contracting Parties, if necessary, in the "comments" section. ( )

( * ) Where a visa is issued through the representation procedure, each Contracting Party shall

refer to this fact in the "comments"” section by adding a letter R followed by the code of the country being represented. For this purpose the following codes shall apply: Belgium - B; Denmark – DK; Germany – D; Greece – EL; Spain – E; France - F; Italy - I; Luxembourg - L; the Netherlands - NL; Austria – A; Portugal - P; Finland – FIN; Sweden – S; Iceland – IS; Norway - N.

BENELUX

Common data which may be entered when an A, B, C or D+C visa is issued:

– BNL 1 : visa issued following authorisation by the central authorities.

– BNL 2 : visa issued ex officio.

– BNL 3 + name of the border point of entry and/or the date of entry: this code will only be indicated for security reasons in exceptional cases.

– BNL 4 : visa issued in the framework of representation following consultation of the represented State.

– BNL 5 + x days : the visa holder must report to the police within "x days".

– BNL 6 : accompanying children excepted

If this code is not entered under this heading, the visa is valid for all the persons mentioned on the passport.

– BNL 7 + name and date of birth of the accompanying child(ren): where there is uncertainty about the relationship between the passport holder and the accompanying child(ren), the Benelux post may indicate the number of children under the heading "Passport number". The name and date of birth of the accompanying child(ren) entered in the passport can also be indicated. This code and information can be added to prevent names being added to the passport of the person accompanying this child/these children following issue of the visa.

– BNL 8 : visa issued for "medical treatment".

If appropriate, the name of the hospital in question can be added to this code.

– BNL 9 : NO INSURANCE REQUIRED. *

– BNL 10 : visa issued for "study purposes".

– BNL 11 : visa issued for the purpose of "family reunification".

– BNL 12 : visa issued for "professional purposes".

– BNL 13 : visa issued for "business purposes".

Specific national details which should be indicated:

– for Belgium when a D or multiple entry visa is issued:

B1 : stay limited to duration of studies + Article 58, Law of 15.12.1980 B2 : enrolled at (name of the educational establishment) B3 : admitted to studies at (name of the educational establishment) B4 : request for diploma equivalence B5 : registered for admission test B6 : admitted to studies + request for diploma equivalence B7 : application of Articles 9 and 13, Law of 15.12.1980 B8 : stay limited to period of studies and the specific duration of the academic year at (name of the educational establishment)

*

See Article 2 of the Council Decision of 22 December 2003 on the amendment of Part V,
point 1.4, of the Common Consular Instructions and Part I, point 4.1.2, of the Common Manual as regards inclusion of the requirement to be in possession of travel medical insurance as one of the supporting documents for the grant of a uniform entry visa (OJ L 5, 9.1.2004, pp. 79-80).

B9 : temporary stay limited to one year B10 : stay limited to duration of studies of spouse/father/mother + Article 10a, Law of 15.12.1980 B11 : Article 10, paragraph 1, 4º, Law of 15.12.1980 – family reunification B12 : stay limited to the duration of the activity exempting visa holder from the work permit or self-employed work permit requirement B13 : stay limited to six months + self-employed activity in the framework of an association agreement B14 : stay limited to duration of work permit + 2 months B15 : stay limited to duration of self-employed permit B16 : stay limited to eight months B17 : temporary stay limited to twelve months + Articles 9 and 13, Law of 15.12.1980 B18 : temporary stay - cohabitation + Article 9 and 13, Law of 15.12.1980 B19: : family reunification B20 : temporary stay limited to six months with a view to adoption + extension of stay will be granted following authorisation by the Aliens Office if significant progress has been made in the adoption procedure (consultation of the adoption act drawn up in Belgium + recognition of this act or final foreign decision pronouncing adoption);

– for the Netherlands when an A, B, C, D+C and D or multiple entry visa is issued:

the alien's number;

– for Luxembourg when a D or D+C visa is issued

L01 : employee L02 : self-employed L03 : no professional activity (retired, personal means) L04 : student (post-secondary education) L05 : scientific researcher L06 : family member of an EU national L07 : spouse (third country) L08 : fiancé(e) (third country) L09 : family reunification – relative in the ascending line (third country) L10 : family reunification – relative in the descending line (third country) L11 : child for adoption L12 : medical treatment L13 : humanitarian reasons L14 : other.

D E N M A R K

Danish representations may enter the following comments:

Valid for entry to the Faroe Islands or

Valid for entry to Greenland or

Valid for entry to the Faroe Islands and Greenland

"Ansat hos [virksomhedens navn], der udfører arbejde for [navn på modtageren af tjenesteydelsen]" (Employed by [name of undertaking], which is carrying out work for [name of recipient of services])

"Garanti stillet"

(Guarantee provided)

G E R M A N Y

1.

The name of the official responsible for issuing visas: if the visa sticker is completed using a printer, this name should also be entered using a printer. If the visa sticker is completed by hand, the signature should be supplemented by indicating the surname of the official responsible for issuing visas or, where appropriate, by affixing the official’s signature stamp. To prevent the sticker being removed, the stamp can be affixed on the edge of the sticker in such a way that it also marks the passport page.

2.

If necessary, the German post will enter the surnames and given names of persons named on the document holder’s passport and travelling with the passport holder and, if necessary, will affix
the post’s stamp alongside the visa sticker.

3.

In cases where there are security risks, especially if an alert exists for the arrest of the person, the German post will indicate, exceptionally, the name of the post and the date of entry.

4.

The sticker will exceptionally indicate the nationality of the holder of the visa and the passport, if this is not obvious from the passport.

5.

Endorsements for all categories of visa:
– Diplomatisches Visum (diplomatic visa) – Dienstliches Visum (service visa).

EN

6.

Endorsements for or restrictions upon C visas:
– Diplomatischer Kurier (diplomatic mail/courier) – Visa de Courtoisie (courtesy visa) – Gratis-Visum (visa free of charge) – Besuchs-/Geschäftsvisum (visit/business visa) – Touristisches Visum (tourist visa) – Medizinische Behandlung (medical treatment) – Erwerbstätigkeit nicht gestattet (work prohibited) – R (+ code of represented State)

– KEINE VERSICHERUNG ERFORDERLICH (no insurance required) 1 – ADS 2

– Nur in Begleitung des Arbeitgebers/der Familie (only accompanied by employer/family).

7.

Endorsements for or restrictions upon particular D 3 , C and C+D visas:
− Studienaufnahme gestattet oder Studium (enrolment for study permitted or study) − Studienbewerbervisum (study applicant’s visa) − Sprachkurs (language course)

− Aufenthaltsanzeige nach Einreise (presence to be reported after entry 4 )

− Erwerbstätigkeit gestattet als Au-Pair (employment as au-pair permitted) − Erwerbstätigkeit gestattet gemäß § 11 Abs. 2 Nr. 5 DVAuslG

(employment permitted under Article 11(2)(5) of the DVAuslG (Decree implementing the Aliens Act))

1 See Article 2 of the Council Decision of 22 December 2003 on the amendment of Part V,

point 1.4, of the Common Consular Instructions and Part I, point 4.1.2 of the Common Manual as regards inclusion of the requirement to be in possession of travel medical insurance as one of the supporting documents for the grant of a uniform entry visa (OJ No L 5, p. 79 ff, 9.1.2004).

2 See Article 4(3)(c) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the European Community

and the National Tourism Administration of the People's Republic of China on visa and related issues concerning tourist groups from the People's Republic of China (ADS), OJ No L 83, p. 14 ff.

3 For D visas Germany reserves the right to prescribe further restrictions and conditions as well

as specific additional endorsements.

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− Erwerbstätigkeit als Gastwissenschaftler gestattet gemäß § 11 Abs. 2 Nr. 2 bzw. 3

DVAuslG (employment as visiting scholar permitted under Article 11(2)(2) or (3) of the DVAusl)

− Working-Holiday-Visum gemäß § 11 Abs. 2 Nr. 4 DVAuslG (working holiday visa

under Article 11(2)(4) of the DVAuslG)

− Erwerbstätigkeit als Werkvertragsarbeitnehmer gestattet gemäß § 11 Abs. 2 Nr. 4

DVAuslG (employment as contract worker permitted under Article 11(2)(4) of the DVAuslG)

− Erwerbstätigkeit als IT-Fachkraft gestattet i.S.d. IT-ArGV

(employment as IT expert permitted within the meaning of IT-ArGV (Decree on work permits for foreign IT experts))

− Visumerteilung nach "Vander Elst"

(visa issued under the "Vander Elst" ruling)

− Maximale Aufenthaltsdauer 90 Tage pro Jahr gemäß § 12 Abs. 5 DV AuslG i.V.m. § 9

Nr. 1 ArGV (maximum length of stay 90 days under Article 12(5) of the DVAuslG in conjunction with Article 9(1) of the ArGV (Decree on work permits))

− Darbietungen von besonderem künstlerischen Wert gestattet gemäß § 12 Abs. 5 DV

AuslG i.V.m. § 9 Nr. 6 ArGV (performances of particular artistic value permitted under Article 12(5) of the DVAuslG in conjunction with Article 9(6) of the ArGV)

− Ferienbeschäftigung gestattet gemäß § 12 Abs. 5 DVAuslG i.V.m. § 9 Nr. 9 ArGV

(holiday work permitted under Article 12(5) of the DVAuslG in conjunction with Article

9(9) of the ArGV (Decree on work permits for foreign employees))

− Praktikum gestattet gemäß § 12 Abs. 5 DVAuslG i.V.m. § 9 Nr. 15 bzw. 17 ArGV

(in-service training permitted under Article 12(5 ) of the DVAuslG in conjunction with Article 9(15) or (17) of the ArGV)

− Montage/Einweisung gestattet gemäß § 12 Abs. 2 Nr. 3 DVAuslG

(installation/induction permitted under Article 12(2)(3 of the DVAuslG)

− Betriebslehrgang im Rahmen von Lieferverträgen gestattet gemäß § 12 Abs. 2 Nr. 5

DVAuslG (works training in connection with supply contracts permitted under Article 12(2)(5) of the DVAuslG)

− Grenzüberschreitender Personenverkehr gestattet gemäß § 12 Abs. 2 Nr. 2b DVAuslG

(cross-border transport of persons permitted under Article 12(2)(2)(b) of the DVAuslG)

− Grenzüberschreitender Güterfernverkehr gestattet gemäß § 12 Abs. 2 Nr. 2b DVAuslG

(long-distance cross-border transport of goods permitted under Article 12(2)(2)(b) of the DVAuslG)

− EWR-Binnengrenzen überschreitender Güterfernverkehr gestattet. Zustimmung gemäß

§ 11 Abs. 1 DVAuslG durch Ausländerbehörde (XY) (long-distance transport of goods across EEA internal borders permitted. To be authorised under Article 11(1) of DVAuslG by an aliens authority (XY))

− Zugbegleitung gestattet

(train guards permitted)

− Erwerbstätigkeit auf Seeschiffen mit ISR-Eintragung gestattet

(employment on ISR-registered sea-going vessels permitted)

− Sonstige Erwerbstätigkeit nicht gestattet

(other types of employment not permitted)

− Familienzusammenführung

(family reunification)

− Eheschliessung und gemeinsame Wohnsitznahme

(marriage and common residence)

− Aufnahme nach dem Kontingentflüchtlingsgesetz

(admission under the Act relating to quota refugees)

− Spätaussiedler (ethnic Germans returning from abroad in recent times)

− 1 mit Bedingungen/Auflagen versehen (subject to conditions/restrictions)

− Die Aufenthaltsdauer entspricht dem in Zeile 2 eingetragenen Gültigkeitszeitraum

(length of stay to comply with the period of validity indicated in line 2).

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G R E E C E 1

1.

If the visa sticker is completed using a printer, the name of the official responsible for issuing visas should be entered using a printer.
If the visa sticker is completed by hand, the visa sticker should be completed with the handwritten signature or the signature-stamp and the surname of the official responsible for issuing visas.

2.

A group of (2 or 3) letters shall indicate the following categories of conditions for issue:
– visas granted following internal consultation (prior authorisation from the National Central Authority), plus the Authorisation No of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

– visas granted following consultation with the Central Authorities of other Contracting Parties (mutual consultation), plus the Authorisation No of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

– visas granted without consulting the Central Authorities (in which case the diplomatic or consular representation which dealt with the request accepts total responsibility for the

application).

3.

Group of letters and possibly numbers indicating the grounds for the journey and the type of visa.

4.

Fees payable or the endorsement FREE.

5.

In exceptional cases, the name, date and place of birth, nationality at birth, current nationality, passport number and names of the visa holder’s parents (when this information is not stated on the passport).

6.

Exceptionally, the post and the date of entry.

7.

Number of relatives entered on the passport of the visa holder and letters indicating their relationship with the visa holder.

1 This provision applies to VTA, VTB, VTC and VTL visas. Details other than those specified

here may appear on VTD and VD+C visas.

S P A I N

1.

Signature of the official responsible for issuing the visa.

2.

Signature-stamp showing the surnames and given names of the official who affixes the signature.

3.

The endorsement "CEUTA" or "MELILLA". These endorsements indicate that the territorial validity of the visa is limited exclusively to the towns of Ceuta and Melilla, pursuant to
declaration III of the Final Act of Spain’s accession to the Schengen Agreement and its Implementing Convention.

4.

If necessary, the name of the holder of the visa and the passport.

5.

If necessary, border point of entry and exact date of entry.

6.

Group of letters and numbers (up to 10 characters) showing the nationality of the applicant, the Spanish consulate dealing with the application, the type of visa and the reason for the visa
application.

7.

Fees payable for issuing the visa.

F R A N C E

1)

Indications to appear on all types of visa:
– Name of signatory and signature

– Cost of visa (for example "30 €")

– If no payment is required, the indication "GRATIS" (FREE) will appear followed by an alphanumeric code indicating why there is no charge.

2)

Airport transit visas (VTA)
– "VISA SPECIAL n°..." (SPECIAL VISA No. ....) (indication used when a visa is issued even if the applicant appears on the list of non-admitted persons, following consultation with the central authorities)

– "TRANSIT AÉROPORTUAIRE" (airport transit), "DIPLOMATIQUE" (diplomatic), "SERVICE" (service)

– "NE PERMET PAS L’ENTREE DANS L’ESPACE SCHENGEN" (DOES NOT PERMIT ENTRY INTO THE SCHENGEN AREA).

3)
Transit visas
- a.
  
  The following can appear in the first heading:
  – "VISA SPECIAL n°..." (SPECIAL VISA No. ...)
  
  – "TRANSIT", "DIPLOMATIQUE" (diplomatic), "SERVICE" (service).

b.

The following Schengen representation codes can appear in the second heading:
– "REP. AUTRICHE.R A" (Austria) – "REP. BELGIQUE.R B" (Belgium) – "REP. ALLEMAGNE.R D" (Germany) – "REP. ESPAGNE.R E" (Spain) – "REP. GRECE.R GR" (Greece) – "REP. ITALIE.R I" (Italy) – "REP. LUXEMBOURG.R L" (Luxembourg) – "REP. PAYS-BAS.R NL" (Netherlands) – "REP. PORTUGAL.R P" (Portugal).

4)
Short-stay visas
- a.
  
  The following can appear in the first heading:
  – "DIPLOMATIQUE" (diplomatic) – "SERVICE" (service) – "SOINS MEDICAUX" (medical treatment) – "TRANSPLANTATION" (transplant) – "VOYAGE D’AFFAIRES" (business trip) – "ASCENDANT NON A CHARGE" (older non-dependent relative) – "ETUDIANT CONCOURS" (examination candidate) – "FAMILLE DE FRANCAIS" (French family tie) – "FAMILLE UE/EEE" (EU/EEA family tie) – "SAISONNIER OMI" (seasonal worker) – "VISA SPECIAL" (special visa) – "ACCORD DDTEFP" (approval of the departmental directorate for work, employment and vocational training) – "NON PROFESSIONNEL" (non-professional) – "SCIENTIFIQUE" (scientist).
  
  EN
- b.
  
  The following can appear in the second heading:
  – "COURT SEJOUR CIRCULATION" (short-stay travel) – "CARTE DE SEJ. A SOLLICITER DES L’ARRIVEE EN FRANCE" (residence permit to be requested on arrival in France) – "APT A SOLLICITER DES L’ARRIVEE EN FRANCE" (temporary work permit to be requested on arrival in France) – "REP. AUTRICHE.R A" (Austria) – "REP. BELGIQUE.R B" (Belgium) – "REP. ALLEMAGNE.R D" (Germany) – "REP. ESPAGNE.R E" (Spain) – "REP. GRECE.R GR" (Greece) – "REP. ITALIE.R I" (Italy) – "REP. LUXEMBOURG.R L" (Luxembourg) – "REP. PAYS-BAS.R NL" (Netherlands) – "REP. PORTUGAL.R P" (Portugal).

5)
Long-stay visas
- a.
  
  The following can appear in the first heading:
  – "ETUDIANT" (student) – "MINEUR SCOLARISE" (school pupil) – "SOINS MEDICAUX" (medical treatment) – "TRANSPLANTATION" (transplant) – "ANCIEN COMBATTANT" (war veteran) – "ARTISTE" (artist)

– "COMMERCANT" (trader) – "CONJOINT DE SCIENTIFIQUE" (spouse of a scientist) – "FAM. EMPLOYE DE DIPLOMATE" (family of diplomatic employee) – "FAMILLE DE FRANCAIS" (French family tie) – "FAMILLE UE/EEE" (EU/EEA family tie) – "PENSIONNE TRAVAIL" (pensioner work) – "SCIENTIFIQUE" (scientist) – "VISITEUR" (visitor) – "EMPLOYE DE DIPLOMATE" (diplomatic employee) – "ACCORD DDTEFP" (approval of the departmental directorate for work, employment and vocational training).

b.

The following can appear in the second heading:
– "DISPENSE DE CARTE DE SEJOUR" (exempt from residence permit) – "MONACO" (Monaco) "CARTE PROMAE A SOLLICITER DES L’ARRIVEE EN FRANCE" (Ministry of Foreign Affairs protocol card to be requested on arrival in France) – "APT A SOLLICITER DES L’ARRIVEE EN FRANCE" (temporary work permit to be requested on arrival in France).

EN

c.

The following can appear in the third heading:
– "VOIR CARTE DE SEJOUR" (see residence permit) – "VOIR CARTE SEJOUR PARENTS" (see parents’ residence permit) – "VOIR CARTE SPECIALE MAE" (see special foreign office pass).

I T A L Y

The following wording is used:

1)

In the first line:

"TRANSITO AEROPORTUALE" (airport transit) "TRANSITO" (transit)

a)

Short-stay visas

"AFFARI" (business) "CURE MEDICHE" (medical treatment) "GARA SPORTIVA" (sporting event) "INVITO" (invitation) "LAVORO AUTONOMO" (self-employed work) "LAVORO AUTONOMO/SPETTACOLO" (self-employed work/entertainment) "LAVORO AUTONOMO/SPORT" (self-employed work/sport) "LAVORO SUBORDINATO" (employee) "LAVORO SUBORDINATO/MARITTIMI" (employee/maritime) "LAVORO SUBORDINATO/SPETTACOLO" (employee/entertainment) "LAVORO SUBORDINATO/SPORT" (employee/sport) "MISSIONE" (mission) "MOTIVI RELIGIOSI" (religious grounds) "STUDIO" (studies) "STUDIO/UNIVERSITÀ" (studies/university) "TRASPORTO" (transport) "TURISMO" (tourism).

b)

Long-stay visas

"ADOZIONE" (adoption) "CURE MEDICHE" (medical treatment) "DIPLOMATICO" (diplomatic) "FAMILIARE AL SEGUITO" (accompanying family member) "INSERIMENTO NEL MERCATO DEL LAVORO" (employment) "INSERIMENTO NEL MERCATO DEL LAVORO/SPONSOR" (employment/sponsor) "LAVORO AUTONOMO" (self-employed work) "LAVORO AUTONOMO/SPETTACOLO" (self-employed work/entertainment) "LAVORO AUTONOMO/SPORT" (self-employed work/sport) "LAVORO SUBORDINATO" (employee) "LAVORO SUBORDINATO/MARITTIMI" (employee/maritime) "LAVORO SUBORDINATO/SPETTACOLO" (employee/entertainment) "LAVORO SUBORDINATO/SPORT" (employee/sport) "MISSIONE" (mission) "MOTIVI RELIGIOSI" (religious grounds) "REINGRESSO" (return) "RESIDENZA ELETTIVA" (elective residence) "RICONGIUNGIMENTO FAMILIARE" (family reunion) "STUDIO" (studies) "STUDIO/UNVERSITÀ" (studies/university) "VACANZE LAVORO" (working holiday).

2)

In the second line:

– possible mention of border crossing point of entry and exit.

3)

In the third line:

– the surname of the consular official who signed the visa.

A U S T R I A

The following entries are made in the following sequence:

1.

The entries "DIENSTVISUM" (service visa) or "DIPLOMATENVISUM" (diplomatic visa) are only used by the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs or the Austrian diplomatic
representations abroad.

2.

Fees collected are entered as "EUR/ATS .../FW …" or "GRATIS".

3.

If the visa is issued on the basis of a letter of guarantee (Verpflichtungserklärung), "V" is entered.

4.

If the visa is issued on the basis of a tourist carnet from the ÖAM (Austrian Automobile Club) or a travel voucher from ELVIA, "V(ÖAMTC)" or "V(ELVIA)" is entered.

5.

If the visa is issued on the basis of a general letter of guarantee
(Generalverpflichtungserklärung), "GVE" is entered.

6.

If the visa is issued to a HGV driver, "F" is entered.

7.

If some of the children entered in the passport are not to be included on the visa, the names of the children travelling with their parents are entered.

8.

If the visa is issued for a collective passport, "S" and, in brackets, the number of persons for whom the visa is valid are entered.

9.

A 3-letter name code for the person authorised to sign the visa (the code being allocated by the representing authority or border crossing point) is entered approximately 1 cm from the right-hand margin of the last line of the section headed “Comments”.
EN

P O L A N D

The following numbers can appear in the "comments" section on the visa sticker:

"01", "02", "03", "04", "05", "06", "07", "08", "09", "10", "11", "12", "13", "14".

They are relevant only for short-stay visas and long-stay visas.

P O R T U G A L

1.

Letter "A" if the visa is issued following consultation with the central authorities. Letter "B" if the visa is issued without consulting the central authorities.

2.

Letter "R" followed by the national code of the represented State if the visa is issued for another Schengen State in the framework of representation.

3.

Signature of the official responsible for issuing the visa.

4.

National stamp.

5.

Endorsement with "study", "temporary stay", "residence", "sport/entertainment",
"research/highly qualified work", "self-employed work" or "paid work" depending on the type of national visa issued.

S L O V E N I A

1.
Endorsements upon A visa
- -
  
  etališki tranzit (airport transit) - diplomatski vizum (diplomatic visa) - službeni vizum (service visa) - humanitarni razlogi (humanitarian reasons)

2.
Endorsements upon B visas:
- -
  
  tranzit (transit) - diplomatski vizum (diplomatic visa) - službeni vizum (service visa) - skupinski vizum (group visa) - voznik tovornjaka z vozilom (truck driver with vehicle) - voznik avtobusa z vozilom (bus driver with vehicle) - humanitarni razlogi (humanitarian reasons)

3.
Endorsements upon C visas:
- -
  
  diplomatski vizum (diplomatic visa) - službeni vizum (service visa) - skupinski vizum (group visa) - zasebni obisk (private visit) - turizem (tourism) - poslovno (business) - šport-nepridobitno (sports non-profitable) - kultura-nepridobitno (culture non-profitable) - voznik tovornjaka z vozilom (truck driver with vehicle) - voznik avtobusa z vozilom (bus driver with vehicle) - humanitarni razlogi (humanitarian reasons) - zdravljenje (medical treatment) - ITF rehabilitacija (rehabilitation of mine victims)

F I N L A N D

1.

Diplomatic and service passports will bear the surname and first name and will be marked
"diplomaattileimaus" (diplomatic) or "virkaleimaus" (service).

2.

Other travel documents will contain the surname and first name and be marked with one of the following: "F.1", "F.2", "F.3", "F.4", "F.5", "F.6", "E.F.1", "E.F.2", "E.F.3", "E.F.4", "E.F.5",
"E.F.6".

S W E D E N

1.

For diplomatic visas the code "U" followed by "Diplomatisk visering, Diplomatic visa" will be used.

2.

The representation will enter the surnames, first names and dates of birth of the persons on the holder’s passport travelling with him. If there is not enough space the following page of the
passport will be used.

3.

Signature of the official responsible for issuing the visa. The signature should run over the edge of the sticker onto the page of the passport.

(see specimen overleaf)

4.
Where necessary, the following entries shall be written in the "comments" section:
- -
  
  Lastbilschaufför (lorry driver)
- -
  
  Busschaufför (turister) ((bus driver (tourists))
- -
  
  Turistguide (tourist guide)
- -
  
  Bärplockare (berry picker)

N O R W A Y

1.

Dry stamp

2.

Signature

3.

A national number may be added
A N N E X 10

Instructions on inserting information in the optical reading area.

1.

Definition:
This area is situated at the bottom of the sticker under the heading for national comments. It must consist of two lines of 36 characters. The character font used – ORCB 1 – permits automatic reading of the sticker by appliances with special optical readers, located at external border posts in order to speed up control procedures.

Since the technical features of this area are very specific, only consulates with computer facilities

can print it.

In view of this, no other details should be inserted in this area (stamp, signature, national code, etc...) as this might render the area illegible for the machines.

2.

Affixing the sticker:
The sticker should as far as possible be aligned with and affixed as closely as possible to the edges of the page of the passport.

Example of a perforated number

Heading

Visual Inspection Area

Automatic Reading Area

Left edge of the Reference edge of passport page the passport page

3.

Description of this area:
This description has a purely informative function for posts without computer facilities, otherwise the computer will automatically print the contents of the sticker in the optical reading area - part of this information already appears at the top of the sticker.

AUTOMATIC READING AREA (ARA)

1st line: 36 characters (obligatory)

Positions Number of Heading contents Specifications characters

1 - 2 2 Type of document 1st character: V 2nd character: code indicating type of visa (A, B, C or D)

3 - 5 3 Issuing State ICAO alphabetic code 3-character: BEL, DNK, D<<, GRC, ESP, FRA, ITA, LUX, NLD, AUT, PRT, FIN, SWE, ISL, NOR.

6 - 36 31 Surname and first The surname should be separated name from the first names by 2 symbols (<<); individual components of the name should be separated by one symbol (<); spaces which are not needed should be filled in with a symbol <.

2nd line: 36 characters (obligatory)

Positions Number of Heading contents Specifications characters

1 9 Visa number This is the number printed in the top right-hand corner of the

sticker. 10 1 Control character This character is the result of a

complex calculation, based on the previous area according to an algorithm defined by the ICAO.

11 3 Applicant’s nationality Alphabetic coding according to ICAO 3- character codes.

14 6 Date of birth The order followed is YYMMDD where:

YY = year (obligatory) MM = month or << if unknown DD = day or << if unknown

20 1 Control character This character is the result of a complex calculation, based on the previous area according to an algorithm defined by the ICAO.

21 1 Sex F = Female, M = Male, < = Not specified.

Positions Number of Heading contents Specifications characters

22 6 Date on which the visa’s The order followed is YYMMDD

validity ends without a filler.

28 1 Control character This character is the result of a

complex calculation based on the

previous area according to an

algorithm defined by the ICAO.

29 1 Territorial validity a) For LTV visas, insert the letter

b)

For uniform visas insert the

filler <.

30 1 Number of entries 1, 2, or M

31 2 Duration of stay a) Short stay: number of days

should be inserted in the visual

reading area.

b)

Long stay: <<

33 4 Start of validity The structure is MMDD without

any filler.

A N N E X 11

Criteria for determining whether a travel document may bear a visa.

ANNEX 11 DG H I EN

The travel documents described below shall be considered valid for the purpose of Article 17(3a) of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, provided that they confirm the holder's identity and, in the cases mentioned under (a) and (b) below, the holder's nationality or citizenship and provided that they fulfil the conditions in Articles 13 and 14.

(a) Travel documents issued in accordance with international rules applied by countries or regional and local bodies recognised by all Member States.

(b) Passports or travel documents which, although issued by countries or international bodies not recognised by all Member States, guarantee the alien's return, provided that the Executive

Committee recognises them as valid documents to which to affix a joint visa (which may alternatively be affixed to a separate sheet). The unanimous approval of the Executive Committee shall be required for:

– the list of these passports or travel documents, – the list of countries or entities which are not recognised and which have issued these documents.

These lists, if compiled, shall serve only to meet the requirements for implementing the Schengen Convention and shall not preclude Member States from recognising countries or regional and local entities that are not recognised.

(d) Travel documents for stateless persons issued in accordance with the Convention of 1954 on the

Status of Stateless Persons 1 .

1 Portugal and Austria, although not Contracting Parties to this Convention, accept that travel

documents issued in accordance with this Convention may bear the uniform visa issued by the Schengen States.

ANNEX 11 DG H I EN

ANNEX 12

Fees to be charged in EURO corresponding to the administrative costs

of processing the visa application

ANNEX 12 DG H I EN

Fees to be charged, corresponding to the administrative costs

of processing the visa application

TYPE OF VISA Fees to be charged (in EUR)

Airport transit visa (Category A) 35 ** Transit visa (Category B) * 35 Short-stay visa (1 - 90 days) (Category C) * 35 Multiple entry visa, valid for 1 - 5 years * 35

(Category C)

Visa with limited territorial validity * 35

(Categories B and C)

Visa issued at the border * 35

(Categories B and C) This visa may be issued free of charge.

Group visa (Categories A, B and C) * EUR 35 + EUR 1 per person

National long-stay visa (Category D) The amount shall be fixed by the Member States, who may decide to issue

these visas free of charge * .

National long-stay visa valid concurrently as a The amount shall be fixed by the short-stay visa (Category D+C) Member States, who may decide to issue

these visas free of charge * .

These fees are to be charged in EURO, in US dollars or in the national currency of the third country where the application is made.

*

In accordance with Council Decision (EC) No 454/2003 of 13 June 2003, OJ L 152,
20.6.2003, p.83, Article 2: This Decision shall apply from 1 July 2005 at the latest. Member States may apply this Decision before 1 July 2005, provided that they notify the General Secretariat of the Council of the date from which they are in a position to do so.

ANNEX 12 DG H I EN

Rules:

I. These fees shall be paid in a convertible currency or in the national currency on the basis of the official exchange rates in force.

II. In individual cases, the amount of fees to be charged may be reduced or waived in accordance with national law when this measure serves to protect cultural interests, in the field of foreign policy, development policy or other areas of vital public interest.

III. Group visas are issued in accordance with national law for a maximum of 30 days.

ANNEX 12 DG H I EN

A N N E X 13

Filling in visa stickers

Note: as a general rule, visas can be issued at the earliest 3 months before they are first used

AIRPORT TRANSIT VISAS (ATVs)

It is pointed out that only nationals of certain "sensitive" countries (see Annex 3) are subject to an

ATV. ATV holders may not leave the international section of the airport through which they travel in transit.

EXAMPLE 1

SINGLE AIRPORT TRANSIT VISA

– Type of visa: ATVs bear the identification code A.

– The single ATV gives access to one country only (France in this

example).

– The duration of validity is calculated from the date of departure (e.g. 01.02.00); the term is fixed by adding a period of grace of 7 days in case the visa holder postpones departure.

– ATVs do not confer the right to stay, the heading "duration of stay" should be deleted with XXX.

EXAMPLE 2a

DUAL ATV (valid for one country)

– The dual ATV authorises airport transit for both outward and return journeys.

– The duration of the visa's validity is calculated as follows: date of the

return journey + 7 days (in the example shown: Return date 15.02.00).

– If the intention is to transit through one airport only, the name of the

country concerned is entered under the heading "valid for" (EXAMPLE 2a). If transit is made by way of exception via 2 different Schengen countries on the outward and return journeys, the visa is marked "Schengen States" (see EXAMPLE 2b below).

AIRPORT TRANSIT VISAS (ATVs) (continued)

EXAMPLE 2b

DUAL ATV (valid for several countries)

– "Schengen States" should be entered under the heading

"valid for" to allow transit via two airports situated in two different countries.

EXAMPLE 3

MULTIPLE ATV (should only be issued in exceptional cases)

– In the case of multiple ATVs (allowing several transits) the term of the visa's validity is calculated as follows: date of first departure + 3 months.

– For the entry under "valid for", the same rule applies as to

dual ATVs.

TRANSIT VISAS

EXAMPLE 4

SINGLE-ENTRY TRANSIT VISA

– Type of visa: the transit visa bears the identification code B. It is

advisable to add the word "TRANSIT".

– The duration of validity is calculated from the date of departure (e.g. 01.02.00). The term is fixed as follows: date of departure + (5 days maximum) + 7 days (period of grace in case the visa holder postpones departure).

– The duration of the transit may not exceed 5 days.

EXAMPLE 5

DUAL-ENTRY TRANSIT VISA

– The duration of validity: when the date of different transit journeys is not known, which is generally the case, the period of validity is

calculated as follows: date of departure + 6 months.

– The duration of the transit may not exceed 5 days.

TRANSIT VISAS (continued)

EXAMPLE 6

MULTIPLE-ENTRY TRANSIT VISA

– The duration of validity is calculated in the same way as for dual entry transit visas (see EXAMPLE 5).

– The duration of the stay may not exceed 5 days in transit.

SHORT-STAY VISAS

EXAMPLE 7

SINGLE-ENTRY SHORT-STAY VISA

– Type of visa: the short-stay visa bears the identification code C.

– The duration of the visa's validity is calculated as follows: from the date of departure (e.g. 01.02.00). The period is fixed as follows: date of departure + duration of stay + period of grace of 15 days.

– The duration of the stay may not exceed 90 days in any six-month period (30 days in the example shown here).

EXAMPLE 8

MULTIPLE-ENTRY SHORT-STAY VISA

– The duration of validity is calculated from the date of departure + 6 months maximum on the basis of the documentary evidence provided.

– The duration of the stay may not exceed 90 days in any six-month period (in the example shown here, but the duration may also be less). The duration of the stay is that of the cumulative total of successive stays. This is also based on the

documentary evidence provided.

SHORT-STAY (continued)

EXAMPLE 9

SHORT-STAY TRAVEL VISA

– This is a multiple-entry short-stay visa which is valid for over

6 months, 1, 2, 3 or 5 years in exceptional cases (e.g.V.I.P.s). In the example shown here the validity is 3 years.

– Same rules apply to the duration of the stay as in EXAMPLE 8 (90 days maximum).

VISAS WITH LIMITED TERRITORIAL VALIDITY (LTV VISAS)

The LTV visa can be either a short-stay visa or a transit visa.

The limitation of validity may apply to one or to several States.

EXAMPLE 10

SHORT-STAY LTV VISA, A SINGLE COUNTRY ONLY.

– In this example, the territorial validity is limited to a single country, i.e. France.

– The short-stay LTV visa bears the identification code C (in the same way as EXAMPLE No. 7)

EXAMPLE 11

SHORT-STAY LTV VISA, VALIDITY LIMITED TO SEVERAL COUNTRIES

In this case, the "valid for" heading shall be filled in:

− − − − either by the codes indicating the countries for which the visa is valid (Belgium: B,

Denmark: DK, Germany: D, Greece: GR, Spain: E, France: F, Italy: I, Luxembourg: L, Netherlands: NL, Austria: A, Portugal: P, Finland: FIN, Sweden: S, Iceland: IS, Norway: N. In the case of the Benelux countries: BNL). In the example shown, the territorial validity is limited to France and Spain.

– or by the words "Schengen States" followed in brackets by the minus sign and the codes of the Member States for the territories of which the visa is not valid. In the example shown, the visa is valid for the territory of all the Member States applying the Schengen acquis except France and Spain.

VISAS WITH LIMITED TERRITORIAL VALIDITY (LTV VISAS)

(continued)

EXAMPLE 12

TRANSIT LTV VISA, ONE COUNTRY

– The transit visa bears the identification code B under the heading for the type of visa.

– In the example shown, the visa is limited to French territory.

ACCOMPANYING PERSONS

EXAMPLE 13

– In this case, one or more children and in exceptional circumstances, a spouse travel on one passport.

– If one or more children travelling on the travel document are covered by the visa the heading "passport

number" is followed by + nX indicating the number of children, and if a spouse is travelling on the passport, by + Y. In the example shown here (single-entry, short-stay visa, with a duration of stay 30 days), the visa is issued for the passport holder, 3 children and the passport holder's spouse.

VISA ISSUED BY REPRESENTATION EXAMPLE 14

The above visa was issued by a consular post of a Schengen State representing another

Schengen State.

In this case, under the heading "Remarks", the letter "R" must be entered, followed by the country code of the country on whose behalf the visa was issued.

The country codes to be used are as follows:

Belgium: B

Denmark: DK

Germany: D

Greece: GR

Spain: E

France: F

Italy: I

Luxembourg: L

The Netherlands: NL

Austria: A

Portugal: P

Finland: FIN

Sweden: S

Iceland IS

Norway: N

In the above example, the Belgian Embassy in Brazzaville issued a visa on behalf of Spain.

NATIONAL LONG-STAY VISA VALID CONCURRENTLY AS A SHORT-STAY VISA

EXAMPLE 15

– In this case, the code of the country which issued the long-stay visa + the words "Schengen States" is to be entered after the "VALID FOR" heading.

– This example shows a national long-stay visa issued by Greece and valid concurrently as a uniform short-stay visa.

– A long-stay visa valid concurrently as a short-stay visa bears the identification code D+C.

ANNEX 13 DG H I EN

S U M M A R Y

"VALID FOR" "TYPE" "NUMBER OF "FROM"................. "TO" "MAXIMUM

ENTRIES" DURATION OF EACH STAY" (in days)

SCHENGEN STATES 01 Date of departure Date of departure + 7 days XXX

Airport transit visa or

(ATV) FRANCE A (for example)

02 Date of departure Date of return + 7 days

MULT 1 Date of 1st departure Date of 1st departure + number of months

authorised (maximum 3 months) SCHENGEN STATES 01 Date of departure Date of departure + duration of stay + 7 days from 1 - 5 or

Transit FRANCE B visa (for example)

02 Date of 1st departure Date of 1st departure + number of months authorised (maximum 6 months)

MULT 1 Date of 1st departure

SCHENGEN STATES C 01 Date of departure Date of departure + duration of stay + 15 days

or Short-stay FRANCE visa (for example) from 1 - 90

MULT 2 Date of 1st departure Date of 1st departure + number of months authorised (maximum 5 years)

Long-stay valid HELLAS D + C 01 concurrently as a (for example) short-stay visa + SCHENGEN STATES

MULT 2

1 MULT indicates multiple journeys, i.e. more than two entries.

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ANNEX 13 DG H I EN

A N N E X 14

Obligations as regards information to be sent by Contracting Parties when visas with limited territorial validity are issued,

when the period of validity of uniform visas is cancelled, revoked or reduced

and when national residence permits are issued

1.

Information when issuing visas with limited territorial validity

1.1. General conditions

In order to obtain authorisation to enter the national territory of Schengen Contracting Parties, third-country nationals should in principle fulfil the conditions laid down in Article 5(1) of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement (hereinafter: the Schengen Convention).

If a third-country national does not fulfil all these conditions, entry or the issue of a visa shall be refused except where a Contracting Party considers it necessary to derogate from this rule on humanitarian grounds, on grounds of national interest, or because of international obligations. In such cases, the Contracting Party concerned may issue a visa with limited territorial validity (LTV) only and must inform the other Contracting Parties (Articles 5(2) and 16 of the Schengen Convention).

In principle, short-stay LTVs issued in accordance with the Schengen Convention and the Common Consular Instructions on Visas, Chapter V, 3, are subject to the following conditions:

(a) LTVs are issued by way of exception. The conditions under which this type of visa is issued must be carefully examined on a case-by-case basis.

(b) It should not be expected that the Schengen Contracting Parties will use and abuse the possibility to issue LTVs; this would not be in keeping with the purpose and

objectives of Schengen. Given that the number of LTVs being issued will most probably be small, it is not necessary to provide for an automated procedure for informing the other Contracting Parties.

1.2. Rules of procedure

When drawing up rules of procedure governing the information to be sent by Contracting Parties when issuing LTVs, a distinction should be made between visas issued by diplomatic and consular representations and visas issued by the border authorities. The rules of procedure in force are as follows:

1.2.1. Issue of visas by diplomatic and consular representations

In general, the rules laid down for the provisional arrangements for consultation with the central authorities (Article 17(2) of the Schengen Convention shall apply mutatis mutandis to the information procedure used by the other Contracting Parties (see Doc. SCH/II-Visa (94) 7). Where different rules are used, these shall be notified by the Contracting Parties concerned. In general, information shall be sent within 72 hours.

1.2.2. Issue of visas by the border authorities

In this case, information shall be sent within 72 hours to the central authorities of the other Contracting Parties.

1.2.3. The Contracting Parties must designate which contact points should receive this information.

1.2.4. When setting up an automated procedure to enable consultation between the central authorities (Article 17(2), of the Schengen Convention), this shall include a provision ensuring that other Contracting Parties are informed of the issue of an LTV where the LTV is issued as a result of an objection to the issue of a Schengen visa on the part of one (or more) Contracting Party/Parties), in the framework of consultation. Where LTVs are issued in other circumstances, this procedure cannot be used for sending information between States.

1.2.5. The following information shall be sent to the Contracting Parties:

Surname, first name, and date of birth of visa holder Nationality of visa holder Date and place of issue of LTV Reasons for issuing visas with limited territorial validity

– humanitarian grounds – grounds of national interest – international obligations – travel document which is not valid in all Contracting Parties – second issue of a visa within a six-month period – in emergencies, there was no consultation with the central authorities – the central authorities of a Contracting Party raised objections during consultation

2.

Cancelling, revoking and reducing the duration of validity of a uniform visa
In accordance with the principles adopted by the Committee Executive when cancelling, revoking and reducing the duration of a uniform visa's validity (SCH/Com-ex (93) 24), the following information must be sent to the other Contracting Parties:

2.1. Cancelling visas

The aim in cancelling a Schengen visa is to prevent persons from entering the territory of the Contracting Parties when it becomes evident after a visa has been issued that these persons do not fulfil the conditions warranting the issue of a visa.

Contracting Parties which cancel a visa issued by another Contracting Party shall in principle inform the central authorities of the issuing State within 72 hours.

This notification shall contain the following information:

Surname, first name, and date of birth of visa holder Nationality of visa holder Type and number of travel document Number of the visa sticker Category of visa Date and place of visa issue Date and reasons for cancellation

2.2. Revoking visas

Revoking a visa permits cancellation of the remaining duration of its validity after entry to the territory.

A Contracting Party which revokes a uniform visa shall inform the issuing Contracting Party in

principle within 72 hours. This notification shall contain the same information as mentioned

under point 2.1.

2.3. Reducing the duration of a visa's validity

When a Schengen State reduces the duration of validity of a visa issued by another Contracting Party, it shall inform this Contracting Party's central authorities in principle within 72 hours. This notification shall contain the same information as mentioned under point 2.1.

2.4. Procedure

The information sent to the Contracting Party which issued the visa when the duration of its validity is cancelled, revoked or reduced shall in principle be sent to the central authority designated by this Contracting Party.

3.

Information on national residence permits (Article 25)
Article 25(1) lays down that where a Contracting Party considers issuing a residence permit to an alien for whom an alert has been issued for the purposes of refusing entry, it shall first consult the issuing Contracting Party and shall take account of its interests: the residence permit shall be issued for substantive reasons only, notably on humanitarian grounds or by reason of international commitments.

The second subparagraph in Article 25(1) provides that the Contracting Party issuing the alert shall withdraw the alert, but may put the alien concerned on its national list of alerts.

The application of the provisions mentioned above therefore involves two instances of information transmission between the Contracting Party intending to issue the residence permit and the Contracting Party issuing the alert:

– prior consultation with the Contracting Party issuing the alert to take account of its interests and

– information on the issue of the residence permit, so that the Contracting Party issuing the alert can withdraw it.

In accordance with the provisions of Article 25(2) of the Schengen Convention, consultation of

the issuing Contracting Party is also necessary if it becomes evident only a posteriori, i.e. after

the residence permit has been issued, that an alert on the holder of the permit has been issued

for the purpose of refusing entry.

In view of the underlying principles of the Schengen Convention, the issue of a residence permit to a third-country national for whom an alert has been issued for the purpose of refusing entry by one of the Contracting Parties shall also be limited to exceptional circumstances.

With regard to the communication referred to in Article 25 of the Convention, such a procedure is closely connected with the functioning of the Schengen Information System (SIS). The possibility of transmitting information via the forthcoming SIRENE procedure should be examined.

The rules of procedure set out in this note shall be re-examined from the point of view of their practical applicability at the latest twelve months after the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement has been brought into force.

A N N E X 15

Specimen harmonised forms providing proof of invitation, sponsorship and accommodation drafted by the Contracting Parties

G E R M A N Y

Bundesrepublik Deutschland VERPFLICHTUNGSERKLÄRUNG

DÉCLARATION DE PRISE EN CHARGE

FORMAL OBLIGATION D 00000000

Bundesdruckerei

Artikel-Nr. 10150 Ich, der/die Unterzeichnende Je, soussigné(e) I, the undersigned

Name / Nom / Surname ► Vorname(n) / Prénom(s) / First name

Geburtstag und -ort / Né(e) le/à / Date and place of birth

Staatsangehörigkeit / Nationalité / Nationality

(1)

Identitätsdokument / Aufenthaltstitel (2) (1) / Document d'identité /Titre de séjour (2) Identity card (1) / Residence permit (2)

wohnhaft in /Adresse / Address

Beruf / Profession / Profession Zuständige Behörde verpflichte mich gegenüber m'engage auprès du service take full responsibility to Autorité compétente der Ausländerbehörde / Ausdes étrangers/de la représenwards the aliens authority/ Competent authority landsvertretung, für tation diplomatique à diplomatic representation

héberger for accommodating Name / Nom / Surname

Vorname(n) / Prénom(s) / First name

Geburtstag und -ort / Né(e) le/à / Date and place of birth

Staatsangehörigkeit / Nationalité / Nationality

Reisepaß Nr. / Passeport n° / Passport No.

wohnhaft in / Adresse / Address

Verwandtschaftsbeziehung mit dem Antragsteller / Lien de parenté avec le demandeur / Family relationship to applicant

(1) und folgende sie/ihn begleitende Personen, nur Ehegatten (3 / accompagné(e) de son conjoint (3) /

Art / type / type

Nummer / numéro / number accompanied by his or her spouse

(3)

(2)

Nur bei seulement applicable

Ausländern, pour les to foreigners und Kinder

(3) / accompagné(e) de ses enfants (3) / accompanied by children (3)

Art des étrangers only,

Titels type de titre type of permit

(3)

Name / nom / surname

Vorname / prénom / first name

Geburtstag / date de naissance/date of birth

Geschlecht / sexe / sex vom ... an bis zum ... / du ... au ... / from ... to ...

nach § 84 des Ausländergesetzes et à prendre en charge le coût de and for bearing the living costs die Kosten für den Lebensunterla vie conformément au § 84 de la according to § 84 of the Aliens Act and halt und nach §§ 82 und 83 des loi sur les étrangers et les frais de and the departure costs of the Ausländergesetzes die Kosten für retour de l'étranger ci-dessus conabove foreigner according to die Ausreise o.g. Ausländers/in zu formément aux §§ 82 et 83 de la §§ 82 and

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Die Verpflichtung umfaßt die Erstattung sämtlicher öffentlicher Mittel, die für den Lebensunterhalt einschließlich der Versorgung mit Wohnraum und der Versorgung im Krankheitsfall und bei Pflegebedürftigkeit aufgewendet werden (z.B. Artzbesuch, Medikamente, Krankenhausaufenthalt). Dies gilt auch, soweit die Aufwendungen auf einem gesetzlichen Anspruch beruhen, im Gegensatz zu Aufwendungen, die auf einer Beitragsleistung beruhen. Die vorliegende Verpflichtung umfaßt auch die Ausreisekosten (z.B. Flugticket) o.g. Ausländers/in nach §§ 82 und 83 des Ausländergesetzes. Ich wurde von der Ausländerbehörde hingewiesen auf

-

den Umfang und die Dauer der Haftung,

-

die Möglichkeit von Versicherungsschutz,

-

die zwangsweise Beitreibung der aufgewendeten Kosten im Wege der Vollstreckung, soweit ich meiner Verpflichtung nicht nachkomme, sowie

-

die Strafbarkeit z.B. bei vorsätzlichen, unrichtigen oder unvollständigen Angaben (§ 92 des Ausländergesetzes - Freiheitsstrafe bis zu drei Jahren oder Geldstrafe).

Ich bestätige, zu der Verpflichtung aufgrund meiner wirtschaftlichen Verhältnisse in der Lage zu sein.

Behörden Réservé à Official Anschrift der Wohnung, in der die Unterschrift sichergestellt wird, falls abweichend vom gewöhnvermerke l'administration remarks lichen Wohnsitz des Unterkunftgebers /

Adresse du logement dans lequel l'hébergement sera assuré, au cas où il serait différent du logement habituel de l'hébergeant / Address of where accommodation will be provided, if different from the undersigned's usual address

Ich bin / j'en suis / I am Mieter Eigentümer locataire propriétaire tenant owner

Arbeitsgeber / Employeur / Employer

Sonstige Angaben zu Wohn-, Einkommens- und Vermögensverhältnissen (Grösse der Wohnung, Höhe des Einkommens) / Renseignements complémentaires concernant le logement, les revenus et la situation financière / Other details of housing conditions, income and financial situation

Gebühren

Der/die Verpflichtungserklärende Beglaubigungsvermerk der Ausländerbehörde/Auslandsvertretung

Ich versichere, die vorstehenden Angaben nach bestem Wissen und Ge Die Unterschrift der/des Verpflichtungserklärenden ist vor mir vollzogen wissen richtig und vollständig gemacht zu haben und gehe eine entworden. Die Beglaubigung der Unterschrift dient nur zur Vorlage bei der sprechende Verpflichtung ein. deutschen Auslandsvertretung.

Behörde: ___________________________________________________________ _______________________________ Ort Datum Ort Datum

Im Auftrag ___________________________________________________________ (Siegel)

Unterschrift Stellungnahme der Ausländerbehörde / Auslandsvertretung

Bemerkungen

Die finanzielle Leistungsfähigkeit des/der Verpflichtungserklärenden wurde nachgewiesen / glaubhaft gemacht. Behörde: _______________________________ Ort Datum Im Auftrag (Siegel)

F R A N C E

République française ATTESTATION D'ACCUEIL

NACHWEIS DER UNTERKUNFT

PROOF OF ACCOMMODATION F ___________

cerfa

n° 10798*01 Je, soussigné(e) Ich, der/die Unterzeichnende I, the undersigned

Document souscrit en application nom / Name / name

du décret n° 82-442 du 27 mai 1982 modifié pris pour l'application de

l'article 5 de l'ordonnance n° ►

45-2658 du 2 novembre 1945

modifiée relative aux conditions prénom(s) /Vorname(n) / first name

d'entrée et de séjour des étrangers en France

né(e) le / à / Geburtstag und -ort / date and place of birth

nationalité / Staatsangehörigkeit / nationality

(1)

document d'identité ou titre de séjour (1) /Identitätsdokument (1) .Aufenthaltstitel (1) /

(1)

identity or residence permit (1)

adresse complète / wohnhaft in / full address

Département, commune atteste bescheinige folgende declare that they are

zuständige Verwaltung

Competent authority pouvoir accueillir : Person(en) unterbringen able to accommodate : zu können :

nom / Name / name

prénom(s) / Vorname(n) / first name

né(e) le/à /geboren am / in / born on / at

nationalité / Staatsangehörigkeit / nationality

passeport n° / Reisepaß-Nr. / passport No.

adresse / wohnhaft in / address

(2)

accompagné(e) de son conjoint / und folgende sie/ihn begleitende Personen, nur Ehegatten (2 / accompanied by spouse (2)

accompagné(e) de ses enfants (2) / und Kinder (2) / accompanied by children (2)

(1) type / Art / type numéro / Nummer / number

(2) nom / Name / name pendant (...jours) entre le ...et le ... / für (...Tage) zwischen dem ... und dem ... / for (... days) from ... to ...

prénom / Vorname / first name date de naissance/Geburtstag/date of birth sexe / Geschlecht / sex

LA LOI N° 78-17 DU 6 JANVIER 1978 RELATIVE A L'INFORMATIQUE, AUX FICHIERS ET AUX LIBERTES s'applique aux réponses faites sur ce formulaire et garantit un droit d'accès et de rectification pour les données vous concernant auprès de la préfecture. ARTICLE 21 DE L'ORDONNANCE DU 2 NOVEMBRE 1945 MODIFIEE : toute personne française ou étrangère résidant en France ou sur le territoire d'un autre Etat partie à la Convention de Schengen qui aura, par aide directe ou indirecte, facilité ou tenté de faciliter l'entrée, la circulation ou le séjour irrégulier d'un étranger en France ou sur le territoire d'un autre Etat partie de la Convention de Schengen sera punie d'un emprisonnement de 5 ans et d'une amende de 2OO.OOO F.

ARTICLE 441-5 DU CODE PENAL : le fait de procurer frauduleusement à autrui un document délivré par une administration publique aux fins de constater un droit, une identité ou d'accorder une autorisation est puni de 5 ans d'emprisonnement et de 5OO.OOO F d'amende. Ces peines peuvent être portées à 7 ans

d'emprisonnement et à 7OO.OOO F d'amende dans les cas évoqués au 2 ième alinéa du même article.

ARTICLE 441-6 DU CODE PENAL : le fait de se faire délivrer indûment, notamment en fournissant une déclaration mensongère, par une administration publique un document destiné à constater un droit, une identité ou une qualité ou à accorder une autorisation est puni de 2 ans d'emprisonnement et de 2OO.OOO F d'amende.

1°/Cas où l'accueil est assuré au domicile principal de l'hébergeant: réservé à l'administration

adresse : se reporter à celle mentionnée au recto justificatifs du domicile principal de l'hébergeant :

2°/Cas où l'accueil est assuré au domicile secondaire de l'hébergeant: réservé à l'administration

adresse complète : justificatifs du domicile secondaire de l'hébergeant :

L'hébergeant L'autorité publique compétente :

J'atteste sur l'honneur l'exactitude des renseignements portés ci-dessus. Date :

LU ET APPROUVE,

date et signature signature et cachet

L'autorité consulaire Les services de contrôle à l'entrée sur le territoire

date et cachet date et cachet

L I T H U A N I A 1

1 Not formal invitation letter for legal persons confirmed by the local migration office of the

legal person registration place.

(Herbas)

______________________ POLICIJOS KOMISARIATO MIGRACIJOS _________________ (miesto ar rajono pavadinimas) (skyrius, poskyris, grupė)

LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS FIZINIO ASMENS KVIETIMAS UŽSIENIEČIUI LAIKINAI ATVYKTI Į LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKĄ

__________ Nr. ___________

(data)

Patvirtinu, kad ________________________________________________________________________________ (vardas ir pavardė)

(asmens kodas)

________________________________________________________________________________ (asmens tapatybę patvirtinantis dokumentas, serija, numeris) ________________________________________________________________________________ (gyvenamosios vietos adresas)

kviečia laikinai atvykti į Lietuvos Respubliką

________________________________________________________________________________ (vardas ir pavardė)

________________________________________________________________________________ (gimimo data ir vieta) ________________________________________________________________________________ (pilietybė)

________________________________________________________________________________ (kelionės dokumentas, serija, numeris) ________________________________________________________________________________ (gyvenamosios vietos adresas) ________________________________________________________________________________ (giminystės arba kitoks ryšys su kviečiamu užsieniečiu) ________________________________________________________________________________ (kartu vykstančio sutuoktinio vardas ir pavardė, gimimo data, lytis, pilietybė) ________________________________________________________________________________ (kartu vykstančių vaikų vardai ir pavardės, gimimo datos, lytis, pilietybė) ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ (atvykimo ir išvykimo datos, buvimo Lietuvoje dienų skaičius)

Užsieniečiai bus apgyvendinti _________________________________________________

(adresas)

________________________________________________________________________________

Gyvenamasis plotas priklauso _________________________________________________ (savininko vardas ir pavardė)

________________________________ __________ _____________________

(kvietimą patvirtinusio įgalioto migracijos (parašas) (vardas ir pavardė) tarnybos valstybės tarnautojo pareigų pavadinimas) A. V.

Kvietime nurodyti teisingi mano kviečiamo užsieniečio duomenys.

Aš įsipareigoju pasirūpinti, kad kviečiamas užsienietis būtų tinkamai apgyvendintas ir kad prireikus bus padengtos užsieniečio grįžimo į savo valstybę išlaidos.

__________________________

(kviečiančio asmens parašas)

__________________________

(vardas ir pavardė)

__________________________

(data)

A N N E X 16

Specimen harmonised uniform visa application form

ANNEX 16 DG H I EN

Stamp Embassy or Consulate

Application for Schengen Visa

Photo This application form is free

1.

Surname(s) (family name(s)) F
OR EMBASSY /

CONSULATE USE ONLY

2.

Surname(s) at birth (earlier family name(s)) Date application :

3.

First names (given names)

4.

Date of birth (year-month-day) 5. ID-number (optional) File handled by :

6.

Place and country of birth
Supporting documents: 7. Current nationality/ies 8. Original nationality (nationality at birth) □ Valid passport

□ Financial means 9. Sex 10. Marital status : □ Invitation

□ Male □ Female □ Single □ Married □ Separated □ Divorced □ Widow(er) □ Means of transport

□ Other □ Health insurance

□ Other : 11. Father’s name 12. Mother’s name

13.

Type of passport:

□ National passport □ Diplomatic passport □ Service passport □ Travel document (1951 Convention)

□ Alien's passport □ Seaman’s passport □ Other travel document (please specify):

………………………………………………………………………… ………….…

14.

Number of passport 15. Issued by

16.

Date of issue 17. Valid until

18.

If you reside in a country other than your country of origin, have you permission to return to that country?

□ No □ Yes, (number and validity) ……………….……………………………………………………

*

19. Current occupation
Visa : * 20. Employer and employer’s address and telephone number. For students, name and address of school. □ Refused

□ Granted Characteristics of Visa :

21.

Main destination 22. Type of Visa : 23. Visa : □ LTV
□ Airport transit □ Transit □ Short stay □ Individual □ Collective □ A □ Long stay □ B

□ C □ D □ D + C

24.

Number of entries requested 25. Duration of stay Number of entries :

□ Single entry □ Two entries □ Multiple entries

Visa is requested for: ______ days 26. Other visas (issued during the past three years) and their period of validity □ 1 □ 2 □ Multiple 27. In the case of transit, have you an entry permit for the final country of destination? Valid from ……………….. □ No □ Yes, valid until: Issuing authority: To …………………………

ANNEX 16 DG H I EN

*

28. Previous stays in this or other Schengen states Valid for :
…………………………… . * The questions marked with * do not have to be answered by family members of EU or EEA citizens (spouse, child or dependent ascendant).

Family members of EU or EEA citizens have to present documents to prove this relationship.

29.

Purpose of travel

Tourism Business Visit to Family or Friends Cultural/Sports Official Medical reasons F OR EMBASSY /

CONSULATE USE ONLY

Other (please specify): ….……………………………………………………..

*

30. Date of arrival * 31. Date of departure

*

32. Border of first entry or transit route 33. Means of transport

*

34. Name of host or company in the Schengen states and contact person in host company. If not applicable, give name of hotel or temporary address in the Schengen states

Name Telephone and telefax

Full address e-mail address

*

35. Who is paying for your cost of travelling and for your costs of living during your stay?

Myself Host person/s Host company. (State who and how and present corresponding documentation):………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………… ………………………………….

*

36. Means of support during your stay

Cash Traveller's cheques Credit cards Accommodation Other: Travel and/or health insurance. Valid until: ………………………………………………..

37.

Spouse’s family name 38. Spouse’s family name at birth

39.

Spouse’s first name 40. Spouse’s date of birth 41. Spouse’s place of birth

42.

Children (Applications must be submitted separately for each passport )

Name First name Date of birth

43.

Personal data of the EU or EEA citizen you depend on. This question should be answered only by family members of

EU or EEA citizens.

Name First Name

Date of Birth Nationality Number of passport

Family relationship : of an EU or EEA citizen

44.

I am aware of and consent to the following: any personal data concerning me which appear on this visa application form will be supplied to the relevant authorities in the Schengen states and processed by those authorities, if necessary, for the purposes of a decision on my visa application. Such data may be input into, and stored in, databases accessible to the relevant authorities in the various Schengen states.

At my express request, the consular authority processing my application will inform me of the manner in which I may exercise my right to check the personal data concerning me and have them altered or deleted, in particular, should they be inaccurate, in accordance with the national law of the state concerned.

I declare that to the best of my knowledge all particulars supplied by me are correct and complete.

I am aware that any false statements will lead to my application being rejected or to the annulment of a visa already granted and may also render me liable to prosecution under the law of the Schengen state which deals with the application. I undertake to leave the territory of the Schengen states upon the expiry of the visa, if granted.

I have been informed that possession of a visa is only one of the prerequisites for entry into the European territory of the

Schengen states. The mere fact that a visa has been granted to me does not mean that I will be entitled to compensation if I fail to comply with the relevant provisions of Article 5.1 of the Schengen Implementing Convention and am thus refused entry. The prerequisites for entry will be checked again on entry into the European territory of the Schengen states. 45. Applicant’s home address 46. Telephone number 47. Place and date 48. Signature (for minors, signature of

custodian/guardian)

ANNEX 16 DG H I EN

A N N E X 17

Facilitated Transit Document (FTD)

and

Facilitated Rail Transit Document (FRTD)

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A N N E X 18

Table of representation for issuing uniform visas

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO AFGHANISTAN

Kabul x x * x x

ALBANIA Tirana NL x x x FR x x NL x x FR DK DK DK x Gjirokaster x Korutsa x Scutari x Valona x

ALGERIA Algiers x x x x x x x BE x x x DK x DK DK Annaba x

Oran x x **

ANDORRA Andorra-La-Vella FR FR FR x x FR FR ES ES

ANGOLA Luanda x NO x PT x x x BE x PT x x NO x Benguela PT x

ARGENTINA Buenos Aires x SE x x x x x BE x x x x x NO x Bahia Blanca x x Cordoba x x Mendoza x x Rosario - Santa Fé x x La Plata x Mar del Plata x

*

Representation only issues visas to holders of diplomatic and service passports.

** Representation does not currently issue visas.

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO ARMENIA

Yerevan DE x x DE x x DE DE DE FR DE FR FR AUSTRALIA

Canberra x x x x x x x BE x x x x x N x Adelaide x x

Brisbane x Melbourne x x x x Perth x x Sydney x x x x x x x BE x x x DK DK

AZERBAIJAN Baku DE x x FR x x DE DE FR FR NO NO NO x

BAHRAIN Manama DE DE x FR FR x x DE DE FR FR DE DE DE

BANGLADESH Dhaka NL x x IT FR x x NL x FR FR DK x DK x

BELARUS Minsk DE x x FR x x DE DE DE FR FR FR

BENIN Cotonou x x x FR FR x FR NL x FR FR DK DK DK

BHUTAN Thimphu x

BOLIVIA La Paz x x x ES x x x BE x ES FR DK DK

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA Sarajevo NL x x x x x x NL x x x DK x DK x

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO BOTSWANA

Gaborone FR SE x FR FR x FR FR FR DE DE x SE SE BRAZIL

Brasilia x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x Belém x

Belo Horizonte x x Curitiba x x Porto Alegre x x x x Recife x x x x Rio de Janeiro x x x x x x BE x x x NO x Salvador-Bahia x x Santos x São Paulo x x x x x x x BE x x DK DK

BRUNEI Bandar Seri Begawan FR x FR DE x FR FR FR DE DE

BULGARIA Sofia x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x Plovdiv x

BURKINA FASO Ouagadougou x x x FR FR x FR BE x FR FR DK DK DK

BURUNDI Bujumbura x BE BE BE x BE BE BE BE FR FR

CAMBODIA Phnom Penh DE x FR FR x DE DE DE FR FR FR FR FR

CAMEROON

Yaoundé x ∗ FR x x x x x BE BE BE ES IT BE

Douala x Garoua x

∗ From 1 August 2004.

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO CANADA

Ottawa x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x Hamilton x

Montreal x x x x x x BE x DE x Toronto x x x x x x BE x DE x x FI FI Vancouver NL x x x x NL x DE x

CAPE VERDE Praia FR FR PT x FR FR PT x FR

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Bangui FR FR FR FR FR x FR FR FR FR FR

CHAD N'Djamena FR FR FR FR FR x FR FR FR FR

CHILE Santiago x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x

CHINA (PR) Beijing x x x x x x x x x x x x x DK x Canton (Guangzhou) NL x x x x NL x DE x DK DK Shanghai x x x AT x x x BE x x AT x x DK x Hong Kong x x x x x x x BE x DE x x DK FI Macau PT PT PT x Wuhan x

COLOMBIA Bogotá x SE x ES x x x BE x x x SE x SE x

COMOROS Moroni FR FR FR FR x FR FR FR FR FR

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO CONGO

Brazzaville x FR FR BE x x BE BE FR FR BE Pointe-Noire x

CONGO (DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF) Kinshasa x SE x x x x x BE x FR x BE x SE SE

Lubumbashi x x * BE BE Matadi x *

COSTA RICA San José x x ES x x x BE x ES ES ES FR

COTE D'IVOIRE Abidjan x SE x FR x x x BE x x ES SE x SE x

CROATIA Zagreb x NO x x x x x BE x x x x x NO x Split x Rijeka (Fiume) x

CUBA Havana x SE x x x x x BE x x x SE x SE x

DJIBOUTI Djibouti FR FR FR FR x FR FR FR FR FR FR

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Santo Domingo NL FR x ES x x x NL x ES ES ES FR NL

*

Representation currently closed.

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO ECUADOR

Quito x x ES x x x BE x DE ES EGYPT

Cairo x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x Alexandria x x

EL SALVADOR San Salvador ES x ES x x x ES ES ES FR

EQUATORIAL GUINEA Malabo ES ES ES x x ES ES ES ES ES ES Bata x

ERITREA Asmara NL NL x DE DE DE x NL x DE NL NL NL NL

ETHIOPIA Addis Ababa x NO x x x x x BE x x ES x x FI x

FIJI Suva FR FR FR FR x FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR

FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Skopje NL x x * FR x x NL x x FR AT FR x

GABON Libreville x x FR x x x BE BE BE ES ES Port Gentil x

GEORGIA Tbilisi FR x x DE x x FR FR FR DE FR FR FR

GHANA Accra NL x x ES x x x NL x FR ES DK DK DK DK

GUATEMALA Guatemala City NL SE x ES x x x NL x x ES x SE x

*

Liaison office.

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO GUINEA

Conakry x ∗ ∗ DE ∗ ∗ FR x FR FR DE

GUINEA-BISSAU Bissau FR FR PT PT x FR FR PT x PT

HAITI Port-au-Prince FR FR ES x x FR FR FR FR ES FR FR

HOLY SEE Vatican City (Rome) x x x x x x BE x x x

HONDURAS Tegucigalpa ES x ES x x x ES ES ES ES

INDIA New Delhi x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x Bombay x x FR x x BE x IT Calcutta x x IT IT IT Goa PT x Madras (Chennai) DE x DE DE Pondichery FR x

INDONESIA Jakarta x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x

IRAN Tehran x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x

IRAQ

Baghdad x ** x *** x ** x ** x **** x ** BE x ** x ** x ** x ** x ** x **

IRELAND Dublin x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x

∗ From 16 April 2004 until 31 October 2004.

** Representation currently closed.

*** Representation does not currently issue visas.

****

Visas are issued by the French interests section of the Romanian Embassy in Baghdad.

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO ISRAEL

Tel Aviv x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x Jerusalem x x x x x BE BE x

Haifa x JAMAICA

Kingston x ES x x DE ES ES JAPAN

Tokyo x x x x x x x x x x x x x DK x Osaka-Kobe x x IT x x BE x

JORDAN Amman x NO x x x x x BE x x ES NO x NO x

KAZAKHSTAN Almaty NL x x x x x NL x DE FR NL NL NL

KENYA Nairobi x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x

(NORTH) KOREA

Pyongyang SE x SE ∗ DE SE DE DE SE x SE

(SOUTH) KOREA Seoul x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x

KUWAIT Kuwait City x AT x x x x x BE x x ES DE NL DE

KYRGYZSTAN Bishkek DE x DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE

LAOS Vientiane FR SE x DE DE x DE FR FR FR DE x SE SE

∗ From 16 April 2004 until 31 October 2004.

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO LEBANON

Beirut x FR x x x x x BE x x ES AT IT FR LIBERIA

Monrovia x ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ x * x *

LIBYA Tripoli x DE x x x x x BE x ES DE DE Benghazi x x

MADAGASCAR Antananarivo DE x FR FR x DE DE DE FR FR FR Diego-Suarez FR FR x FR FR FR Tamatave FR FR x FR FR FR Majunga FR FR x FR FR FR

MALAWI Lilongwe DE NO x DE DE DE DE DE DE DE NO NO x

MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur x x x ES x x x x x x ES x x DK x

MALI Bamako x x FR FR x FR NL x FR FR FR

MAURITANIA Nouakchott FR x FR x x ES FR FR ES ES

MAURITIUS Port Louis FR FR FR FR FR x FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR

∗ Representation currently closed.

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO MEXICO

Mexico City x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x Guadalajara x

MOLDOVA Chisinau x

MONACO Monaco FR FR FR FR x x FR FR FR FR

MONGOLIA Ulan Bator DE x DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE

MOROCCO Rabat SE x x x x x NL x x x x x SE x Agadir x x Casablanca x x x x x BE Fez x Marrakesh x Nador x Tangier x x Tetouan x

MOZAMBIQUE Maputo NL x x PT x x x NL x NL x x x DK x Beira x

MYANMAR (BURMA) Rangoon DE x DE FR x x DE DE DE FR DE DE

NAMIBIA Windhoek NL FI x NL x x x NL x DE ES x FI FI FI

NEPAL Kathmandu DE x x FR FR x FR DE DE DE FR x FI DK x

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO NEW ZEALAND

Wellington NL NL x x DE x x NL x DE FR NL NL NICARAGUA

Managua NL x x ES x x x NL x ES ES x x DK x NIGER

Niamey FR FR FR FR FR x FR FR FR FR FR NIGERIA

Lagos x x x x x x BE x x x x

Abuja SE x x ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ x NO x

OMAN Muscat NL AT x FR FR x x NL x x FR AT NL

PAKISTAN Islamabad x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x Karachi NL x IT x NL x

PANAMA Panama City ES x ES x x x ES ES ES ES

PAPUA NEW GUINEA Port Moresby FR FR FR FR x FR FR FR FR FR FR FR FR

PARAGUAY Asunción ES DE x ES x x x ES ES ES ES

PERU Lima x FI x x x x x BE x x x x FI FI FI

PHILIPPINES Manila x NO x ES x x x BE x x x x x NO x

∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ Representation does not currently issue visas.

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO QATAR

Doha DE FR x FR FR x x DE DE DE FR FR DE ROMANIA

Bucharest x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x Constantza x

Sibiu x

Timisoara x x ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗

RUSSIA Moscow x x x x x x x x x x x x x DK x Murmansk x NO FI x Novorossisk x Novosibirsk x Petrozavodsk x FI Saratov x St Petersburg NL x x x x x NL x x x DK x

RWANDA Kigali x x BE DE x DE BE x BE FR BE

ST LUCIA Castries FR FR FR FR x FR FR FR FR FR FR

SAN MARINO San Marino IT IT IT IT IT x IT IT IT IT

SÃO TOMÉ + Principe São Tomé PT PT PT PT PT PT PT PT PT x

∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ Representation does not currently issue visas.

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO SAUDI ARABIA

Riyadh x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x Jedda x x x x x

SENEGAL Dakar x SE x AT x x x BE x x x SE x SE SE St Louis x

SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO Belgrade x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x Bar x

Kosovo/Pristina x x ∗ ∗ ∗ ∗ x *

SEYCHELLES Victoria FR FR FR FR FR x FR FR FR FR FR FR FR

SIERRA LEONE

Freetown x ∗

SINGAPORE Singapore x x x FR FR x x BE x FR DE x x DK x

SOMALIA

Mogadishu x ** x ** x **

∗ Representation does not currently issue visas.

∗∗ Representation currently closed.

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO SOUTH AFRICA

Pretoria x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x Capetown x x x x x x BE x x x x

Durban x x x Johannesburg x x x x x BE BE x

SRI LANKA Colombo NL NO x IT FR x x NL x DE FR SE x NO x

SUDAN Khartoum NL x x FR x x NL x DE FR IT SURINAME Paramaribo NL NL NL NL NL x NL NL x NL NL NL NL SWITZERLAND Berne x x x x x x x x x x x x x DK x Geneva x x x x x x x x x Zurich x x x x Basle x Lugano x Lausanne x St-Gallen x SYRIA Damascus x x x x x x x BE x x FR x x DK x Aleppo x

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO TAJIKISTAN

Dushanbe DE x DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE TANZANIA

Dar-es-Salaam x x x FR x x x BE x BE ES x x DK x THAILAND

Bangkok x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x TIMOR-LESTE

Dili PT x PT TOGO

Lomé FR x FR FR x FR FR FR FR TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Port-of-Spain NL x FR x DE NL x FR DE NL NL NL TUNISIA

Tunis x FI x x x x x BE x x x x NO FI x Sfax x

TURKEY Ankara x x x x x x x BE x x x x x DK x Edirne x Istanbul x x x x x x BE x x Izmir x x x

TURKMENISTAN Ashgabat DE x DE DE x DE DE DE DE DE DE

UGANDA Kampala x x x FR FR x x BE x FR FR x DK x

UKRAINE Kiev x NO x x x x x BE x x DE x x NO x Mariupol x Odessa x

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Abu Dhabi x x x x x x BE x ES ES x x NO x Dubai NL x x x x NL x

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO UNITED KINGDOM

London x x x x x x x x x x x x x DK x Bedford x

Edinburgh-Glasgow x x x x NO x Hamilton (Bermuda) x Manchester x x

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA)

Washington x x x x x x x x x x x x x DK x Atlanta x x x x BE BE

Boston x x x x x x Chicago AT x x x x x AT x x Detroit x Houston NL x x x x x x NL x x Los Angeles x FI x x x x x BE x x x x Miami NL x x x x NL x Minneapolis NO x Newark x New Bedford x New Orleans x x x New York x x x x x x x x x x x x x DK x Philadelphia x San Francisco LU x x x x x x LU x x Providence x San Juan (Porto Rico) x ES

URUGUAY Montevideo NL NL x x x x x NL x ES x NL NL NL NL

UZBEKISTAN Tashkent FR x IT DE x x FR FR DE FR FR IT

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

BE DK DE EL ES FR IT LU NL AT PT FI SE IS NO VANUATU

Port Vila FR FR FR FR x FR FR FR FR FR VENEZUELA

Caracas x NO x x x x x BE x x x x NO NO x Valencia x

Maracay x VIETNAM

Hanoi x x x DE x x x BE x x DE x x DK x Ho-Chi Minh City (Saigon) NL x DE x NL x DE

YEMEN Sana'a NL DE x FR FR x x NL x FR DE FR NL

Aden x *

ZAMBIA Lusaka NL x x IT FR x x NL x DE FR x x DK x

ZIMBABWE Harare x NO x x x x x BE x x x x x NO x

*

Representation currently closed.

ANNEX 18 DG H I EN

The table shows that:

10.

No Member State is currently represented in the following countries:
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA MICRONESIA BAHAMAS NAURU BARBADOS NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS BELIZE PALAU DOMINICA ST KITTS AND NEVIS GAMBIA ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADA GRENADINES GUYANA SAMOA KIRIBATI SOLOMON ISLANDS LESOTHO SWAZILAND LIECHTENSTEIN TONGA MALDIVES TUVALU MARSHALL ISLANDS

11.

One or more Member States are not currently represented in the following countries:
AFGHANISTAN GEORGIA ANDORRA GUATEMALA ANGOLA GUINEA ARMENIA GUINEA-BISSAU AZERBAIJAN HAITI BAHRAIN HOLY SEE BELARUS HONDURAS BENIN IRAQ BHUTAN JAMAICA BOLIVIA KAZAKHSTAN BOTSWANA (NORTH) KOREA BRUNEI KUWAIT BURKINA FASO KYRGYZSTAN BURUNDI LAOS CAMBODIA LEBANON CAMEROON LIBYA CAPE VERDE MADAGASCAR CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC MALAWI CHAD MALI COMOROS MAURITANIA CONGO MAURITIUS COSTA RICA MOLDOVA DJIBOUTI MONACO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC MONGOLIA ECUADOR MYANMAR (BURMA) EL SALVADOR NEW ZEALAND EQUATORIAL GUINEA NIGER ERITREA OMAN FIJI PANAMA FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC PAPUA NEW GUINEA OF MACEDONIA PARAGUAY GABON QATAR

RWANDA

SAINT LUCIA

SAN MARINO

SÃO TOMÉ AND PRINCIPE

SEYCHELLES

SUDAN

SURINAME

TAJIKISTAN

TIMOR-LESTE

TOGO

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

TURKMENISTAN

UGANDA

UZBEKISTAN

VANUATU

YEMEN

3.

All representations are currently closed in the following countries:
LIBERIA SIERRA LEONE SOMALIA

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