Common Consular Instructions on visas for the diplomatic missions and consula... (32002X1216(02))
Common Consular Instructions on visas for the diplomatic missions and consular posts
- COMMON CONSULAR INSTRUCTIONS ON VISAS FOR THE DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND CONSULAR POSTS
- ANNEXES TO THE COMMON CONSULAR INSTRUCTIONS ON VISAS
- COMMON CONSULAR INSTRUCTIONS
- on visas for the diplomatic missions and consular posts of the Contracting Parties to the Schengen Convention
- Conditions governing the issue of uniform visas, valid for the territory of all the Contracting Parties.
- I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
- 1. Scope
- 2. Definition and types of visa
- 2.1. Uniform visas
- 2.1.1. Airport transit visas
- 2.1.2. Transit visas
- 2.1.3. Short-term or travel visas: multiple entry visas
- 2.1.4. Group visas
- 2.2. Long-term visas
- 2.3. Visas with limited territorial validity
- 2.4. Visas issued at the border
- (2)
- II. DIPLOMATIC MISSION OR CONSULAR POST RESPONSIBLE
- 1. Determining the State responsible
- 1.1. State responsible for deciding on an application
- 1.2. State representing the State responsible
- 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
- 2.2. Consultation with the central authority of one or more Contracting Parties
- 2.3. Consultation procedure in the framework of representation
- 3. Visa applications lodged by non-residents
- 4. Authorisation to issue uniform visas
- III. INITIATION OF THE APPLICATION PROCEDURE
- 1. Visa application forms — number of application forms
- 2. Documents to be enclosed
- 3. Guarantees of means of return and means of subsistence
- 4. Personal interviews with applicants
- IV. LEGAL BASIS
- V. EXAMINATION OF APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS TAKEN
- Basic criteria for examining applications
- 1. Examination of visa applications
- 1.1. Verification of the visa application
- 1.3. Verification of the travel document
- 1.4. Verification of other documents depending on the application
- 1.5. Assessment of the applicant's good faith
- 2. Decision-making procedure for visa applications
- 2.1. Choice of type of visa and number of entries
- 2.2. The administrative responsibility of the intervening authority
- 2.3. Procedure to be followed in cases of prior consultation with the central authorities of the other Contracting Parties
- 2.4. Refusal to examine an application, to issue a visa
- 3. Visas with limited territorial validity
- VI. HOW TO FILL IN VISA-STICKERS
- 1. Common entries section (Section 8)
- 1.1. ‘VALID FOR’ heading:
- 1.2. ‘FROM... TO’ heading:
- 1.3. ‘NUMBER OF ENTRIES’ heading:
- 1.4. ‘DURATION OF VISIT ... DAYS’ heading
- 1.5. ‘ISSUED IN ... ON ...’ heading
- 1.6. ‘PASSPORT NUMBER’ heading:
- 1.7. ‘TYPE OF VISA’ heading:
- 1.8. ‘NAME AND FORENAME’ heading:
- 2. National entries section COMMENTS (Section 9)
- 3. Section for the photograph
- (7)
- 4. Section to be electronically scanned (Section 5)
- 5. Other aspects relating to the issue of visas
- 5.1. Signing visas
- 5.2. Invalidating completed visa stickers:
- 5.3. Affixing visa stickers to passports:
- 5.4. Passports and travel documents to which uniform visas may be affixed
- 5.5. Stamp of the issuing diplomatic mission or consular post
- VII. ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANISATION
- 1. Organisation of visa sections
- 2. Filing
- 3. Visa registers
- 4. Fees to be charged corresponding to the administrative costs of processing visa applications
- (10)
- VIII. CONSULAR COOPERATION AT A LOCAL LEVEL
- 1. Outline of consular cooperation at a local level
- 2. How to avoid multiple applications or applications which are lodged after a recent refusal to issue
- 3. Assessment of the applicant's good faith
- 4. Exchange of statistics
- 5. Visa applications processed by private administrative agencies, travel agencies and package tour operators
- (11)
- 5.1. Types of intermediary
- 5.2. Harmonisation of cooperation with private administrative agencies, travel agencies, tour operators and their retailers
- ANNEX 1
- I. Joint list of non-member countries whose citizens are required to have a visa by Member States bound by Regulation (EC) No 539/2001.
- 1. States
- 2. Entities and territorial authorities not recognised as States by at least one Member State
- II. Joint list of non-member countries whose citizens are exempt from the visa requirement by Member States bound by Regulation (EC) No 539/2001.
- 1. States
- 2. Special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China
- ANNEX 2
- Regulations governing the movement of holders of diplomatic, official duty and service passports, and holders of laissez-passers which certain International Intergovernmental Organisations issue to their officials.
- I. Regulations governing movements at external borders
- II. Regulations governing movements at internal borders
- 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 which are subject to this requirement when they are holders of ordinary passports
- Schedule B
- Countries whose nationals are subject to visas in one or more Schengen States, when they are holders of diplomatic, official or service passports, but which are NOT subject to this requirement when they are holders of ordinary passports
- ANNEX 3
- Joint list of third countries whose nationals are subject to an airport transit visa requirement, where holders of travel documents issued by these third countries are also subject to this visa requirement
- (1).
- Part I
- Joint list of third countries whose nationals are subject to airport visa requirements (ATV) by all Schengen States, holders of travel documents issued by these third countries also being subject to this requirement
- (2) (3)
- Part II:
- Joint list of third countries whose nationals are subject to an airport visa requirement by some Schengen States only, with holders of travel documents issued by these third countries also being subject to this requirement.
- Part III:
- ANNEX 4
- List of documents entitling holders to entry without a visa
- BELGIUM
- DENMARK
- Residence cards
- Stickers to be affixed to passports, bearing the following wording:
- Stickers issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
- Other documents
- GERMANY
- GREECE
- SPAIN
- FRANCE
- ITALY
- LUXEMBOURG
- THE NETHERLANDS
- AUSTRIA
- PORTUGAL
- FINLAND
- SWEDEN
- ICELAND
- NORWAY
- ANNEX 5
- ANNEX 6
- List of honorary consuls authorised, in exceptional cases and on a temporary basis, to issue uniform visas
- ANNEX 7
- Reference amounts required for crossing borders fixed annually by the national authorities.
- BELGIUM
- — Aliens staying with a private person
- — Aliens staying at a hotel
- DENMARK
- GERMANY
- GREECE
- SPAIN
- FRANCE
- ITALY
- LUXEMBOURG
- THE NETHERLANDS
- AUSTRIA
- PORTUGAL
- FINLAND
- SWEDEN
- ICELAND
- NORWAY
- ANNEX 8
- Uniform format for visa-stickers and information on their technical specifications and security features
- COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1683/95
- of 29 May 1995
- laying down a uniform format for visas
- Article 1
- Article 2
- Article 3
- Article 4
- Article 5
- Article 6
- Article 7
- Article 8
- ANNEX
- Security features
- Sections to be completed
- COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 334/2002
- of 18 February 2002
- amending Regulation (EC) No 1683/95 laying down a uniform format for visas
- Article 1
- ‘Article 2
- ‘Article 6
- Article 2
- Article 3
- Article 4
- ANNEX 9
- ANNEX 10
- ANNEX 11
- Criteria for determining whether a travel document may bear a visa
- ANNEX 12
- Fees to be charged, in euro, corresponding to the administrative costs of processing the visa application
- (1)
- ANNEX 13
- Filling in visa stickers
- AIRPORT TRANSIT VISAS (ATVs)
- Example 1
- SINGLE-ENTRY AIRPORT TRANSIT VISAS
- Example 2a
- DUAL-ENTRY (RETURN) ATVs
- (valid in one country only)
- Example 2b
- DUAL-ENTRY ATVs
- (valid in several countries)
- Example 3
- MULTIPLE-ENTRY ATVs
- (should only be issued in exceptional cases)
- TRANSIT VISAS
- Example 4
- SINGLE-ENTRY TRANSIT VISAS
- Example 5
- DUAL-ENTRY TRANSIT VISAS
- Example 6
- MULTIPLE-ENTRY TRANSIT VISAS
- SHORT-STAY VISAS
- Example 7
- SINGLE-ENTRY SHORT-STAY VISAS
- Example 8
- MULTIPLE-ENTRY SHORT-STAY VISA
- Example 9
- SHORT-STAY TRAVEL VISA
- VISAS WITH LIMITED TERRITORIAL VALIDITY (LTV visas)
- Example 10
- SHORT-STAY LTV visas, ONE COUNTRY ONLY
- Example 11
- SHORT-STAY LTV VISAS, VALIDITY LIMITED TO SEVERAL COUNTRIES
- Example 12
- TRANSIT LTV visas, ONE COUNTRY
- ACCOMPANYING PERSONS
- Example 13
- VISA ISSUED BY REPRESENTATION
- Example 14
- NATIONAL LONG-STAY VISA VALID CONCURRENTLY AS A SHORT-STAY VISA
- Example 15
- ANNEX 14
- Rules and procedures governing information to be sent by Contracting Parties when issuing visas with limited territorial validity, when cancelling, revoking and reducing the duration of validity of uniform visas and when issuing national residence permits
- 1. INFORMATION WHEN ISSUING VISAS WITH LIMITED TERRITORIAL VALIDITY
- 1.1. General conditions
- 1.2. Rules of procedure
- 1.2.1. Issue of visas by diplomatic and consular representations
- 1.2.2. Issue of visas by the border authorities
- 2. CANCELLING, REVOKING AND REDUCING THE DURATION OF VALIDITY OF A UNIFORM VISA
- 2.1. Cancelling visas
- 2.2. Revoking visas
- 2.3. Reducing the duration of a visa's validity
- 2.4. Procedure
- 3. INFORMATION ON NATIONAL RESIDENCE PERMITS (ARTICLE 25)
- ANNEX 15
- Model harmonised forms providing proof of invitation, sponsorship and accommodation drafted by the Contracting Parties
- ANNEX 16(1)
- Specimen harmonised uniform visa application form
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