12357/1/05 Rev 1

12357/1/05 Rev 1

COUNCILOF Brussels,7November2005 THEEUROPEANUNION 12357/1/05 REV1(en,de,es) VISA 230 COMIX 586 NOTE from: GeneralSecretariat to: VisaWorkingParty Noprev.doc.: 11272/2/04VISA137COMIX465REV2 Subject: CommonConsular Instructionsonvisasforthediplomaticmissionsandconsular posts COMMONCONSULARINSTRUCTIONS ONVISASFORTHEDIPLOMATIC MISSIONS ANDCONSULAR POSTS 12357/1/05REV1(en,de,es) GK/lm 1 DGH I EN Contents I. General provisions ..................................................................................................................... 9 1. Scope .................................................................................................................................. 9 2. Definitionandtypesofvisa............................................................................................... 10 2.1. Uniformvisas........................................................................................................ 10 2.1.1. Airporttransitvisas ................................................................................. 10 2.1.2. Transitvisas............................................................................................. 11 2.1.3. Short-termortravelvisasmultipleentryvisas ....................................... 11 2.1.4. Groupvisas.............................................................................................. 12 2.2. Long-termvisas ..................................................................................................... 12 2.3. Visaswithlimitedterritorialvalidity .................................................................... 13 2.4. Visasissuedatthe border ..................................................................................... 13 2.5. Documentshavingthesamevalueasavisa,authorising thecrossingofexternal borders:FTD/FRTD........................................................ 13 II. Diplomaticmissionorconsular postresponsible .................................................................... 14 1. DeterminingtheStateresponsible .................................................................................... 14 1.1. Stateresponsiblefordecidingonanapplication .................................................. 14 1.2. StaterepresentingtheStateresponsible ............................................................... 15 2. Visaapplicationsrequiringconsultationwiththe nationalcentral authority ortheauthorityofoneormoreotherContracting Partiesinaccordancewith Article17(2) ...................................................................................................................... 19 2.1. Consultationwiththenationalcentralauthority.................................................... 19 12357/1/05REV1(en,de,es) GK/lm 2 DGH I EN 2.2. Consultationwiththecentralauthorityofoneor moreContracting Parties .................................................................................................................... 19 2.3. Consultationprocedureintheframeworkof representation ................................ 19 3. Visaapplicationslodgedbynonresidents ....................................................................... 20 4. Authorisationtoissueuniformvisas ................................................................................ 20 III. Receiptoftheapplication ........................................................................................................ 21 1. Visaapplicationforms.Numberofapplicationforms ..................................................... 21 2. Documentstobeenclosed................................................................................................ 21 3. Guaranteesregardingreturnandmeansofsubsistence .................................................... 22 4. Personalinterviewwiththeapplicant ............................................................................... 22 IV. Legal basis ............................................................................................................................... 23 V. Examinationofapplicationsanddecisionstaken .................................................................... 26 Basic criteria forexaminingapplications ................................................................................ 26 1. Examinationofvisaapplications...................................................................................... 27 1.1. Verificationofthevisaapplication....................................................................... 27 1.2. Verificationoftheapplicant'sidentity .................................................................. 27 12357/1/05REV1(en,de,es) GK/lm 3 DGH I EN 1.3. Verificationofthetraveldocument ...................................................................... 27 1.4. Verificationofotherdocumentsdependingontheapplication............................. 28 − Supportingdocumentsregardingthe purposeofthe journey ..................... 28 − Supportingdocumentsregardingmeansoftransportandreturn ................. 28 − Supportingdocumentsregardingmeansofsubsistence .............................. 29 − Supportingdocumentsregarding accommodation...................................... 30 − Otherdocumentswhichmay berequired.................................................... 32 1.5. Assessmentoftheapplicant's goodfaith.............................................................. 32 2. Decisionmaking procedureforvisa applications ............................................................ 33 2.1. Choiceoftypeofvisa andnumberofentries ....................................................... 33 2.2. Administrativeresponsibilityoftheinterveningauthority.................................... 34 2.3. Proceduretobefollowedincasesrequiring priorconsultation withthecentralauthoritiesoftheotherContractingParties ................................. 34 (a) Procedure ..................................................................................................... 35 (b) Transmissionofapplicationstothenationalcentralauthority ................... 35 (c) Informationtransmittedtothecentral authority ......................................... 36 (d) Transmissionofapplications betweencentral authorities........................... 38 (e) Deadlineforreplies:Extension................................................................... 38 (f) Decisionbasedontheoutcomeoftheconsultation ..................................... 39 (g) Transmissionofspecific documents ............................................................ 39 12357/1/05REV1(en,de,es) GK/lm 4 DGH I EN 2.4. Refusaltoexamineanapplication,toissueavisa................................................ 40 3. Visaswithlimitedterritorialvalidity ............................................................................... 41 VI. Howtofillinvisastickers ....................................................................................................... 43 1. Commonentriessection(SECTION8) ............................................................................ 43 1.1. "VALID FOR"heading ........................................................................................ 43 1.2. "FROM...TO"heading......................................................................................... 44 1.3. "NUMBEROFENTRIES"heading...................................................................... 45 1.4. "DURATIONOFVISIT ...DAYS"heading ....................................................... 45 1.5. "ISSUED IN...ON..." heading .......................................................................... 46 1.6. "PASSPORT NUMBER"heading ........................................................................ 46 1.7. "TYPEOFVISA"heading ................................................................................... 47 1.8. "NAME AND FIRST NAME"heading ................................................................ 47 2. Nationalentriessection(comments)(SECTION9) ......................................................... 48 3. Sectionforthe photograph ............................................................................................... 48 4. Sectiontobeelectronicallyscanned(SECTION5).......................................................... 49 5. Otheraspectsrelatingtotheissueofvisas ....................................................................... 49 5.1. Signingvisas ......................................................................................................... 49 5.2. Invalidating completedvisastickers ..................................................................... 49 5.3. Affixingvisastickerstopassports ........................................................................ 50 5.4. Passportsandtraveldocumentstowhichuniformvisasmay beaffixed ............. 50 5.5. Stampoftheissuingdiplomaticmissionorconsular post .................................... 51 12357/1/05REV1(en,de,es) GK/lm 5 DGH I EN VII. Administrativemanagementandorganisation ........................................................................ 52 1. Organisationofvisadepartments ..................................................................................... 52 2. Filing ................................................................................................................................. 52 3. Visaregisters .................................................................................................................... 53 4. Feestobechargedfortheissueofvisas .......................................................................... 53 VIII. Consularcooperationatlocallevel ........................................................................................

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