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Chapter II · ENTRY AND USE OF DATA BY VISA AUTHORITIES › Article 9

Data upon lodging the application

The visa authority shall enter the following data in the application file:

1.

the application number;

2.

status information, indicating that a visa has been requested;

3.

the authority with which the application has been lodged, including its location, and whether the application has been lodged with that authority representing another Member State;

4.

the following data to be taken from the application form:

(a)

surname, surname at birth (former surname(s)); first name(s); sex; date, place and country of birth;

(b)

current nationality and nationality at birth;

(c)

type and number of the travel document, the authority which issued it and the date of issue and of expiry;

(d)

place and date of the application;

(e)

type of visa requested;

(f)

details of the person issuing an invitation and/or liable to pay the applicant's subsistence costs during the stay, being:

(i)

in the case of a natural person, the surname and first name and address of the person;

(ii)

in the case of a company or other organisation, the name and address of the company/other organisation, surname and first name of the contact person in that company/organisation;

(g)

main destination and duration of the intended stay;

(h)

purpose of travel;

(i)

intended date of arrival and departure;

(j)

intended border of first entry or transit route;

(k)

residence;

(l)

current occupation and employer; for students: name of school;

(m)

in the case of minors, surname and first name(s) of the applicant's father and mother;

5.

a photograph of the applicant, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1683/95;

6.

fingerprints of the applicant, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Common Consular Instructions.

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