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Sistema de Informação sobre Vistos (VIS)

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Central EU database of Schengen short-stay visa applications and decisions, fed by consulates and checked at the border.

Acronym: VIS
Type: EU system
Level: EU
Area: EU links
Owner: Agência da União Europeia para a Gestão Operacional de Sistemas Informáticos de Grande Escala no Espaço de Liberdade, Segurança e Justiça (eu-LISA)
Used by: public staff, other bodies
In service since: Not recorded
Evidence: Checked against sources
Interface types: EU national interface (NI/NUI), other
Would the model apply?: Not yet analysed

Connections

7 documented links. Select any entry to open its page.

Run by1

Agência da União Europeia para a Gestão Operacional de Sistemas Informáticos de Grande Escala no Espaço de Liberdade, Segurança e Justiça (eu-LISA)

Exchanges with (EU)3

Rede de Pedidos de VistosConsular visa applications and decisions recorded in VIS · Real-time API
Sistema de Controlo de FronteirasSCF/VIS4 interoperability with VIS for short-stay visa checks · Real-time API
Sistema Nacional de Vistos de FronteiraCompliance with VIS Recast technical and functional requirements · Real-time API

Connected from3

Componentes de interoperabilidade dos sistemas de informação da UE (ESP, sBMS, CIR, MID)Interoperability components (ESP, sBMS, CIR, MID) link this system to the others · Real-time API
EURODAC-PTEURODAC-PT integration with VIS required by the project
Sistema de Controlo de FronteirasBorder control system interoperates with VIS for checks at border crossing points · Real-time API

What the owner signs for IT

The owner is an EU or international body, so it does not appear in Portal BASE, which covers Portuguese public contracts.

Sources