Division 2.2 Entering data after lodging the application

In cases where decisions to issue a visa, to discontinue the examination of the application, to refuse a visa, to annul or revoke or shorten the validity period or to extend a visa in accordance with Articles 10 to 14 of the VIS Regulation, are taken by a Member State representing another Member State, the communication for data-entering in the VIS shall include the represented Member State’s identification, taken from the same code table as the Member State entering the data in the VIS.

Decisions to issue a visa, to extend a visa with a new visa sticker and to shorten the validity period of a visa with a new visa sticker shall be entered in the VIS with the visa sticker data and with the same ownership.

The number of the visa sticker entered in the VIS according to Article 10(1)(e) of the VIS Regulation shall be, compliant with the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 856/2008^f1, a combination of a 9-digit national number of the visa sticker and the 3-letter identification code for the issuing Member State^f2 and include any preceding zeros up to the nine digits of the national number of the visa sticker.