Division 2.3.2 Linking applications of persons travelling together

In order to link application files of persons travelling together, in accordance with Article 8(4) of the VIS Regulation, the application numbers shall be transmitted to the VIS together with the appropriate type of group value, which shall be either family or travellers. Creation of a group or, for the purposes of correction, removal of the linkage between the individual group members, can only be performed by the Member State having the ownership of the application file(s) of the individual applicants within the group.