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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-438/annex/division-II/division-2.1/division-2.1.2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/438",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/438 of 2 March 2015 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee set up under the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the facilitation of the issuance of visas, with regard to the adoption of common guidelines for the implementation of the Agreement",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-438",
  "path": "annex/division/II/division/2.1/division/2.1.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.1.2",
  "heading": "Length of procedures for processing visa applications",
  "text": "Article 7 of the Agreement stipulates that:\n‘1. Diplomatic missions and consular posts of the Member States shall take a decision on the request to issue a visa within 10 calendar days of the date of the receipt of the application and documents required for issuing the visa.\n2. The period of time for taking a decision on a visa application may be extended up to 30 calendar days in individual cases, notably when further scrutiny of the application is needed.\n3. The period of time for taking a decision on a visa application may be reduced to two working days or less in urgent cases.’.\nA decision on the visa application will be taken, in principle, within 10 calendar days of the date of the receipt of the complete visa application and supporting documents.\nThat period may be extended up to 30 calendar days when further scrutiny is needed- for example, for consultation of central authorities.\nAll those deadlines start running only when the application file is complete, i.e. as from the date of reception of the visa application and the supporting documents.\nFor diplomatic missions and consular posts that have an appointment system, the period of time to get an appointment is not counted as part of the processing time. When setting the appointment, account should be taken of possible urgency claimed by the visa applicant in view of the implementation of Article 7(3) of the Agreement. As a rule, appointments should take place within a period of two weeks from the date when the appointment was requested (cfr. Article 6(5) of the Agreement). A longer period should be an exception, including in peak periods. The Joint Committee will monitor this issue carefully. The Member States will endeavour to ensure that appointments at the request of the members of official delegations of Ukraine to lodge applications at diplomatic missions and consular posts should take place as soon as possible, preferably within a period of two working days, in urgent cases when the invitation has been sent out late.\nThe decision about the reduced time for taking a decision on a visa application as defined in Article 7(3) of the Agreement is taken by the consular officer.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/438/annex/division/II/division/2.1/division/2.1.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:26.255968+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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