# Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 July 2008 concerning the Visa Information System (VIS) and the exchange of data between Member States on short-stay visas (VIS Regulation), Article 10: Data to be added for a visa issued

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. Where a decision has been taken to issue a visa, the visa authority that issued the visa shall add the following data to the application file:
(a) status information indicating that the visa has been issued;
(b) the authority that issued the visa, including its location, and whether that authority issued it on behalf of another Member State;
(c) place and date of the decision to issue the visa;
(d) the type of visa;
(da) if applicable, the information indicating that the visa has been issued with limited territorial validity pursuant to Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 810/2009;
(e) the number of the visa sticker;
(f) the territory in which the visa holder is entitled to travel, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Common Consular Instructions;
(g) the commencement and expiry dates of the validity period of the visa;
(h) the number of entries authorised by the visa in the territory for which the visa is valid;
(i) the duration of the stay as authorised by the visa;
(j) if applicable, the information indicating that the visa has been issued on a separate sheet in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 333/2002 of 18 February 2002 on a uniform format for forms for affixing the visa issued by Member States to persons holding travel documents not recognised by the Member State drawing up the form ;
(k) if applicable, the information indicating that the visa sticker has been filled in manually ;
(l) if applicable, the status of the person indicating that the third-country national is a member of the family of a Union citizen to whom Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council applies or of a third-country national enjoying the right of free movement equivalent to that of Union citizens under an agreement between the Union and its Member States, on the one hand, and a third country, on the other.
2. If an application is withdrawn or not pursued further by the applicant before a decision has been taken whether to issue a visa, the visa authority with which the application was lodged shall indicate that the application has been closed for these reasons and the date when the application was closed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/767/article/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-767/article-10
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