{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-767/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-767/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2008/767",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-767",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Data to be added for a visa refusal",
  "text": "1. Where a decision has been taken to refuse a visa, the visa authority which refused the visa shall add the following data to the application file:\n(a) status information indicating that the visa has been refused and whether that authority refused it on behalf of another Member State;\n(b) the authority that refused the visa, including its location;\n(c) place and date of the decision to refuse the visa.\n2. The application file shall also indicate the ground(s) for refusal of the visa, which shall be one or more of the following:\n(a) the applicant:\n(i) presents a travel document which is false, counterfeit or forged;\n(ii) does not provide justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay;\n(iii) does not provide proof of sufficient means of subsistence, both for the duration of the intended stay and for the return to his country of origin or residence, or for the transit to a third country into which he is certain to be admitted, or is not in a position to acquire such means lawfully;\n(iv) has already stayed for 90 days during the current 180-day period on the territory of the Member States on the basis of a uniform visa or a visa with limited territorial validity;\n(v) is a person for whom an alert has been issued in the SIS for the purpose of refusing entry;\n(vi) is considered to be a threat to public policy, internal security or public health as defined in Article 2(19) of the Schengen Borders Code or to the international relations of any of the Member States, in particular where an alert has been issued in Member States’ national databases for the purpose of refusing entry on the same grounds;\n(vii) does not provide proof of holding adequate and valid travel medical insurance, where applicable;\n(b) the information submitted regarding the justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay was not reliable;\n(c) the applicant’s intention to leave the territory of the Member States before the expiry of the visa could not be ascertained;\n(d) sufficient proof that the applicant has not been in a position to apply for a visa in advance justifying application for a visa at the border was not provided.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 establishing a Community Code on Visas (Visa Code)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (EU) No 610/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code), the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, Council Regulations (EC) No 1683/95 and (EC) No 539/2001 and Regulations (EC) No 767/2008 and (EC) No 810/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/767/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:07.121208+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."
}