# 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 9: Data to be entered on application

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

The visa authority shall enter the following data in the application file:
1.. the application number;
2.. status information, indicating that a visa has been requested;
3.. the authority with which the application has been lodged, including its location, and whether the application has been lodged with that authority representing another Member State;
4.. the following data to be taken from the application form:
(a) surname (family name); first name or names (given names); date of birth; sex;
(aa) surname at birth (former surname(s)); place and country of birth; current nationality and nationality at birth;
(b) the type and number of the travel document or documents and the three-letter code of the issuing country of the travel document or documents;
(c) the date of expiry of the validity of the travel document or documents;
(ca) the authority which issued the travel document and its date of issue;
(d) place and date of the application;
(e) . . . . .
(f) details of the person issuing an invitation and/or liable to pay the applicant's subsistence costs during the stay, being:
(i) in the case of a natural person, the surname and first name and address of the person;
(ii) in the case of a company or other organisation, the name and address of the company/other organisation, surname and first name of the contact person in that company/organisation;
(g) Member State(s) of destination and duration of the intended stay or transit;
(h) main purpose(s) of the journey;
(i) intended date of arrival in the Schengen area and intended date of departure from the Schengen area;
(j) Member State of first entry;
(k) the applicant’s home address;
(l) current occupation and employer; for students: name of educational establishment;
(m) in the case of minors, surname and first name(s) of the applicant's parental authority or legal guardian;
5.. a photograph of the applicant, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1683/95;
6.. fingerprints of the applicant, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Common Consular Instructions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/767/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-767/article-9
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