# 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), Annex III: UNIFORM FORMAT AND USE OF THE STAMP INDICATING THAT A VISA APPLICATION IS ADMISSIBLE

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

Code of the Member State examining the application. The codes as set out in Annex VII point 1.1 are used.
Date of application (eight digits: xx day, xx month, xxxx year).
Authority examining the visa application.
… visa …
xx/xx/xxxx
…
Example:
C visa FR
22.4.2009
Consulat de France
Djibouti
The stamp shall be placed on the first available page that contains no entries or stamps in the travel document.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/810/annex/III (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-810/annex-III
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