Article 5

Access to the VIS for consultation by designated authorities shall take place within the scope of their powers and if the following conditions are met: access for consultation must be necessary for the purpose of the prevention, detection or investigation of terrorist offences or other serious criminal offences; access for consultation must be necessary in a specific case; there are reasonable grounds to consider that consultation of VIS data will substantially contribute to the prevention, detection or investigation of any of the criminal offences in question. Consultation of the VIS shall be limited to searching with any of the following VIS data in the application file: surname, surname at birth (former surname(s)); first name(s); sex; date, place and country of birth; current nationality and nationality at birth; type and number of the travel document, the authority which issued it and the date of issue and of expiry; main destination and duration of the intended stay; purpose of travel; intended date of arrival and departure; intended border of first entry or transit route; residence; fingerprints; type of visa and the number of the visa sticker; details of the person issuing an invitation and/or liable to pay the applicant's subsistence costs during the stay. Consultation of the VIS shall, in the event of a hit, give access to all of the data listed in paragraph 2 as well as to: any other data taken from the application form; photographs; the data entered in respect of any visa issued, refused, annulled, revoked or extended.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.