Article 10

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: status information indicating that the visa has been issued; the authority that issued the visa, including its location, and whether that authority issued it on behalf of another Member State; place and date of the decision to issue the visa; the type of visa; the number of the visa sticker; the territory in which the visa holder is entitled to travel, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Common Consular Instructions; the commencement and expiry dates of the validity period of the visa; the number of entries authorised by the visa in the territory for which the visa is valid; the duration of the stay as authorised by the visa; 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 OJ L 53, 23.2.2002, p. 4. . If an application is withdrawn or not pursued further by the applicant before a decision has been taken whether to issue a visa, the visa authority with which the application was lodged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: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.