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If the search with the data listed in paragraph 1 indicates that a visa issued with an expiry date of no more than six months before the date of the asylum application, and/or a visa extended to an expiry date of no more than six months before the date of the asylum application, is recorded in the VIS, the competent asylum authority shall be given access to consult the following data of the application file, and as regards the data listed in point (g) of the spouse and children, pursuant to Article 8(4), for the sole purpose referred to in paragraph 1: the application number and the authority that issued or extended the visa, and whether the authority issued it on behalf of another Member State; the data taken from the application form referred to in Article 9(4)(a) and (b); the type of visa; the period of validity of the visa; the duration of the intended stay; photographs; the data referred to in Article 9(4)(a) and (b) of the linked application file(s) on the spouse and children.

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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.