Article 9

The visa authority shall enter the following data in the application file: the application number; status information, indicating that a visa has been requested; 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; the following data to be taken from the application form: 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; place and date of the application; type of visa requested; details of the person issuing an invitation and/or liable to pay the applicant's subsistence costs during the stay, being: in the case of a natural person, the surname and first name and address of the person; 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; 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; current occupation and employer; for students: name of school; in the case of minors, surname and first name(s) of the applicant's father and mother; a photograph of the applicant, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1683/95; fingerprints of the applicant, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Common Consular Instructions.

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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.