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(21) Most of the travel authorisations should be issued within minutes, though a reduced number could require longer, especially in exceptional cases. In such exceptional cases, it may be necessary to request additional information or documentation from the applicant, to process that additional information or documentation and, following examination of the information or documentation provided by the applicant, to invite him or her to an interview. Interviews should only be conducted in exceptional circumstances, as a last resort and when serious doubts remain regarding the information or documentation provided by the applicant. The exceptional nature of interviews should lead to less than 0,1 % of applicants being invited to an interview. The number of applicants invited to an interview should be subject to regular review by the Commission.

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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.