European Countries using the Visa Information System (VIS)

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European countries fully operating VIS

• Austria
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Croatia (currently in the testing phase)
• Czech Republic
• Denmark (incl. Faroe & Greenland)
• Estonia
• Finland
• France (excl. overseas territories)
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Ireland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Netherlands (excl. Caribbean territories)
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain (incl. Ceuta & Melilla)
• Sweden

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Schengen Area countries fully operating VIS

• Switzerland
• Iceland
• Liechtenstein
• Norway (excl. Svalbard)

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Schengen Area candidate countries

Cyprus currently operates VIS only for the management of visa applications submitted to its embassies and consulates. Issuing Schengen visas will be possible as soon as the decision for lifting the internal border checks has entered into effect.

• Cyprus

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EU agencies

Within its respective mandate, the following EU Agency has the right to search directly in the system:

• Europol