Examples of using Processing of visa applications in English and their translations into Slovak
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(d) infrastructures, buildings and operating equipment required for the processing of visa applications and consular co-operation;
The VIS will not only speed up the processing of visa applications but will also make checks at external borders more efficient and enhance overall border security.
It is understandable that in many strictly limitedcases it can be useful to transfer the processing of visa applications to external service providers.
These measures had contributed to swifter processing of visa applications, enhancement in the quality of services and an equal and fair treatment of visa applicants.
Indeed, I believe that the aims of Mrs Ludford's report- facilitating the organisation,reception and processing of visa applications- are very commendable.
To ensure equal treatment of visa applicants, the Handbook for the processing of visa applications has been drawn up(adopted by the Commission on 19.3.2010) and will be available to all consular staff of Member States.
Regarding the legal framework for organisation,the common position provides for a number of possibilities for organising the reception and processing of visa applications.
The processing of visa applications in consular posts also requires analysing the travel history of the applicant in order to assess the use of previous visas and whether the conditions of stay have been respected.
The code must take into account bilateral agreements signed by the Community, especially with countries involved in the European Union's neighbourhood andpartnership policy in order to facilitate the processing of visa applications and apply simplified procedures.
The processing of visa applications in consular posts also requires analysing the travel history of the applicant to assess the use of previous visas and whether the conditions of stay have been respected.
The achievement of this objective shall be measured against indicators such as, inter alia, the number of consular posts equipped,secured and/or enhanced to ensure the efficient processing of visa applications and provide quality of service to visa applicants.
This Handbook includes a chapter dedicated to processing of visa applications from family members of EU citizens and should represent a real improvement with regard to some persistent problems of correct application of EU law on free movement.
On 31 May the Commission adopted a proposal for a regulation amending the common consular instructions on visas for diplomatic missions and consular posts in relation to the introduction of biometrics,including provisions on the organisation of the reception and processing of visa applications(2).
I would like to draw the attention of MemberStates which use'outsourcing' as a way to arrange the receipt and processing of visa applications to bear in mind this danger and review the legal framework so that it minimises the possibility of external suppliers collecting visa applications. .
Representation arrangements should be streamlined and obstacles for the conclusion of such arrangements among Member States should be avoided and the representing Member Stateshould be responsible for carrying out the entire processing of visa applications without involvement of the represented Member State.
Member States are requested to fast-track the processing of visa applications made by persons attending ENP events and, where the applicant has previously complied with visa requirements, to grant multi-entry visas more systematically.
In this respect, it should be noted that the external borders and visa component of the Internal Security Fund(ISF)17 will co-finance actions related to infrastructure, buildings and operating equipment(including the maintenance of the VIS)required for processing of visa applications and for training.
On 19 March 2010,the Commission adopted a Decision establishing the Handbook for the processing of visa applications and the modification of issued visas14 containing operational instructions, best practices and recommendations on how the rules on processing of visa applications, as laid down in the Visa Code15, must be applied by the authorities.
Regulation(EC) No 390/200964 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending the Common Consular Instructions on visas for diplomatic missions and consular posts in relation to the introduction of biometric including provisions on the organisation of the reception and processing of visa applications.
The objectives of this proposal for a regulation are the organisation of the reception and processing of visa applications in relation to the introduction of biometrics in the Visa Information System(VIS) at EU level, providing, firstly, for the obligation to provide biometric data to be stored in the VIS and the standards for doing so and, secondly, the provisions on the organisation of the reception of visa applications. .
Opinion N° 3/2007(224 kB) on the Proposal for aRegulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Common Consular Instructions on visas for diplomatic missions and consular posts in relation to the introduction of biometrics, including provisions on the organisation of the reception and processing of visa applications COM(2006)269 final- WP 134.
In the area of borders and visa indicators would include the number of consular posts,secured and/or enhanced to ensure the efficient processing of visa applications and provide quality of service to visa applicants, and the development of equipment for border control and the apprehensions of irregular third-country nationals at the external border in correspondence with the risk of the relevant section of the external border.
The funding of around EUR 2.8 billion up to 2020- mostly via national programmes- is to be used inter alia for building infrastructure needed at border crossing points and for border surveillance, funding the IT systems required by the European Border Surveillance System(EUROSUR), as well as for actions tofacilitate efficient management of migration flows, processing of visa applications and consular co-operation.
The next item is the report by Sarah Ludford, on behalf of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Common Consular Instructions on visas for diplomatic missions and consular posts in relation to the introduction of biometrics including provisions on the organisation of the reception and processing of visa applications- C6-0166/2006-.
In writing.-(FR) Based on the report by my British fellow Member Mrs Ludford, I voted in favour of the legislative resolution amending, at first reading of the codecision procedure, the proposal for a regulation of the EuropeanParliament and of the Council amending the Common Consular Instructions on visas for diplomatic missions and consular posts in relation to the introduction of biometrics including provisions on the organisation of the reception and processing of visa applications.
The processing of visa application in consular posts requires also analysing the travel history of the applicant to assess the use of previous visas and the respect of the conditions of stay.