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The European Union Visa Information System (VIS) is a database containing information, including biometrics, on visa applications by Third Country Nationals requiring a visa to enter the Schengen area. The system was established in June 2004 by the Council decision 2004/512/EC. [1]
As of 9 January 2024, Portuguese citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 191 countries and territories, with the Portuguese passport being in the 4th ranking group according to the number of destinations their holders can access without a prior visa, as ranked in the Henley Passport Index. [3]
The Portuguese identity card (Portuguese: Cartão de cidadão, CC) (lit. ' Citizen card '), is an identity document issued by the Government of Portugal to its citizens. The card replaces several previous documents, including the Bilhete de Identidade (BI; Identity Card), Social Security card, National Health Service card, Taxpayer card and voter registration card, [2] in one secure card.
EU Regulations from April 2017 revising the Schengen Borders Code, introduced systematic checks of travel documents of EU, EEA and Swiss citizens against relevant databases when entering and leaving the Schengen Area, and states that all member states should phase out national identity cards which are not machine-readable. [61]
Local immigration officials will decide the appropriate number of travellers required to register their biometrics, on a range from 10 to 100 per cent as a “relief valve” as the process is ...
"A third biometric identifier – iris scans – could be added at a later stage". [31] An increase in the prevalence of biometric technology in Germany is an effort to not only keep citizens safe within German borders but also to comply with the current US deadline for visa-waiver countries to introduce biometric passports. [31]
Visa requirements for European Union citizens. As of 7 April 2023, passport rankings (Germany, Italy and Spain tied with most in the EU, and Japan in the world with 193 destinations) by the number of countries and territories their holders could visit without a visa or by obtaining visa on arrival in April 2023 were as follows: [73]
Regulation (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2017 establishing an Entry/Exit System (EES) to register entry and exit data and refusal of entry data of third-country nationals crossing the external borders of the Member States and determining the conditions for access to the EES for law enforcement purposes, and amending the Convention implementing the ...