Glossary

The third-country national's individual file in the EES is updated due to a justified reason - e.g. changes according to bilateral agreements, new travel document (e.g. third-country national has more than 1 nationality), biometric data updates, merging individual files, verification of issues during the offline mode and the need of corrections.

An update of third-country national’s biometric data in the EES (fingerprint data and facial image).

A quality assessment toolkit for biometric images (fingerprints data, facial images, and, in the future, palm prints).

The validity date of a record. It is applicable, for instance, to the end period of validity of a national facilitation programme.

The competent authorities can refuse entry of the third-country national at the border if he/she has no valid visa.

Checking the accuracy, completeness, lawfulness and reliability of the data.

The process of comparing sets of data to establish the validity of a claimed identity (one-to-one check).

A verification query to be introduced by the carriers in the Carrier Interface at the earliest 48 hours prior to the scheduled time of departure. Therefore, the only obligation is that any carrier transporting persons into the Schengen area to check the web service anytime between 48 hours prior to departure and the departure.

Vehicle Identification Number

The application files shall be automatically processed by the VIS to identify hit(s). The authorities responsible shall examine each hit individually.