Federal Act
on Foreign Nationals and Integration
(Foreign Nationals and Integration Act, FNIA)1

1 Amended by No I of the FA of 16 Dec. 2016 (Integration), in force since 1 Jan. 2019 (AS 2017 6521, 2018 3171; BBl 2013 2397, 2016 2821).


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Art. 109b National visa system 401

1 SEM shall op­er­ate a na­tion­al visa sys­tem. The sys­tem serves the re­gis­tra­tion of visa ap­plic­a­tions and the is­sue of visas gran­ted by Switzer­land. In par­tic­u­lar, it con­tains the data trans­mit­ted via the na­tion­al in­ter­face (N-VIS) to the C-VIS.

2 The na­tion­al visa sys­tem con­tains the fol­low­ing cat­egor­ies of data on visa ap­plic­ants:

a.
al­pha­nu­mer­ic­al data on the ap­plic­ant and on the visa that has been ap­plied for, gran­ted, denied, can­celled, re­voked or ex­ten­ded;
b.
the ap­plic­ants' pho­to­graphs and fin­ger­prints;
c.
the links between cer­tain visa ap­plic­a­tions;
d.402
the data from RI­POL and from the ASF-SLTD to which the visa au­thor­it­ies have ac­cess;
e.403
the data from SIS to which the visa au­thor­it­ies have ac­cess, provided an alert has been is­sued un­der Reg­u­la­tion (EU) 2018/1861404 or Reg­u­la­tion (EU) 2018/1860405.

2bis The na­tion­al visa sys­tem also con­tains a sub­sys­tem with the files on the visa ap­plic­ants in elec­tron­ic form.406

3 SEM, Swiss rep­res­ent­a­tions abroad and mis­sions, can­ton­al mi­gra­tion au­thor­it­ies re­spons­ible for visas and the com­mun­al au­thor­it­ies to which the can­tons have del­eg­ated these re­spons­ib­il­it­ies, the State Sec­ret­ari­at and the Dir­ect­or­ate of Polit­ic­al Af­fairs of the FD­FA and the Bor­der Guard and the bor­der posts of the can­ton­al po­lice au­thor­it­ies that is­sue ex­cep­tion­al visas may enter, modi­fy and de­lete data in the na­tion­al visa sys­tem in or­der to ful­fil their du­ties un­der the visa pro­ced­ure.407 They must enter and pro­cess the data trans­mit­ted to the C‑VIS in ac­cord­ance with Reg­u­la­tion (EC) No 767/2008408.

401 In­ser­ted by Art. 2 No 1 of the FD of 11 Dec. 2009 on the Ap­prov­al and Im­ple­ment­a­tion of the Ex­change of Notes between Switzer­land and the EU on the Ad­op­tion of the Reg­u­la­tion and De­cision con­cern­ing the Visa In­form­a­tion Sys­tem (VIS), in force since 20 Jan. 2014 (AS 2010 2063, 20141; BBl 2009 4245).

402 In­ser­ted by No I of the FA of 20 June 2014 (Vi­ol­a­tions of the Duty of Care and to Re­port by Air Car­ri­ers, In­form­a­tion Sys­tems), in force since 1 Oct. 2015 (AS 2015 3023; BBl 2013 2561).

403 In­ser­ted by No I of the FA of 20 June 2014 (Vi­ol­a­tions of the Duty of Care and to Re­port by Air Car­ri­ers, In­form­a­tion Sys­tems) (AS 2015 3023; BBl 2013 2561). Amended by An­nex 1 No 1 of the FD of 18 Dec. 2020 on the Ap­prov­al and Im­ple­ment­a­tion of the Ex­change of Notes between Switzer­land and the EU re­lat­ing to the Ad­op­tion of the Le­gis­la­tion on the Es­tab­lish­ment, Op­er­a­tion and Use of the Schen­gen In­form­a­tion Sys­tem (SIS), in force since 22 Nov. 2022 (AS 2021 365; 2022 636; BBl 2020 3465).

404 See foot­note to Art. 68a Abs. 2.

405 See foot­note to Art. 68e Abs. 2.

406 In­ser­ted by No I of the FA of 20 June 2014 (Vi­ol­a­tions of the Duty of Care and to Re­port by Air Car­ri­ers, In­form­a­tion Sys­tems), in force since 1 Oct. 2015 (AS 2015 3023; BBl 2013 2561).

407 Amended by No I of the FA of 26 Sept. 2014, in force since 1 March 2015 (AS 2015 533; BBl 20143373).

408 Reg­u­la­tion (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Par­lia­ment and the Coun­cil of 9 Ju­ly 2008con­cern­ing the Visa In­form­a­tion Sys­tem (VIS) and the ex­change of data between Mem­ber States on short-stay visas (VIS Reg­u­la­tion), OJ. L 218 of 13.8.2008, p. 60.

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