Visabio is the
French Government
The Government of France (, ), officially the Government of the French Republic (, ), exercises Executive (government), executive power in France. It is composed of the Prime Minister of France, prime minister, who is the head of government, ...
system for tracking applicants to its national visa system. It stores
biometric
Biometrics are body measurements and calculations related to human characteristics and features. Biometric authentication (or realistic authentication) is used in computer science as a form of identification and access control. It is also used t ...
data including fingerprints and photographs. Visabio is connected to the
European Visa Information System (VIS), though Visabio has also been described as "the French segment of VIS." Customs officers in France use Visabio.
Database
In 2007, it was estimated that the data of two million people would be added to the system each year, as all applications for a French visa would be entered into the system. Only
children
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younger than 6 months would be exempted.
Efficacy
The perpetrator of the
2017 Paris machete attack
On 3 February 2017, an Egyptian national in France on a tourist visa was shot as he rushed a group of French soldiers guarding a principal entrance to the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, with a machete. One soldier was injured in the fight. The so ...
was identified after a Visabio search, stated François Molins, the chief prosecutor of Paris.
Legal Basis
The program arises from French national law Nr. 2003-1119 of 26 November 2003, also called "Sarkozy Law I," but officially entitled law of «Control of immigration, residence of foreigners in France, and nationality.»
See also
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Portugal Golden Visa
References
External links
E-Visa Application
Fingerprints
Biometric databases
Immigration to France
Visa policies in Europe
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