Visa Information System
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The Visa Information System is a large-scale EU database that supports the common visa policy by storing and sharing visa application and biometric data among Schengen member states’ authorities.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Visa Information System canonical | 20 |
| Visa Information System (VIS) | 3 |
| Regulation on the Visa Information System | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2174276 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Visa Information System Context triple: [European Union area of freedom, security and justice, includesInstrument, Visa Information System]
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A.
Visa
Visa is a global financial services corporation best known for operating one of the world’s largest electronic payment networks for credit, debit, and prepaid cards.
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B.
U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology
U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) is a U.S. government biometric entry–exit tracking system used to verify the identities and monitor the movements of foreign nationals entering and leaving the United States.
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C.
Mastercard
Mastercard is a global financial services corporation best known for its widely used credit and debit card payment network.
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D.
Worldline
Worldline is a French multinational company specializing in payment and transactional services, recognized as a major European player in digital payments.
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E.
Viva Viagem smart card
The Viva Viagem smart card is a rechargeable contactless travel card used for public transportation across the Lisbon metropolitan area, including metro, buses, trams, and some regional trains.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Visa Information System Target entity description: The Visa Information System is a large-scale EU database that supports the common visa policy by storing and sharing visa application and biometric data among Schengen member states’ authorities.
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A.
Visa
Visa is a global financial services corporation best known for operating one of the world’s largest electronic payment networks for credit, debit, and prepaid cards.
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B.
U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology
U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) is a U.S. government biometric entry–exit tracking system used to verify the identities and monitor the movements of foreign nationals entering and leaving the United States.
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C.
Mastercard
Mastercard is a global financial services corporation best known for its widely used credit and debit card payment network.
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D.
Worldline
Worldline is a French multinational company specializing in payment and transactional services, recognized as a major European player in digital payments.
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E.
Viva Viagem smart card
The Viva Viagem smart card is a rechargeable contactless travel card used for public transportation across the Lisbon metropolitan area, including metro, buses, trams, and some regional trains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
EU database
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Schengen information system ⓘ information system ⓘ large-scale IT system ⓘ |
| abbreviation | VIS ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Schengen member states
ⓘ
linked to:
Schengen Area
|
| covers |
airport transit visas
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long-stay visas ⓘ short-stay visas ⓘ |
| dataRetentionPeriod | 5 years for most visa application data ⓘ |
| dataSubject |
third-country nationals
ⓘ
visa applicants ⓘ |
| enables |
biometric identification of visa applicants
ⓘ
biometric verification of visa holders ⓘ |
| geographicScope | Schengen Area ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
central VIS database
ⓘ
communication infrastructure ⓘ national interfaces ⓘ |
| interoperableWith |
EES-VIS shared biometric matching service
ⓘ
Entry/Exit System ⓘ Schengen Information System ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
European Union
ⓘ
Schengen Area ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Council Decision 2004/512/EC
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Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 ⓘ Regulation (EU) 2019/817 ⓘ VIS Regulation ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | eu-LISA ⓘ |
| operator |
European Commission
ⓘ
European Union ⓘ |
| purpose |
assist in the identification of persons
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combat visa fraud ⓘ enhance internal security in the Schengen Area ⓘ facilitate visa application processing ⓘ support the common EU visa policy ⓘ |
| stores |
alphanumeric data
ⓘ
biometric data ⓘ decisions on visa applications ⓘ digital photographs ⓘ fingerprints ⓘ links between visa applications ⓘ visa application data ⓘ |
| subjectTo |
EU data protection law
ⓘ
linked to:
GDPR
national data protection authorities ⓘ oversight by European Data Protection Supervisor ⓘ |
| supportsProcess |
visa annulment
ⓘ
visa extension ⓘ visa invalidation ⓘ visa issuance ⓘ visa refusal ⓘ visa revocation ⓘ |
| usedBy |
border control authorities of Schengen states
ⓘ
consular authorities of Schengen states ⓘ immigration authorities ⓘ law enforcement authorities ⓘ visa authorities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Visa Information System Description of subject: The Visa Information System is a large-scale EU database that supports the common visa policy by storing and sharing visa application and biometric data among Schengen member states’ authorities.
Referenced by (24)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
European Union area of freedom, security and justice
→
includesInstrument
→
Visa Information System
ⓘ
linked to: Visa Information System
subject linked to:
European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
linked to: Visa Information System
linked to: Visa Information System