Schengen Information System (SIS) for the purpose of refusing entry

Proceedings in the case

Third-country national

To process a request for information on the inclusion of data on the list or in the Schengen Information System; for rectification of data or removal of a foreigner's data from the list of foreigners whose stay on the territory of the Republic of Poland is undesirable or from the Schengen Information System, the Regulations of Section VII of the Code of Administrative Procedure regarding the issuance of certificates shall apply. The Head of the Office shall examine the application within 30 days from the date of its receipt.

If you need to supplement the application or need to make additional explanations, the deadline for issuing a decision may be extended, about which you will be informed on an ongoing basis.

EU citizen

The data of an EU citizen shall not be entered in the Schengen Information System for the purposes of refusing entry.

An EU citizen defines citizens of the Member States of the European Free Trade Agreement (EFTA) – parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, citizens of the Swiss Confederation, citizens of the UK – beneficiaries of the Withdrawal Agreement of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).

Family member of an EU citizen (non-EU citizen)

In the case of a request to delete the data of a family member who is not an EU citizen from the Schengen Information System, the deletion of the alert may take place at the request of the person whose data were entered in the list and of the Schengen Information System for the purposes of refusing entry into the Schengen territory, where the circumstances that influenced the expulsion decision on which the alert is based have changed significantly.

The Head of the Office shall issue a decision on the deletion of the entry in the list within 2 months from the date of submission of the application.