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

Regulations

Regulations governing the placement and storage of data in the Schengen Information System for the purposes of refusing entry

The Regulations governing the transfer of data to the Schengen Information System for the purposes of refusing entry to the Schengen territory and the provision of information on the placement of data in the SIS are contained in the Regulations of Chapter 2 of Section X of the Act of 12 December 2013 on foreigners - with regard to third-country nationals.

This issue in relation to family members of EU citizens / NO / IS / LI / CH and beneficiaries of the WITHDRAWAL OF THE UK from EU structures is regulated in the Regulations of the Act of 14 July 2006 on entry into, stay and exit from the territory of the Republic of Poland of citizens of the Member States of the European Union and their family members.

The foreigner's data shall be published in the SIS in cases strictly defined by law. Learn the reasons for transferring a foreigner's data to the Schengen Information System.

The conditions that constitute the basis for transferring the foreigner's data to the Schengen Information System for the purposes of refusing entry to the Schengen territory, stored in the list of foreigners whose stay on the territory of the Republic of Poland is undesirable, are:

• issued return decision with a ban on entry to the territory of the Republic of Poland and other Schengen countries – for the period of storing data in the list;

• a final conviction of a foreigner in a country other than the Schengen area – for an offence constituting a crime within the meaning of Polish law, or; the Republic of Poland or another Schengen State – for an offence punishable by imprisonment of more than one year – for the period of their storage on the list;

• Recognition of the entry of a foreigner into the territory of the Republic of Poland or their stay on this territory as undesirable due to the threat to the defence or security of the state or the protection of security and public order or the possibility of violating the interest of the Republic of Poland – for the period of their storage in the list;

• Transfer of a foreigner to a third country on the basis of an international agreement on the transfer and reception of persons, after prior detention of the foreigner in connection with crossing the border contrary to the regulations – for the period of their storage in the list;

• Article 77 of the Act of 14 July 2006 on entry into, residence and exit from the territory of the Republic of Poland of citizens of the Member States of the European Union and their family members* - applies only to the data of family members of an EU citizen who are citizens of third countries - for the period of their storage in the list.