2022/0132A(COD)COM(2022)658

Schengen area: digitalisation of the visa procedure

Amending Regulations (EC) No 767/2008, (EC) No 810/2009 and (EU) 2017/2226 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 693/2003 and (EC) No 694/2003 and Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, as regards the digitalisation of the visa procedure

Stage: In force, reached 7 Dec 2023
Procedure: Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur: Matjaž Nemec (S&D)
Lead DG: DG HOME
Commissioner: Ylva Johansson
Last activity: 7 Dec 2023
Legal basis: Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated version 2010)

12 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Published in the Official Journal, 7 Dec 2023.

Show the earlier record: 3 dates, 2 May 2022 to 31 Jan 2023

2 May 2022
- Referred to committee
12 Jul 2022
- Committee opinion adopted
31 Jan 2023
- Committee report adopted

7 Feb 2023
- Tabled for plenary
15 Feb 2023
- Plenary endorsed the trilogue mandate
29 Jun 2023
- Committee approved the provisional agreement
17 Oct 2023
- Debate in plenary
18 Oct 2023
- Plenary adopted first-reading position
- Plenary vote
20 Nov 2023
- Plenary sitting
22 Nov 2023
- Signed
7 Dec 2023
- Published in the Official Journal

7 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

Role	Name	Group	Country	Committee
Rapporteur	Matjaž Nemec	S&D	SI	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	Emil Radev	EPP	BG	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	Erik Marquardt	Greens/EFA	DE	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	Miguel Urbán Crespo	The Left	ES	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	Morten Petersen	Renew	DK	LIBE
Shadow rapporteur	Vincenzo Sofo	ECR	IT	LIBE
Rapporteur for opinion	Johan van Overtveldt	ECR	BE	BUDG

1 amendment

Amendments

Tabled on 11 Oct 2023. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By author

Juan Fernando López Aguilar1

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed.

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12 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

Report · A9-0025/2023Parliament
Proposal · COM(2022)0658Parliament
Agenda · GEDA/A/(2023)003992Parliament
OJ C 277 19.07.2022, p. 0007Commission
Text adopted · OJ L 000 07.12.2023, p. 0000Commission
Committee opinion · PE732.719Parliament
Report · PE737.330Parliament
Amendments · PE739.518Parliament
Agenda · PE750.204Parliament
Text adopted · Regulation 2023/2667Commission
Text adopted · SP(2023)591Parliament
Text adopted · T9-0370/2023Parliament

Summary

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This regulation digitalizes the Schengen visa application process, replacing physical visa stickers with a digital format. It affects travelers requiring short-stay visas, Member State consulates, and border authorities. The regulation is in force, signed in November 2023.

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