SIS
Published 8 November 2026, 21:11
SIS — Sistema de Informação Schengen (Schengen Information System)
A shared database of the Schengen countries listing wanted people and objects and people barred from entry. Border guards check it at every inspection. Return decisions and entry bans following removal are also entered in it.
Where you come across it. Passport control, police document checks, the processing of visa applications.
An entry in the SIS is grounds for refusing entry to any Schengen country, not only the one that made it. The length of the ban depends on the circumstances of the case but, as a rule, does not exceed five years.
Official website: travel-europe.europa.eu/ees/faq