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    EU-wide IT systems for security and migration.

    Copyright: European Union, 2020 

Visas for Europe

Since March 14, 2013, a new visa information system (VIS) has been set up in West African countries (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo) for all applicants wishing to travel to a European country in the Schengen Area. The VIS is a centralized database that allows the exchange of data on short-stay visas between the Schengen States.

All the Consulates of the Schengen States in Dakar will be connected to the VIS and will record the data on short-stay visa applications as well as the related decisions of the visa authorities.

The biometric data of visa applicants - one digital photograph and 10 fingerprints - will also be collected and recorded in the VIS.

The use of biometric identifiers in the visa application process will further protect applicants against identity theft. This will also prevent false identifications, which in some cases can lead to the refusal of a visa or entry into the territory of a person who is entitled to it. The use of biometric technology guarantees safe, precise and efficient procedures.

There are exemptions from taking fingerprints for:

  • Children under 12.
  • People for whom it is physically impossible to take fingerprints.
  • Sovereigns, heads of state and members of national governments, with their official delegations and their spouses, when traveling on official grounds.

Holders of diplomatic passports are not exempt from the obligation to take fingerprints. They can nevertheless be exempted from the visa requirement under exemption agreements granted by certain EU member states.

Government officials and officials traveling to attend regular meetings within the framework of political and technical dialogues (meeting at senior official level, sub-committees) are also not exempt from the obligation to take fingerprints.

The VIS will contain all the requests made by a visa applicant for 5 years as well as the decisions taken by the Consulates on these requests. The VIS central database is very secure and the data will be processed in accordance with the highest data protection standards. Anyone has the right to obtain communication of the data concerning him recorded in the VIS. Anyone also has the right to request that erroneous data concerning them be corrected and data recorded illegally be deleted.

Embassies

Austria

Ambassador: H.E. Ms. Ursula FAHRINGER
18, rue Emile Zola – BP¨3247
Email: dakar-ob@bmeia.gv.at
Tel. : +221 33 849 40 00
Fax : +221 33 849 43 70
Geographic Coverage (except Senegal):
Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea,
Guinea Bissau, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone

Belgium

Ambassador:H.E. Mr. S.E. M. Hubert ROISIN
Avenue des Jambaars -  BP 524 
Email: ambeldak@orange.sn
Tel. : +221 33 889 43 90
Fax : +22133 889 43 98
Geographic Coverage (except Senegal):
Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau

Czech Republic

Ambassador: H.E. Mr. Marek SKOLIL
18, rue Emile Zola - BP 6474 Plateau Dakar
Email: dakar@embassy.mzv.cz
Tél. : +221 33 821 45 76 / +221 78 639 07 96
Fax : +221 33 821 45 78

Finland

Ambassador: H.E. Ms Anu SAXEN

Email: anu.saxen@formin.fi

France

Ambassador:
1, rue El Hadj Amadou Assane Ndoye
Email: secretariat-ambassadeur.dakar-amba@diplomatie.gouv.fr
Tel. : +221 33 839 51 49
Fax : +221 33 839 51 81
Geographic Coverage (except Senegal): Gambia

Germany

Ambassador: H.E. Mr. Sönke SIEMON
20, avenue Pasteur - BP 2100
Email: info@dakar.diplo.de
l-vz1@daka.auswaertiges-ant.de
Tel. : +221 33 889 48 84
Fax : +221 33 822 52 99
Geographic Coverage (except Senegal): Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Cape Verde

Greece

Ambassador: H.E. Mr. Efthymios Georges COSTOPOULOS

Immeuble Isocèle - Rue de Diourbel X Rond-Point de l'Ellipse,
Point E
Email: gremb.dak@mfa.gr

Tel. : +221 33 868 88 68

Hungary

Ambassador: H.E. Mr. Tamas FEHER

Email: tfeher@mfa.gov.hu

Ireland

Ambassador: H.E. Mr. Dereck HANNON

Fatou Aminata CASSE, Chef de Bureau
Villa Venus, Rue du Portugal, Fann Résidence, 1er étage
fatouAminata.Casse@dfa.ei - www.dfa.ie

Italy

Ambassador: H.E. Mr. Giovanni Umberto DE VITO
Rue Alpha Hachamyou Tall - BP 348 
Email: ambasciata.dakar@esteri.it
Tel. : +221 33 8892616 / +221 33 8892633
Fax : +221 33 821 75 80
Geographic Coverage (except Senegal): Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania

Luxembourg

Ambassador: H.E. Mr Georges TERNES
Résidence Naja, Villa n°3
Rue E x David Diop - Fann Résidence 
BP 11750
Email: luxmission@luxmission.sn
Tel. : +221 33 869 59 59
Fax : +221 33 869 59 60

Netherlands

Ambassador: H.E. Ms. Carmen Brigitta HAGENAARS
37, rue Kléber - BP 3262
Email: dak@minbuza.nl
Tel. : +221 33 829 21 21
Fax : +221 33 821 70 84
Geographic Coverage (except Senegal): Cape Verde, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mauritania

Poland

Ambassador: H.E. Mr. Bartłomiej ZDANIUK
Route des Almadies - Les Jardins des Almadies - App. 4/A. - BP 14419
Email: dakar.amb.sekretariat@msz.gov.pl
Tel. : +221 33 859 57 70
Fax : +221 33 865 14 87

Portugal

Ambassador: H.E. Ms. Florbela Alhinho PARAIBA
Avenue des Ambassadeurs, 6 – Villa Marta  Fann Résidence - BP 281
Email: dacar@mne.pt
Tel. : +221 33 859 26 60 / +221 33 859 26 62
Fax : +221 33 864 03 22
Geographic Coverage (except Senegal): Gambia, Mauritania

Romania

Ambassador: H.E. Mr. Nicolae NASTASE
Rue A Prolongée, Point E – A X 9 A
Email: dakar@mae.ro
Tel. : +221 33 825 19 13 / +221 33 825 20 68
Fax : +221 33 824 91 90
Geographic Coverage (Except Senegal) : Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali

Spain

Ambassador: H.E. Ms. Olga CABARGA GOMEZ
18-20, avenue Nelson Mandela - BP 2091
Email: emb.dakar@maec.es
Tel. : +221 33 842 73 99
Fax : +221 33 842 36 84
Geographic Coverage (Except Senegal): Gambia

Sweden

Ambassador: H.E. Ms. Mia RIMBY

Ministère des affaires étrangères, Stockholm
www.regeringen.se
www.swedenabroad.se

Delegation of the European Union to Senegal

Ambassador: H.E. Mr. Jean-Marc PISANI

12, Avenue Hassan 2    B.P. 3345 - Dakar 

Tel.:+221 33 889 10 71 / +221 33 889 11 00 
Fax: +221 33 842 63 38 

delegation-senegal@eeas.europa.eu 

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