Schengen border control

Schengen Information System (SIS)

Purpose

One of the measures which contributes to ensuring public order, public security and free movement of individuals in Schengen is the Schengen Information System (SIS). It is a common database for competent border guard, migration, police, customs, national security and judicial authorities.

In Estonia, the Police and Border Guard Board is responsible for the national part of SIS. Data is also entered into the SIS through the Police and Border Guard Board, for which the national Schengen Information System register is created. In addition to data entered by us, we have access to data entered by other member states.

Data

Alerts are entered and searched in the SIS. An alert shall contain data the collection and exchange of which will help to locate missing and vulnerable or wanted persons and, documents or objects which have been lost, stolen or misappropriated. The SIS also contains data on persons who have no right to enter or stay in the Schengen area.

Likely, there is no data related to you in the SIS, if you have not committed any offence nor violated the rules for stay in the Schengen area.

Access

The Police and Border Guard Board and other authorities have access to the data for the purpose and to the extent set out in the Regulation of the Minister of the Interior.

Data retention period

The data shall be stored in the national part of the SIS in accordance with the terms provided for in the Regulation of the Minister of the Interior.

Legal basis