Subsection 1: Purposes of processing

The Ministry responsible for Foreign Affairs and the Minister responsible for Immigration are authorised to implement, on the basis of 1° of Article L. 142-1, automated processing of personal data known as "VISABIO". 1° To better guarantee the right of residence of legal residents and to combat the illegal entry and residence of foreign nationals in France, by preventing document fraud and identity theft; 2° To enable visa applications to be processed, in particular by exchanging information with national authorities and with the authorities of the Schengen States via the Visa Information System (VIS) for biometric data relating to visas for stays of less than three months issued by the French authorities;
3° To improve the conditions for issuing visas by making it possible to detect applications submitted by the same person under several identities;
4° To improve verification of the authenticity of visas and the identity of their holders at French checkpoints at the external borders of the States party to the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990 and at the borders of the non-European territories of the French Republic;
5° Facilitating, on national territory, identity checks carried out, pursuant to Article 78-3 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, by the national police and gendarmerie services;
6° Facilitating verification by the services mentioned in 5° of the authenticity of visas and the legality of residence;
7° Facilitating the identification of illegal foreign nationals with a view to their removal;
8° Facilitating the identification and verification of the identity of a foreign national who declares himself to be a minor temporarily or permanently deprived of the protection of his family;
9° Enabling social security bodies to verify the situation with regard to the right of residence of persons applying for cover under the State medical aid scheme provided for in the first three paragraphs of Article L. 251-1 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles and the urgent care mentioned in Article L. 254-1 of the same code.