Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/1177 of 5 April 2023 supplementing Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the predetermined list of occupations for the purposes of the Visa Information System

1 Pursuant to Article 9, first paragraph, point (4)(l) of Regulation (EC) No 767/2008 for the completion of the current occupation data field in the application file, the visa authority shall choose one of the following options: (a) employed; (b) self-employed; (c) unemployed/not employed; (d) retired; (e) student.

2 Where the visa authority chooses point (a) or point (b) of paragraph 1, the visa authority shall select the current occupation of the applicant from the predetermined list of job groups laid down in the Annex.

3 Where the visa authority chooses point (c), (d) or (e) of paragraph 1, the visa authority shall not select any occupation from the predetermined list of job groups laid down in the Annex.

4 Where the applicant is a minor, only the options in points (a), (b), (c) or (e) of paragraph 1 shall be visible and available for selection.

5 The data field on the applicant’s current occupation in the VIS application file shall assist the visa authority in finding the relevant job group by filtering options on the basis of previous options selected.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. The provisions in this Regulation shall apply from the date of the start of operations of the VIS pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1134.