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NO and ES inaugurated their new VFS on 8 th November 2013 and DK on 4 th April 2014. In the case
of ES, the outsourcing took place already in May 2013.
3.2 Assessment of the need to harmonize the lists of supporting documents
Work on harmonizing supporting documents has been finalized and the results have recently
submitted to HQ for presentation at the Visa Committee in Brussels at the end of May 2012.
The comments from the Central Visa Committee have been received. However, due to the difficult
security situation prevailing in Nairobi in 2013 as described above, MS and EU Del had to focus on
security issues.
Consequently, work on harmonizing supporting documents restarted at the end of 2013. A revised
version was proposed to the Central Visa Committee in February 2014. The comments were
received in March 2014. They were revised during a meeting in beginning of May 2014. A revised
proposal would be ready in June 2014.
A common information sheet has been produced. It is available on the EU Del website at the
following URL:
http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/kenya/eu_travel/visa/index_en.htm.
3.3. Exchange of information
Since March 2011, MS share monthly statistics and communicate them to EU Del, which started in
the beginning 2013 to compile them for presentation to MS. After the first presentation, it was
agreed to discuss the statistics every semester.
In addition, MS inform regularly one another on persons to be black listed (based on the fact of
fraudulent acts of submitting fraudulent/forged documents).
Also, EU Del participate to Immigration Liaison Kenya (ILK) coordination meetings (twice a year)
organized with other countries like USA, Canada, Japan, Turkey, etc…, where this kind of
information is exchanged. EUDel shares information with ILK participants and reports new
information to MS.
Regarding local Travel Health Insurance companies, an accredited list of suitable companies have
been established in January 2012 and is maintained up-to-date every month in co-operation with the
MS. The current list is published on the Delegation website and the MS websites.
EU Del and MS had also two meetings in 2013 with European Airlines to share information about
visa procedures and regulations, the difficulties encountered by the airlines and how to coordinate
better in order to solve them.
3.6 Any other initiative taken in LSC
MS with EUDel established a Common list of Government Members regarding biometrics
registration exemption.
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