The format of an application lodged for contesting the refusal to issue a visa, annulment of a visa, revocation of a visa, refusal to extend the period of stay or premature termination of the period of stay

When contesting the refusal to issue a visa, annulment of a visa, revocation of a visa, refusal to extend the period of stay or premature termination of the period of stay (hereinafter decision), the person contesting the decision should submit a formal application (hereinafter application) to the administrative body that made the decision. The documents provided in this regulation shall be attached to the application.

(1) The application must be filled out legibly and unambiguously in Estonian, English or Russian and in capital letters.

(2) There must be no corrections in the application, and all data prescribed in this regulation must be submitted. Application fields must be filled in dark letters.

(3) In the application, the person's name must be written in accordance with the Latin form of the name presented in the travel document of the person contesting the decision.

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(1) The application is submitted in person, through a representative or by post or email.

(2) If the application is submitted by email, the person contesting the decision must sign it with a digital signature approved in Estonia. If the application is submitted by email through a legal or authorized representative, it must be signed by a legal or authorized representative with a digital signature approved in Estonia.

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(1) When submitting an application, a document certifying the payment of the state fee shall be attached to the application or the state fee shall be paid on the spot.

(2) Instead of a document certifying the payment of the state fee, a person may submit the following information in writing about the payment of the state fee

1) the name of the person who paid the state fee;

2) the name of the person for whom the state fee was paid;

3) reference number;

4) the date when the state fee was paid;

5) names and account numbers of the credit institutions to which and from which the state fee was paid;

6) paid amount in euros.

(3) The state fee must be paid to the Estonian bank account of the foreign mission of the Republic of Estonia or the Ministry of Finance within the time limit provided in § 10010 subsection 1 of the Aliens Act. If the state fee has not been paid within the time limit provided in § 10010, subsection 1 of the Aliens Act, the application shall not be considered.

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(1) When contesting a decision, the following shall be submitted

1) an application, the format of which is provided in the annex to this regulation;

2) documents proving the reason for contesting the decision;

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3) a copy of the personal data page of the travel document of the person contesting the decision or their legal or authorized representative, if the application is submitted by mail or through a legal or authorized representative;

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4) a copy of the Estonian identity document of the authorized representative of the person contesting the decision if the authorized representative does not have a travel document.

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(1¹) If the application is submitted through an authorized representative, the authorization is confirmed by filling in and signing the relevant fields on the application form, or a document certifying the authorization is attached to the application.

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(2) The documents proving the reason for contesting the decision specified in subsection 1, clause 2 of this section are any documents that supplement the circumstances presented in the original visa application and which were the basis for the refusal and are submitted in the application in the field of the reason for contesting the decision. Documents that change the content and factual circumstances of the original visa application or prove circumstances that have arisen after the refusal decision, or documents that the person contesting the decision was required to submit with the original visa application, but which he did not attach to it, shall not be attached to the application.

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(1) The application shall provide the following information about the person contesting the decision

1) first name or names;

2) surname or names;

3) date of birth;

4) contact information, including postal address and country, telephone number, email address.

(2) In addition to the data specified in subsection 1 of this section, the following data shall be submitted in the application

1) the name of the administrative body to which the application is submitted;

2) the type and number of the action to be contested;

3) notation of whether the decision is contested for the first or second time;

4) the reason for submitting the application.

(3) If the application is not submitted by the person contesting the decision personally, in addition to the information specified in subsection 1 of this section, the following information about the representative of the person contesting the decision shall be submitted

1) first name or names;

2) surname or names;

3) date of birth;

4) contact information, including postal address and country, telephone number, email address.

(4) The person contesting the decision or his/her legal or authorized representative confirms with his/her signature that no new visa application of the same type has been submitted to the foreign mission of the Republic of Estonia or another member state of the Schengen Convention or to the Police and Border Guard Board. If the person contesting the decision has contested the decision and submits a new visa application of the same type to the foreign mission of the Republic of Estonia or the Police and Border Guard Board, his/her subsequent visa application will be ignored until a final decision is made on the original visa application.

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The regulation enters into force on 1 January 2016.