Regulations Regarding the Amount of Information to be Included in the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) and Procedures for Use Thereof

Issued in accordance with
Section 3, Paragraph three of the Immigration Law

1. This Regulation prescribes the amount of information to be included in the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) (hereinafter - the System) and procedures for use thereof.

2. The System is the State Information System in which the data regarding foreigners detained by the State Border Guard (hereinafter - persons) are included. The System data shall be used for identification of persons, when carrying out the inspections related to control of compliance with regulations for entry, stay, departure and transit of persons.

[15 March 2016]

3. [15 March 2016]

4. The Information Centre of the Ministry of the Interior shall be the administrator of the System.

[15 March 2016]

5. [15 March 2016]

6. Data in the System shall be entered and updated by the State Border Guard.

7. The following data shall be included in the System:

7.1. regarding a person:

7.1.1. the original form of the surname transliterated in Latin alphabet;

7.1.2. the original form of the given name (names) transliterated in Latin alphabet;

7.1.3. the sex;

7.1.4. the date of birth;

7.1.5. the place of birth;

7.1.6. the nationality and type thereof;

7.1.7. the previous nationality and type thereof;

7.2. digital image of the face of a person;

7.3. the fingerprints of a person;

7.4. regarding entering of data;

7.4.1. the date;

7.4.2. the place.

8. The State Border Guard is entitled to use the System data, when carrying out the inspections related to control of compliance with regulations for entry, stay, departure and transit of persons.

9. The System data may be received:

9.1. in a printed form - a natural person regarding himself or herself and his or her children younger than 18 years of age, or his or her authorised person, and also legal representative regarding a person who is under his or her guardianship or trusteeship;

9.2. by using data transmission online regimen - the State Police, the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs, the State security institutions and the Prosecutor's Office, if the System data are necessary for the performance of functions provided for in the laws and regulations governing activities of the relevant institution.

10. Information shall be stored in the active database of the System for 10 years. After the end of the storage time period the information shall be placed in the archives database of the System.

11. Information shall be stored in the archives database of the System for 10 years. After the end of the time period for storage the information shall be transferred to the Directorate-General of the State Archives in accordance with the procedures laid down the laws and regulations governing the activities of the information archives, by drawing up the relevant statement, and deleted from the register.

Prime Minister I. Godmanis

Minister for the Interior M. Segliņš

Translation © 2017 Valsts valodas centrs (State Language Centre)