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Eurodac

On these pages, you will find information about the Eurodac database and how your data is processed.

You have received these instructions, a QR code, or a link to these instructions when your fingerprints were taken.

The instructions have been prepared by the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) and are used in all Member States. In Finland, the Finnish Immigration Service is responsible for national additions to the instructions.

On this page, you will find the following instructions and files:

  • What do you need to know about Eurodac?
  • Why is my personal data transmitted to Eurodac?
    • Applicants for international protection
    • Third country nationals apprehended in connection with an irregulat crossing of an external border
    • Third country nationals disembarked following a search and rescue operation 
    • Third country nationals or stateless persons illegally staying in a member state
    • Persons resettled under a national resettlement or humanitarian admission program
    • Persons registered for the purpose of conducting an admission procedure under the union resettlement and humanitarian admission framework
  • Page QR code: EUAAs instructions_Eurodac_en.pdf

What do you need to know about Eurodac?

Why is my personal data transmitted to Eurodac?

Applicants for international protection

Third country nationals apprehended in connection with an irregulat crossing of an external border

Third country nationals disembarked following a search and rescue operation 

Third country nationals or stateless persons illegally staying in a member state

Persons resettled under a national resettlement or humanitarian admission program