Is it possible for a Schengen country to advise the US to cancel/revoke a valid visa?
I've posted a longer question on this before but it was put on hold. I thought that it may help if I just ask a more concrete and a general question regarding this issue.
I was wondering if a Schengen country can advise the United States to revoke a valid visa if they discover inconsistencies in an applicant's file. Actually, I was reading on a popular forum in Nigeria about some applicant's experience where a Schengen country (Germany) literally forwarded his file to the US embassy so they can cancel his visa. He also gave me a link in which a popular Nigerian singer got his US visa cancelled thanks to the Germans. This is the link http://www.modernghana.com/movie/332/i-lost-n20m-yinka-ayefele-gospel-singer.html
Now I'm quiet confused after reading this. I know that many country's have information sharing agreements and I'm aware of such agreements between the UK, Canada, US, Australia, etc. But, I haven't came across a similar agreement between Schengen countries and the US. But here is my bigger question.
Every time someone from the "third world" applies for a Schengen visa and if he/she is in possession of a valid US visa, is that person also risking his US visa while they're applying for the Schnegen visa? Can the Schengen countries just forward your file to the US embassy for visa cancellation without any hindrance if they "suspect" something is wrong with your application?
Best Answer
There is definitely no data exchange between Schengen countries in general and the US and no legal basis for the US to have (official) access to the main Schengen databases (SIS and VIS). But individual countries can pass on intelligence and it's up to the US what to do with it.
And among European countries, Germany is, beside the UK, one of the countries with the closest relationship with the US as far as intelligence sharing is concerned (historically, the main German intelligence service was set up by the US to reuse older German spy networks, before being handed over to the German government so the links are old and far-reaching). The extent of the collaboration between the BND and its US counterpart (and the extent to which the government was aware of it) even led to a sort of mini-scandal last year.
As far as I know, any information that might have been exchanged between both countries would not usually come in the form of an advice to do anything like cancelling a visa nor would all files be routinely shared with a third country. Rather it would be an informal “we have heard that such and such might have done this”. The decision regarding what to do with it rests entirely with the US.
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Yes, they can.
Germany cannot cancel an US visa, but it can pass information to the US which leads the US to cancel the visa.
Various countries share intelligence information. One well-known example is the "Five Eyes" group of five English-speaking countries, but similar sharing happens bilaterally and within NATO (which includes Germany and the US).
Intelligence information includes not just terror threats but also information on suspected or confirmed crimes. Legal action is possible if one thinks that the information was wrong, but that will usually get nowhere -- countries don't discuss intelligence matters much.
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