Data protection notice
In accordance with Art. 13 and Art. 14 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we, the Migration and Passport Office (APA), as the responsible body, inform you below about the background to the processing of your personal data in connection with our activities. The following information applies equally to applicants and applicants, contractual partners and other persons affected by data processing
The primary purpose of processing personal data is to fulfill our legal mandate. This includes, for example, issuing identification documents such as passports and identity cards, as well as issuing permits, for example for cross-border commuters or for a short-term or longer-term stay in Liechtenstein.
We mainly carry out the following processing activities:
The processing of personal data is governed by the relevant legal provisions. The respective legal bases are also mentioned on our website under the individual services.
The current laws can be found at: https://www.gesetze.li/konso/suche.
In this context, our Office collects and processes the following personal data from you:
- Personal data: first name, surname; date of birth, place of birth, gender, marital status, place of citizenship, country of birth, citizenship, employment status, exact residential address with all details in Switzerland and abroad, telephone number, e-mail address, details of employer (in particular duration of employment, profession practised, level of employment, gross salary, working hours), details of mother and father, details of spouse or registered partner and children, details of housing conditions such as tenancy agreement
- Registration, changes, deletion of data in the Central Register of Persons (ZSD)
- Health insurance (name, insurance number, validity)
- Biometric data: Passport photo, fingerprints, signature
- Copy of valid foreign passport or valid ID
- Copy of the permanent residence permit from Switzerland or the EEA
- Personal and document data (document type, country of issue, document number, expiration date, date of birth, surname, first name, gender, citizenship, check digit, etc.)
- Maintenance and exit guarantees
- Language skills and diplomas
- Purpose of entry, entries and exits
- Excerpt from the criminal and seizure register
- In particular in the area of Asylum Division: religion, ethnicity, mother tongue, schooling, children, interview transcripts from foreign countries and data, medical files, forensic data, domestic and foreign criminal files, statements on DNA data, copies of ID documents, copies of travel documents
- Information that is specifically required for the performance of a contract or business relationship
- Correspondence with you
- Fulfillment of a legal obligation
- Fulfillment of a contractual obligation with you
- Invoicing
- processing or asserting or defending against any existing (liability / public liability) claims; or
- Fulfillment of other purposes for which you have provided us with the data
- Statistics
The list of data processed by the Migration and Passport Office is not exhaustive and is supplemented by the relevant special legislation.
Your personal data may be transferred to other state and municipal authorities, in particular to:
- Inhabitant inspections of the municipalities
- Office of Economic Affairs
- Office of Social Services
- Office of Public Health
- Office of Statistics
- Civil Registry Office
- National Financial Accounting Office
- Government
- Ministries
- Office of the Liechtenstein Public Prosecutor
- Princely Court of Justice
- Liechtenstein National Police
- The motor vehicle inspection
On the basis of intergovernmental agreements or other legal bases, we may also transfer your data to foreign security authorities and organizations, in particular to:
- Cantonal migration authorities in Switzerland
- Police authorities in Switzerland and Austria
- State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), Bern
- Asylum Division and migration authorities in Schengen-Dublin states
- Federal Office for Customs Bureau and Border Security (BAZG), Bern
- Liechtenstein Ambassadors
If personal data is transferred to security authorities or organizations in third countries, this will only take place if this is expressly provided for in an intergovernmental agreement and equivalent data protection requirements are in place. The transfer to third countries takes place on the basis of an adequacy decision (Art. 45 GDPR) or appropriate safeguards (Art. 46 GDPR).
We may also transfer personal data to private bodies and persons in accordance with and as required by the relevant legal provisions, in particular to:
- Hospitals and doctors
- therapeutic and social services
- Employers
The personal data processed by the Migration and Passport Office (APA) in this area will be processed for as long as it is required for the fulfillment of tasks or for evidence purposes, or as long as special legal regulations provide for certain deletion periods. You will find a separate data protection notice on our website at https://www.llv.li/de/landesverwaltung/auslaender-und-passamt/schengen-dublin with regard to your data processing in the Schengen/Dublin area.
For further information on data protection and, in particular, on your rights as a data subject, please refer to the Data Protection Declaration of the Liechtenstein National Administration.
Contact details:
Migration and Passport Office (APA)
Städtle 38
P.O. Box 684
9490 Vaduz
Telephone: +423 236 61 41
Email: dsk.apa@llv.li or info.apa@llv.li;