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Asylum
AI supports assessment of credibility or risk.
High-risk AI guide · Annex III
Annex III point 7
High-risk AI in migration and border control
AI in migration and border control often touches vulnerable people, language differences, evidence assessment and high-impact decisions.
What falls in scope?
Risk assessment of persons entering or intending to enter a Member State.
Asylum, visa or residence permit applications.
Detection or verification of documents.
Support for border, migration and asylum procedures.
When to review first?
Credibility assessment
Visa or residence prioritisation
Document fraud detection with individual impact
Border risk profiling
What should a first review deliver?
Mandate and human decision responsibility
Explanation and appeal information
Bias across nationality, language and patterns
Data provenance and error rates
Recognisable situations
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Visa
AI prioritises applications or advises on eligibility.
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Border
AI selects people or documents for additional review.
Based on official sources
This page is a practical guide for first classification and preparation. For legal decisions, a full system and context review remains necessary.
Other Annex III areas
Annex III point 4
HR and employment
Could the AI affect a person’s job opportunity, evaluation or working conditions?
High-risk AI in HR and employmentAnnex III point 5
Essential services
Could the AI make access to an essential service easier, harder or more expensive?
High-risk AI in essential servicesAnnex III point 3
Education
Does the AI support learning, or does it help decide something about a learner?
High-risk AI in educationAnnex III point 1
Biometrics
Can this biometric AI system be used at all, or does a prohibition need to be checked first?
High-risk AI in biometricsMake this concrete for your systems.
Start with the Gap Intake and share which AI systems, suppliers and processes are in scope. Then we can sharpen the classification and first evidence route.