When applying for a visa to an EU country, is there a background check performed?

Question

Is there a criminal background check performed while applying for a visa to an EU country? The application does ask for visits made to other countries in the past 5 yrs., but do not ask for any offenses.

Answer 1

There are 25 countries in the EU each one have there own criteria and visa entry. So you have to check which one you are visting and see if they do a background check