Travel to Belgium

Travel to Belgium

The information regarding travel to Belgium within the context of the Covid-19 pandemic can be found on the Immigration Office website

For the information about the sanitary rules for these trips, consult the www.info-coronavirus.be website.

Be aware of fraudsters: Official communication about visa will always come from newdelhi.visa@diplobel.fed.be or mumbai.visa@diplobel.fed.be . Also, you will never be asked to make a payment on a private Indian account: all payments are processed through VFS or DVZ in Belgium.
 

Starting November 2^nd , 2015, all applicants for a Schengen visa will need to personally present themselves in order to have their biometric date registered.

Visa applications will be processed faster thanks to the use of biometrics (finger prints and a digital photograph). It will allow visa holders to be identified faster and this way identity theft can be countered.

The procedure to take finger prints is easy, quick and discrete. The applicant will only have to place his or her fingers on the digital scanner. If he or she wants to reapply for a visa within five years, new finger printing will not be required: the previous data stored in the Visa Information System (VIS) will be re-used. After five years the finger print data will be deleted.

When a visa holder arrives at the border, Schengen border control officers will use the VIS to check the identity and verify if the visa is genuine. Quick, easy and reliable biometric checks will help to prevent visa fraud. Honest applicants, the clear majority, will therefore be able to go through a faster procedure.

For more information about the VIS, see http://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs

Family members of EU citizens who fall under the 2004/38 Directive, can apply in person at the Belgian embassy in New Delhi or the Belgian consulate general in Mumbai. For this, they have first to book an appointment by email, and attach scanned proof of the family relationship with the EU citizen.