Visa for Belgium if you live in Bangladesh

1. Where, when and how can you submit a visa application?
2. How much is the handling fee (cost for processing your visa application)?
3. Required documents
4. Checking the status of your visa application
5. Medical certificate - Certified doctors
6. Contact

The website of the Immigration Office is currently being completely renewed and is still under construction. If you notice that a link does not work, please go to the opening page of the website or consult the page in another language.
 

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Belgian visa services in Bangladesh. Visa applicants can now book appointments to visit the Belgian Visa Application Centre in Dhaka starting 16 November 2025. Booking a prior appointment is mandatory.

• Address: Borak Mehnur, 51/B, Level 7, Kemal Ataturk Avenue, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh
• Business hours: Sunday to Thursday, 9AM to 5PM

For more information and to book an appointment, please visit Welcome to VFS Global | vfsglobal. 

The handling fee for a short term stay visa (C) is 90 euro, except for children between 6 and 12 years old, which is 45 euro and children up to 6 years Old, which is free.

For a long term stay visa (D) the handling fee is 180 euro.

An additional contribution is required for the processing of certain visa D application. 

Important news

The amounts of administrative fees are regularly updated. The latest updated amounts can be found on the following websites:

Website links for more information :

• in French;
• in Dutch.

The applicant must present proof of full payment of the fee at the time of application. If this evidence is not presented, the application is not admissible and it is not processed.

The fee will not be refunded if the application for a D visa or residence is refused. 

Applicants submitting their files at the Belgian VAC shall be levied a service fee of 12,325 BDT. Applicants that are exempt from the visa fee are not exempt from paying this service fee. 

For more information on the documents to submit with your visa application, please click on the type of visa you need in the list below. This list replaces the English language pages of the website of the FPS Home Affairs Immigration Office, which is under construction. We thank you for your understanding.

According to the type of long stay visa (D visa) you require, you might have to present a medical certificate you can obtain via one of the doctors certified by the Embassy of Belgium. See below point 5 for details.

Official documents issued by public authorities (marriage, birth, and death certificates, or diplomas, police clearance certificates and affidavits) have to be legalized before the submission in a visa file. Click here for all details on legalizations.

If those documents are not directly written in English, they have to be translated by a sworn translator in one of the Belgian national language. Click here for all details on translations.
 

Belgian embassies and consulates general must submit certain visa applications to the Immigration Office of the Federal Public Service Home Affairs for a final decision. It is the only competent authority with regards to the admittance, stay, residence and removal of foreigners from Belgian territory.

In such a case, your file number will be communicated to you by the embassy or consulate general upon the submission of your file to the Immigration Office. From this stage onwards, the Immigration Office is the only authority to contact, if you wish to know the status of your application.

With the file number you can inquire about the status of your application (Boulevard Pacheco 44, 1000 Brussels, T: +32.2.793.80.00, infodesk@ibz.fgov.be). Using this number, you can also check the status of your visa application on the Immigration Office website.

Once a decision has been taken, the Embassy or Honorary Consulate of Belgium will inform you personally.
 

If you need a medical certificate for your long term stay visa (D visa), we invite you to contact one of the following doctors certified by the Embassy of Belgium.

Dr. Lina Shahnaz Perveen Hoq 
GREEN CRESCENTHEALTH SERVICES 
House N°29, Sarwardi avenue 

Baridhara Diplomatic Enclave 
Dhaka - 1212 
Tel: (+880) (2) 881 0486, 986 2384 
Fax: (+880) (2) 882 9523 
Email: gchsmed@bdcom.com
Web: www.greencrescent.net
 

Should you still have questions on visa procedures after reading carefully this entire website, please contact the Embassy of Belgium via newdelhi.visa@diplobel.fed.be.