Visa for Belgium

All information on applying for a visa to Belgium.

Checking the status of your visa application and processing time

Information about how you can check the status of your visa application and about the processing time.
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The Embassy must sometimes submit your visa application to the Immigration Office of the Federal Public Service Home Affairs for further decision. It is the only competent authority with regards to the admittance, stay, residence and removal of foreigners from Belgian territory.

When the file is submitted, the applicant gets a receipt with a 5 digits unique number. This number also allows you to check online the status of your file on the website of the Immigration Service

With this number you can contact the immigration service to know the status of your file:

Immigration Service 
Pachecolaan 44
1000 Brussels, Belgium

Information on the average processing time per category of visa application can be consulted via the link: “Le délai de traitement d’une demande de visa” / ”De behandeltermijn van een visumaanvraag" (link in French, link in Dutch) on the same webpage.

Foto van een Belgische vlag, een pen en een blad papier waarop de woorden Visa application staan

Contacts

Who to contact when you have questions about the application for a visum for Belgium?