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You have the right to appeal against the decision to refuse a short-stay visa.

The applicable rules for appealing a visa refusal decision are set out in the law of December 15, 1980, on access to the territory, residence, establishment, and expulsion of foreigners.

Competent authority for lodging an appeal:Council for Alien Law Litigation (Conseil du Contentieux des Étrangers),Rue Gaucheret 92-94, 1030 Brussels, Belgium.

The Belgian Embassy is not competent to receive or process these appeals. Therefore, please do not copy them in your correspondence.A refusal decision cannot be reconsidered by the embassy.

For information on the procedure to follow, please visit the Council’s website: https://www.rvv-cce.be

All appeals must be submitted in writing within 30 days of the notification exclusively to this authority.