Upcoming fee changes: From 1 August 2026, the consular fee for document legalisation will increase to €25. From 1 September 2026, the fee for long-stay return visas (visa D) will increase to €335.
Please note the following upcoming changes to consular fees:
From 1 August 2026, the consular fee for document legalisation will increase to €25.
From 1 September 2026, the visa fee for long-stay return visas (visa D) will increase to €335.
Applicants are encouraged to take these changes into account when planning their application.
From 1 July 2026, the fee for long-stay visa (D visa) applications will increase to €250.
If you already have an appointment scheduled on or after 1 July 2026, the new fee will apply when you submit your visa application.
Please ensure that you pay the updated fee on the day of your appointment.
The waiting time for a short-stay visa appointment with TLScontact is currently longer than usual.
We regret that we are unable to offer earlier appointment slots at this time.
To avoid delays to your travel plans, we strongly recommend submitting your visa application as early as possible. Schengen visa applications may be submitted up to six months before your intended date of departure.
Students planning to take the medicine and dentistry entrance examinations organised by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation on 27 August 2026 must now apply for a Short-Stay Visa (Visa C). Unlike previous years, a Long-Stay Visa (Visa D) is no longer required to participate in the entrance examinations.
After attending the examination, applicants must return to their country of residence before their visa expires and wait there for the results.
Applicants who are admitted to a medicine or dentistry programme will then need to apply for a Long-Stay Student Visa (Visa D – Article 60).
Students are encouraged to prepare and submit their applications as early as possible. Please make sure to consult the updated short-stay visa checklist before applying.
We remind applicants for a short-stay tourist visa (Type C) that this type of visa is issued exclusively for tourism purposes in Belgium.
Belgium must be the main destination of the trip. This means that the applicant must spend the majority of their stay in Belgium, and not in another Schengen country.
If the primary purpose of the trip is to visit another Schengen country, the visa application must be submitted to that country, even if the applicant enters the Schengen Area through Belgium.
Any false declaration or inappropriate application may lead to a visa refusal and compromise future visa requests.