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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.

On 22 May 2024, the Official Journal of the European Union published Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1415 of 14 March 2024 amending Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 as regards the amount of the visa fee, which you will find in the appendix.

This means that starting from 11 June 2024, the visa fee will increase from EUR 80 to EUR 90 for short-stay visas for adults and from EUR 40 to EUR 45 for short-stay visas for children aged 6 to 12 years.

The visa fee amount remains unchanged for countries benefiting from a visa facilitation agreement, staying at EUR 35, except for Cape Verde nationals, for whom the visa fee will increase from EUR 60 to EUR 67.50 for adults and from EUR 30 to EUR 33.75 for children aged 6 to 12 years.

On 22 May 2024, the Official Journal of the European Union published Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1415 of 14 March 2024 amending Regulation (EC) No 810/2009 as regards the amount of the visa fee, which you will find in the appendix.

This means that starting from 11 June 2024, the visa fee will increase from EUR 80 to EUR 90 for short-stay visas for adults and from EUR 40 to EUR 45 for short-stay visas for children aged 6 to 12 years.

The visa fee amount remains unchanged for countries benefiting from a visa facilitation agreement, staying at EUR 35, except for Cape Verde nationals, for whom the visa fee will increase from EUR 60 to EUR 67.50 for adults and from EUR 30 to EUR 33.75 for children aged 6 to 12 years.

Waiting times to make an appointment are currently 3 weeks.

The Embassy does not intervene in making appointments.

Your appointment cannot therefore be advanced.

Don't wait until the last minute to make an appointment: minimum 15 days and maximum 6 months before your desired departure, and certainly much earlier in high season and school holidays (from June to September).

We remind you that the minimum processing time for short-stay visas, once your file has been submitted to TLScontact, is 2 weeks.

We thank you for your understanding.

Any non-exempt foreigner who wishes to stay more than 90 days in Belgium must pay a fee.The fee covers the costs of processing their application for residence and is per application and per person.Please click on this following link to identify your visa category and the new related fee:https://dofi.ibz.be/en/themes/third-country-nationals/faq/fee.