Travel to Belgium

General information concerning visa applications for Belgium is available on the website of the Immigration Office, which is the competent Belgian authority for access to the territory, stay, residence and removal of foreigners in Belgium. You should read the information on this website carefully before contacting the authorities listed below. 
 

Applying for a visa from Azerbaijan

Schengen visa (max. 90 days) 
Competent authority: Embassy of France in Baku
Please submit your application via Capago.

Visa D (more than 90 days)
Competent authority: Consulate General of Belgium in Istanbul
Please submit your application via VFS.

Important: Applications for a visa D from Azerbaijan may also be submitted by post. Instructions for postal applications are available on the VFS website (see Apply for visa - Postal applications).

Applying for a visa from Georgia

Schengen visa (max. 90 days)
Competent authority: Embassy of the Netherlands in Tbilisi (see instructions)

Important: In line with the visa liberalization agreement between the EU and Georgia, Georgian citizens with an ordinary biometric passport are exempt from the visa obligation for short stays in the Schengen Area. However, travelers are still required to bring along a number of documents documents. More information on the legally required documents is available here. The rules regarding the maximal duration of stay (max. 90 days in a 180-day period) also remain applicable to Georgian citizens.

Important: By the end of 2026 Georgian citizens will need to apply for a 'travel authorization' to travel to the Schengen Area via ETIAS. This system is currently not yet operational. The launch will be announced several months in advance.

Visa D (more than 90 days)
Competent authority: Consulate General of Belgium in Istanbul
Please submit your application via VFS.

Important: Applications for a visa D from Georgia may also be submitted by post. Instructions for postal applications are available on the VFS website (see Apply for visa - Postal applications).

Applying for a visa from Turkmenistan

Schengen visa (max. 90 days)
Competent authority: Embassy of Germany in Ashgabat

Visa D (more than 90 days)
Competent authority: Consulate General of Belgium in Istanbul
Please submit your application via VFS.

Important: Applications for a visa D from Turkmenistan may also be submitted by post. Instructions for postal applications are available on the VFS website (see Apply for visa - Postal applications).

Important information

Medical certificates

If a medical certificate is required for your visa application, we recommend visiting one of the following recognized doctors. Medical certificates signed by a recognized doctor do not have to be verified by the Embassy of Belgium in Baku. If the doctor is not recognized by the Embassy, the verification of the signature is required.
 

Azerbaijan

International SOS Clinique
Dr. Farah Mammadova
Dr. Jamila Huseynli
Dr. Jamila Rzayeva
Yeryomenko street 29C (2e verdieping) - AZ1025 Baku, Azerbeidzjan
Tel: +994 12 489 54 71

Georgia

Mediclub Georgia
Dr. Eka Mikaberidze
Dr. Natalie Goguadze
22 A, Tashkenti St, Tbilisi 0160, Georgia
+995 32 225 19 91
http://mcg.ge
 

Guarantor agreement or annex 32

Students have to provide proof that they possess sufficient means of subsistence to cover the cost of living, your studies, medical and repatriation costs. Proof of sufficient means of subsistence is provided by submitting one or more of the following documents:

• a certificate drawn up either by an international organisation or a national government, or by a community, region, province or municipality, or by an institution of higher education, to the effect that the third-country national is receiving or will soon receive a scholarship or a loan
• a certificate drawn up by the institution of higher education specifying that the third-country national has deposited a sum covering the costs of their stay in Belgium in a blocked account managed by the institution (contact your education institution for more information)
• a guarantor agreement or annex 32, which allows a third person to assume financial responsibility for the student

If you want to use a guarantor agreement or annex 32, and your guarantor resides in Azerbaijan, Georgia or Turkmenistan, the Embassy of Belgium in Baku will verify whether the necessary conditions are fulfilled and then legalize the signature of the guarantor. Important: if the guarantor is a citizen of Azerbaijan, Georgia or Turkmenistan, he or she must be related to the student to maximum the third degree. 

The annex 32 can be found on the website of the Immigration Office, in Dutch or French. We encourage students to carefully read the relevant information about the conditions to be a guarantor, available in Dutch or French. If you plan to use an annex 32 as proof of sufficient financial means, we invite you or your guarantor to contact the Embassy at baku@diplobel.fed.be

Formal obligation for a short stay (annex 3bis)

In the context of a short stay in Belgium, the traveler must demonstrate that he/she has sufficient means of subsistence. A formal obligation (annex 3bis) is one of the ways to prove this.

A formal obligation is considered valid proof of sufficient means of subsistence for a short stay in Belgium if it is accepted by the Immigration Office.

Any natural person who personally has sufficient resources and who holds Belgian nationality, or who is authorized or permitted to reside in Belgium for an unlimited period of time (with residence card B, C/K, D/L, E/EU, E+/EU+,F, F+ or M), may be a guarantor.

All information for guarantors and about the submission of the application is available on the website of the Immigration Office.

The municipal administration sends the formal obligation and the documents to the Immigration Office, which indicates its decision in box F. The municipal administration will notify the guarantor of the decision.

If the Immigration Office accepts the formal obligation, the guarantor must forward the original document to the person for whom the guarantor has assumed financial responsibility.

If the person for whom a guarantor has assumed financial responsibility applies for a visa from a Schengen State which represents Belgium in the country where they reside, they must present the formal obligation accepted by the Immigration Office within 6 months of the date on which the municipal administration invited the guarantor to come and collect it. If the person for whom a guarantor has assumed financial responsibility is exempt from the visa requirement for a short stay in Belgium, they must present the original of the formal obligation at the external borders of the Schengen area within 6 months of the date on which the municipal administration invited the guarantor to come and collect it.