Visa Notes & Fees Passport : Original Passport with validity of minimum six months and minimum one blank page for visa stamp. Note : Passports issued beyond 10 years will not be accepted by the Embassy Handwritten passports will not be accepted. Indian Passports can only be accepted if their bio data (name, date of birth, place of birth & sex) have not been modified by an “observation”. However, observation regarding the validity of the passport or any observation on the last page is acceptable. Attach all your old passports (if any) Schengen Visa Application Form: Visa application form must be filled online https://visaonweb.diplomatie.be/ . After filling the form, 2 printout has to be taken and duly signed by the applicant on column 37 and main column.

Visa Notes & Fees Passport : Original Passport with validity of minimum six months and minimum one blank page for visa stamp. Note : Passports issued beyond 10 years will not be accepted by the Embassy Handwritten passports will not be accepted. Indian Passports can only be accepted if their bio data (name, date of birth, place of birth & sex) have not been modified by an “observation”. However, observation regarding the validity of the passport or any observation on the last page is acceptable. Attach all your old passports (if any) Schengen Visa Application Form: Visa application form must be filled online https://visaonweb.diplomatie.be/ . After filling the form, 2 printout has to be taken and duly signed by the applicant on column 37 and main column.

As per the new visa application procedure, applicants seeking Belgium visa will have to visit the visa application centre in person to submit their applications as biometric fingerprint data along with a live photograph is required for all the short term applications (Including VIS applications). Live photograph is also mandatory for long term visa applicants and children below the age of 12 years.

Exemptions from the obligation of fingerprinting are provided for the following categories of applicants only: Children (Age < 12 years) Persons for whom the collection of fingerprints is physically impossible. Sovereigns and other senior members of a royal family, Heads of State and members of the national Governments (with their official delegations and spouses) if they travel for official purposes.