Passport, Visa, Embassy

Passport & Visa Info
The following details relate to holders of adult normal passports (requirements for children may be different), if any other type of passport or travel document is held, entry requirements should be checked with the relevant embassy or consulate.

Passports
Required, but NOT by the following:
1) Holders of a national passport expired for no more than 5 years: Andorra, Austria, France, Germany (expired 1 year only), Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Portugal, San Marino, Spain & Switzerland.
2) Holders of National Identity Cards issued to nationals of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland Rep, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Portugal, San Marino, Spain & Switzerland.

Passport Validity: 1) Where a visa is not required please contact nearest embassy/consulate.
2) Where a visa is required passports must be valid 3 months beyond period of intended stay.

Visas
The following DO NOT require a visa:
1) Nationals of Belgium
2) Nationals of the following countries travelling with a valid national passport:
a) United Kingdom.
b) Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus (full passport required), Czech Rep, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong (S.A.R. passport holders), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland Rep, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea (South), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao (S.A.R. passport holders), Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City & Venezuela.
3) Holders of a British National Overseas passport.
4) Holders of a British non-EC/EU "looklike" passport issued to citizens of Anguilla, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Montserrat, Turks & Caicos Islands & British Virgin Islands.

Air Transit
Required by all except those as noted above:
1) Persons continuing their journey to a third country by the same or first connecting aircraft, provided holding confirmed tickets & documentation without leaving the airport transit area (except nationals of Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Congo Dem Rep, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria & Turkey, however if holding a valid residence document guaranteeing an absolute right to return for the following countries, a visa is not required: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Rep, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland Rep, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom or United States).

Notes: Transit without a visa is not available if any of the subsequent destinations or transit locations are a Schengen country requiring a visa. Therefore, as the passenger is entering the Schengen territory, which is a borderless territory, those nationals of countries requiring a visa for any Schengen state, which they are entering, require a visa at all times.

Special Notes
1) All visitors must hold onward/return tickets & sufficient funds for length of stay, except nationals of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland Rep, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden & United Kingdom.
2) Member of Schengen Visa Agreement, however we strongly recommend that travellers make enquiries prior to travel with the appropriate Embassies of the countries within the agreement which they plan to visit.

U.S. Embassy or Consulate in Belgium
25 Boulevard du Regent
1000, Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Tel: 02-508-2111, 011-32-2-508-2111
Fax: 02-511-2725
Consular Section’s Fax: 02-513-0409
Email: SniderPW@state.gov
Website: www.brussels.usembassy.gov, www.usembassy.be
Office Hour: 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, except for American and Belgian holidays

Belgium Embassy or Consulate in U.S.
Washington DC Office
925 Fifteenth Street N.W.
Suite 300
Washington, D.C. 20005
Voice: 1-800-874-5100
Local: 202-638-3800
Fax: 202-638-4674
support@traveldocs.com

New York Office
641 Lexington Avenue
Suite 1435
New York, NY 10022
Voice: 1- 877-874-5104
Local: 212-223-1735
Fax: 212-634-6361
ny@traveldocs.com

San Francisco Office
3 Embarcadero Center
Lobby Level, Suite 2
San Francisco, CA 94111
Voice: 1-888-874-5100
Local: 415-399-1515
Fax: 415-399-1001
sfo@traveldocs.com

UK Embassy or Consulate in Belgium
Office: Embassy
Street Address: 85 Aarlenstraat-rue d'Arlon 85
1040, Bruxelles
Bruxelles, Belgium
Tel: (32-2) 287 6211
Fax: (32-2) 287 6355
Email: ppa@britain.be
Web: www.british-embassy.be

Office: Consulate
Groenplaats, 580
B-2000, Antwerpen
Antwerpen, Belgium
Tel: (+32-3) 2132125
Fax: (+32-3) 2132991
Email: cgantwerp@unicall.be

Office: Consulate
Street Address: Meyvaert Glass Engineering NV, Dok Noord 3
B-9000, Ghent
Ghent, Belgium
Tel: (+32-9) 2357221, 225 5427
Fax: (+32-9) 2228127
Email: british.consul@meyvaert.be

Belgium Embassy or Consulate in UK
17 Grosvenor Crescent
London SW1X 7EE
Office of the Flemish Community and Region Flemish House
1A Cavendish Square
London W1G 0LD
Main switchboard: (020) 7470 3700
Tel: (020) 7470 3700, (020) 7299 3590 (Flemish Community), (020) 7307 7710 (Flanders Trade and Investment)
Fax: (020) 7470 3795, (020) 7299 3591 (Flemish Community), (020) 7307 7711 (Flanders Trade and Investment)
Email: london@diplobel.be
Web: http://www.diplomatie.be/london

Belgium Embassy or Consulate Office in Canada
760, Succursale N.D.G.
Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3S2
Telephone: +1 (514) 484-3594
Fax: +1 (514) 489-8965
Web: http://www.visitbelgium.com/

Belgium Embassy or Consulate Office in Czech Republic
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130 87 Praha 3
Tel: +42 2 67092444
Fax: +42 2 67092650
Email: info@flandry.cz
Web: http://www.flandry.cz

Belgium Embassy or Consulate Office in Japan
Shuwa Kioicho TBR Bldg. No.607
5-7 Kojimachi
Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo
Tel: +81 3 3237-7101
Fax: +81 3 3237-8400
Email: info@belgium-travel.org
Web: http://www.belgium-travel.org/

Belgium Embassy or Consulate Office in Germany
Cäcilienstr. 46
50667 Köln
Tel: +49 221 27759-0
Fax: +49 221 27759-100
Email: infobelgien@t-online.de
Web: http://www.belgien-tourismus.net

Belgium Embassy or Consulate Office in Netherlands
Belgisch Verkeersbureau voor de Ardennen & Brussel
Postbus 2324
2002 CH Haarlem
Tel: 0900/20.20.107 (1 NLG/min.)
Tel: +31 23 534.09.78 Antwoordapparaat voor standaard pakketten brochure
Fax: +31 23 534.20.50
Email: belgisch.verkeersbureau@wxs.nl
Web: http://www.belgie-toerisme.net

Belgium Official Tourism Board Office
Headquarters for US and Canada
220 East 42nd Street, Suite 3402
(34th Floor, between 2nd and 3rd Avenue)
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 758-8130
Fax: (212) 355-7675
Visitors Hour: Monday to Friday from 9:30AM to 4:30PM
Office du Tourisme Belge au Canada
Belgian Tourist Office in Canada
Tel: (514) 457-2888
Fax: (212) 355-7675

Representation au Quebec
43, rue de Buade, Bureau 525
Quebec Ville, Quebec, G1R 4A2
Tel (418) 692-4939
Fax (418) 692-4974
Web: http://www.visitbelgium.com

Source:
Web: http://travel.state.gov/
Web: http://www.fco.gov.uk/
Web: http://www.visitbelgium.com/