Belgium Visa for Pakistani Citizens

Please click below for detailed information on the documents required for this visa. Document Checklist English For general information relating to Schengen visas, please visit the website of the Belgium Immigration Office (https://dofi.ibz.be/en). Important Information: Guarantees for return (assessment of migration risk): The applicant is requested to provide as much information as possible to document his/her family background, professional and socio-economic status, ownership of land or real estate (for instance : proof of family bonds with his/her country of origin, proof of regular income and stable source of revenues from the applicant and/or his/her partner, proof of property, etc.) This information is essential to correctly judge the intention of the applicant to leave the Schengen area before the expiry of his/her visa.

Please Click below for detailed information on the documents required for this visa. Family reunification of spouse descendants aged under 21 with a European (but not Belgian) citizen, visa C Family reunification of spouse, descendants aged under 21 with a Belgian citizen Family reunification of spouse, descendants aged under 18 with a foreign citizen who is neither Belgian nor European citizen For general information relating to Belgium visas, please visit the website of the Belgium Immigration Office (https://dofi.ibz.be/en). Legalizations: New procedure from 05 June 2024 onwards - Legalization of documents: New procedure, for more details please consult: Apostille or legalisation | FPS Foreign Affairs - Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (belgium.be) (https://pakistan.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/apostille-or-legalisation) - Pakistani documents destined for the Belgian authorities must be legalised in Pakistan by means of an “Apostille”. An application for an apostille must be made to the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. More information can be found on the Apostille website (https://apostille.mofa.gov.pk/) created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan. The apostille of Pakistani official documents does not fall under the competence of the Belgian Embassy in Islamabad, but under that of the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After getting an apostille from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, legalisation by the Belgian Embassy in Islamabad is longer necessary or possible, except for translations of official documents (for more details, please consult: Apostille or legalisation | FPS Foreign Affairs - Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (belgium.be)) (https://pakistan.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/apostille-or-legalisation). Official documents without "apostille" will be refused (however, for diplomas, degrees and transcripts, please see below). - Pakistan - Apostille/Legalisation as part of visa applications. All documents as part of a visa application file for long stay have to get an apostille from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs first (however, for diplomas, degrees and transcripts, please see below). More information can be found on the Apostille website (https://apostille.mofa.gov.pk/) created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan. Once the visa applicant has all the necessary apostilles, he/she can submit a complete visa file with the application form and all the supporting documents. - Diplomas, degrees and transcripts submitted in the framework of a student visa application are always to be attested by the Ministry of Education, more specifically by the Higher Education Commission or the Inter Boards Coordination Commission. While these documents should in general not be attested by an apostille from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the rules and procedures of the Belgian higher education institution concerning admission/enrolment must always be observed and might nevertheless require legalisation in the form of the apostille. It is up to the student visa applicant to enquire about these rules and procedures, as it is up to the higher education institution concerned to accept or not the documents put forward. - Afghanistan We do not currently legalize any Afghan documents. Documents submitted as part of a visa application will be accepted in the state in which they are presented to us. - If your file contains documents that must be apostilled/legalized, you must do this first. Your visa application must contain the final and correct documents.

Please click here for detailed information on the documents required for this visa. For general information relating to Schengen visas, please visit the website of the Belgium Immigration Office (https://dofi.ibz.be/en). Important Information: Guarantees for return (assessment of migration risk): The applicant is requested to provide as much information as possible to document his/her family background, professional and socio-economic status, ownership of land or real estate (for instance : proof of family bonds with his/her country of origin, proof of regular income and stable source of revenues from the applicant and/or his/her partner, proof of property, etc.) This information is essential to correctly judge the intention of the applicant to leave the Schengen area before the expiry of his/her visa. Document Checklist English Document Checklist French Document Checklist Urdu

Please click below for detailed information on the documents required for this visa. Document Checklist for Student Visa – Private Higher Education Art.09 - English Document Checklist - Student Visa – Public Higher Education Art. 58 - English For general information relating to Belgium visas, please visit the website of the Belgium Immigration Office (https://dofi.ibz.be/en). Legalizations: New procedure from 05 June 2024 onwards - Legalization of documents as part of visa applications: All documents as part of a visa file for long stay have to be legalized first. The visa applicant sends the documents to the Embassy of Belgium in Islamabad via the Visa Application Center (VAC) of Gerry’s International to be legalized. Once the documents have been legalized, they will be sent back via the VAC to the visa applicant, who submits a complete visa file with the application form and all the supporting documents. - Legalization of documents which are not part of a visa application: no change in the previous system. Please read “legalization of documents” section for complete details. Legalization of documents: New procedure, for more details please consult: Apostille or legalisation | FPS Foreign Affairs - Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (belgium.be) (https://pakistan.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/apostille-or-legalisation) - Pakistani documents destined for the Belgian authorities must be legalised in Pakistan by means of an “Apostille”. An application for an apostille must be made to the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. More information can be found on the Apostille website (https://apostille.mofa.gov.pk/) created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan. The apostille of Pakistani official documents does not fall under the competence of the Belgian Embassy in Islamabad, but under that of the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After getting an apostille from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, legalisation by the Belgian Embassy in Islamabad is longer necessary or possible, except for translations of official documents (for more details, please consult: Apostille or legalisation | FPS Foreign Affairs - Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (belgium.be)) (https://pakistan.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/apostille-or-legalisation). Official documents without "apostille" will be refused (however, for diplomas, degrees and transcripts, please see below). - Pakistan - Apostille/Legalisation as part of visa applications. All documents as part of a visa application file for long stay have to get an apostille from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs first (however, for diplomas, degrees and transcripts, please see below). More information can be found on the Apostille website (https://apostille.mofa.gov.pk/) created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan. Once the visa applicant has all the necessary apostilles, he/she can submit a complete visa file with the application form and all the supporting documents. - Diplomas, degrees and transcripts submitted in the framework of a student visa application are always to be attested by the Ministry of Education, more specifically by the Higher Education Commission or the Inter Boards Coordination Commission. While these documents should in general not be attested by an apostille from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the rules and procedures of the Belgian higher education institution concerning admission/enrolment must always be observed and might nevertheless require legalisation in the form of the apostille. It is up to the student visa applicant to enquire about these rules and procedures, as it is up to the higher education institution concerned to accept or not the documents put forward. - Afghanistan We do not currently legalize any Afghan documents. Documents submitted as part of a visa application will be accepted in the state in which they are presented to us. - If your file contains documents that must be apostilled/legalized, you must do this first. Your visa application must contain the final and correct documents.

Please click here for detailed information on the documents required for this visa. For general information relating to Schengen visas, please visit the website of the Belgium Immigration Office (https://dofi.ibz.be/en). Important Information: Guarantees for return (assessment of migration risk): The applicant is requested to provide as much information as possible to document his/her family background, professional and socio-economic status, ownership of land or real estate (for instance : proof of family bonds with his/her country of origin, proof of regular income and stable source of revenues from the applicant and/or his/her partner, proof of property, etc.) This information is essential to correctly judge the intention of the applicant to leave the Schengen area before the expiry of his/her visa. Document Checklist English Document Checklist French Document Checklist Urdu

Please click below for detailed information on the documents required for this visa. Document Checklist for Work Permit + family reunification Checklist English For general information relating to Belgium visas, please visit the website of the Belgium Immigration Office (https://dofi.ibz.be/en). Legalizations: New procedure from 05 June 2024 onwards - Legalization of documents: New procedure, for more details please consult: Apostille or legalisation | FPS Foreign Affairs - Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (belgium.be) (https://pakistan.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/apostille-or-legalisation) - Pakistani documents destined for the Belgian authorities must be legalised in Pakistan by means of an “Apostille”. An application for an apostille must be made to the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. More information can be found on the Apostille website (https://apostille.mofa.gov.pk/) created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan. The apostille of Pakistani official documents does not fall under the competence of the Belgian Embassy in Islamabad, but under that of the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After getting an apostille from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, legalisation by the Belgian Embassy in Islamabad is longer necessary or possible, except for translations of official documents (for more details, please consult: Apostille or legalisation | FPS Foreign Affairs - Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation (belgium.be)) (https://pakistan.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/apostille-or-legalisation). Official documents without "apostille" will be refused (however, for diplomas, degrees and transcripts, please see below). - Pakistan - Apostille/Legalisation as part of visa applications. All documents as part of a visa application file for long stay have to get an apostille from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs first (however, for diplomas, degrees and transcripts, please see below). More information can be found on the Apostille website (https://apostille.mofa.gov.pk/) created by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Pakistan. Once the visa applicant has all the necessary apostilles, he/she can submit a complete visa file with the application form and all the supporting documents. - Diplomas, degrees and transcripts submitted in the framework of a student visa application are always to be attested by the Ministry of Education, more specifically by the Higher Education Commission or the Inter Boards Coordination Commission. While these documents should in general not be attested by an apostille from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the rules and procedures of the Belgian higher education institution concerning admission/enrolment must always be observed and might nevertheless require legalisation in the form of the apostille. It is up to the student visa applicant to enquire about these rules and procedures, as it is up to the higher education institution concerned to accept or not the documents put forward. - Afghanistan We do not currently legalize any Afghan documents. Documents submitted as part of a visa application will be accepted in the state in which they are presented to us. - If your file contains documents that must be apostilled/legalized, you must do this first. Your visa application must contain the final and correct documents.