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Visa System
Belgium being one of the 15 countries forming the Schengen convention follows the same visa system as followed by any other Schengen State thus a person with valid Schengen Visa can enter Belgium without a Belgium visa.

Types of Schengen visas
Type A Schengen visa
Airport transit visa. This visa requirement represents an exception to the general rule allowing the holder to remain without a visa within the international transit area. This document authorises transit solely through the international area of the airport.

Type B Schengen visa
Transit visa. This document authorises holder to transit through several countries starting from a third State and with a third State as the destination. The transit period must not exceed five days.

Type C Schengen visa
Short visit visa or travel visa, visa for several entries: this visa allows the holder to enter the territory of the Schengen States for an uninterrupted maximum stay of 90 days or for one or more successive visits over a period of six months, with the total period not exceeding 90 days. Visas issued by Belgian diplomatic and consular authorities may not be valid for more than one year, the period during which the authorised visit may be made. The visa may be issued for one or more entries.

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Type A, B or C collective Schengen visa
Transit visa for a visit of no more than 30 days that may be affixed to a collective passport and issued to applicants traveling as a group. The group must have been in existence for certain time and be organised socially and institutionally.
The group must comprise at least 5 and not more than 50 persons.
The group must include an individual with responsibility for keeping the passport and must enter the Schengen territory, remain there and leave as a group.

Type D Schengen visa
National visa for a visit of up to 90 days, valid for the territory of the Schengen State that issued the visa but also valid for transit through the territory of other Schengen States for the purpose of reach­ing the State that issued the visa.

Type D + C Schengen visa
Visa allowing the applicant, on arrival in the destination Schengen State in possession of a type D visa, to move freely in the Schengen area for the first three months following his/her arrival, pending the issue of his/her definitive residence document.

 

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