Visa information

Short stay (less than 90 days)

• Tourist visa

  For people travelling with the purpose of tourism, staying at a hotel or in a rented flat.

• Visitor visa

  For people who wish to visit relatives or friends, staying in their homes.

• European Directive 2004/38/EC

  For people who traveling together with the EEA family member or joining the EEA family member.

Long stay (more than 90 days)

• Join spouse (Art 40 Ter)

  For people who married to a Belgian citizen who resides in Belgium.

• Join family non-EU citizens (Art 10 & 10bis)

  For people whose relative is a non-citizen of a European Member state nor of the EEA.

• Join parents (Art 40 Ter)

  For people whose parents are Belgian citizen who resides in Belgium.

• Join minors (Art 40 Ter)

  For parents whose child is Belgian citizen who resides in Belgium.

• Visa for marriage

  For people who wish to marry in Belgium.

• Cohabitation visa

  The visa "with a view to declaring a legal cohabitation in Belgium".

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Short stay (less than 90 days)

• Medical treatment visa

  For people undergoing medical treatment or getting medical advice.
  For medical visa, applicants are requested to contact the Embassy by e-mail before submitting their applications: moscow.visa@diplobel.fed.be.

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Short stay (less than 90 days)

• Study visa

  For people who are going to study in Belgium.

Long stay (more than 90 days)

• Study or study related stay

  For a study-related stay in Belgium, you must apply for a temporary residence permit for study.

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Short stay (less than 90 days)

• Sport/Cultural visa

  For people (athletes, coaches, trainers, support staff, etc.) participating actively in sport events or trainings or for artists and other people who are participating actively in cultural events in Belgium (not for spectators at such events or tourists on a skiing holiday).

• Transit visa (Airport transit visa)

  For people transiting through Belgium/the Schengen zone or having a flight within the Schengen zone on their way to a final destination outside the Schengen area.

• Airport Transit Visa

  Only required for certain nationalities who need visa for staying in the international transit zone of an airport, not applicable for Russian citizens.

• Essential travel certificate

  When travelling to Belgium during covid time, the traveler is obliged to be in possession of an Essential Travel Certificate. This certificate is delivered by the Belgian Embassy in Moscow in order to certify the essential nature of the travel.

  By way of derogation, an Essential Travel Certificate is not required in the following situations (the certificate may however be requested if the traveler fears to encounter a problem when boarding):

  • The traveler is in possession of a valid D visa delivered by a Belgian diplomatic or consular post;
  • The traveler is in possession of a valid C visa delivered after 18/03/2020 by a Belgian diplomatic or consular post if the essential nature of the journey is demonstrated by the official documents in the possession of the traveler;
  • The traveler is in possession of a valid C visa delivered after 18/03/2020 by a diplomatic or consular post of another Schengen member State in representation of Belgium if the essential nature of the journey is demonstrated by the official documents in the possession of the traveler;
  • The essential nature of the journey is demonstrated by the official documents in the possession of the traveler.

  The certificate is required in all other situations (nationalities exempt from visa requirements for a short stay, holders of a visa issued before 18/03/2020 by a Belgian diplomatic or consular post).

Long stay (more than 90 days)

• Re-entry visa

  For Belgium residents who has a temporary residence permit.

• Humanitarian visa

  Visa for specific cases when conditions for family reunion is not possible (grandmother living alone in Russia, dependent family that cannot live alone, etc.) or other cases of humanitarian nature.

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