Short stay (less than 90 days)
- Business visa, type C
You wish to go to Belgium for business purposes and will stay no longer than 90 days.
Long stay (more than 90 days)
- Work permit B, Au pair
You wish to go to Belgium for business purposes and will stay longer than 90 days.
- Unique work permit procedure
Work visa issuance in the base of work permit (type B) or professional card.
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".
Short stay (less than 90 days)
- Medical treatment visa
For people undergoing medical treatment or getting medical advice.
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.
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.
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.