Country's borders status
Borders are open with restrictions.
People are not allowed to transit if arriving from a non-Schengen Member State to a Schengen Member State.
This doesn’t apply to:
- citizens and residents of Switzerland and EEA Member States;
- holders of a “C” visa issued by Belgium or by other Schengen Member State if traveling through Belgium to the country which issued the visa;
- holders of a “D” visa issued by a Schengen Member State;
- residents of Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Jordan, Korea (Rep.), Macao, Moldova (Rep.), New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Ukraine and Uruguay arriving from one of these countries;
- holders of a diplomatic passport traveling on duty;
- students;
- holders of an “Essential Journey Certificate” issued by Belgium or a ‘note verbale’ stating that the country of destination will allow them to enter;
- holders of a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated at least two weeks before departure. Vaccines accepted are: AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax) and Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty).
Entry conditions for citizens and tourists
These passengers are allowed to enter if arriving from a country other than Brazil, India or South Africa:
- citizens and residents of Switzerland and EEA Member States;
- residents of Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Jordan, Korea (Rep.), Macao, Moldova (Rep.), New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Ukraine and Uruguay arriving from one of these countries;
- holders of a “C” visa issued by Belgium;
- holders of a diplomatic passport traveling on duty;
- students;
- passengers entering Belgium to transit by land to a third country who must prove that they can enter the destination country;
- holders of a COVID-19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated at least two weeks before departure. Vaccines accepted are: AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Janssen, Moderna (Spikevax) and Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty).
Coronavirus information
Holders of a “C” visa issued by Belgium before 18 March 2020 must have an Essential Travel Certificate.
Holders of a “C” visa issued by other Schengen Member State traveling to stay in Belgium, must have an Essential Travel Certificate issued by Belgium.
Holders of a “C” visa issued by other Schengen Member State, traveling through Belgium to the country which issued the visa, must have a verbal note or, other proof that the country of destination will allow them to enter.
These rules don’t apply to holders of diplomatic passports traveling on duty.
Arriving people must have an Essential Travel Certificate issued by Belgium or a ‘note verbale’ stating that the country of destination will allow them to enter.
This doesn’t apply to:
- citizens and residents of Switzerland and EEA Member States;
- holders of a “C” visa issued by a Schengen Member State;
- residents of Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Jordan, Korea (Rep.), Macao, Moldova (Rep.), New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Ukraine and Uruguay arriving from one of these countries;
- holders of a diplomatic passport traveling on duty.
Citizens and residents of Switzerland and EEA Member States and residents of Australia, Korea (Rep.), New Zealand, Rwanda, Singapore and Thailand entering or transiting through Belgium must have a completed sworn statement obtained here
Arriving people must send a completed “Passenger Locator Form” at most 48 hours before arrival. The form can be found on the website
If after sending a PLF form you receive a text message, you have to quarantine for 7 days and then get tested. If you don’t get such a message, you don’t have to quarantine.
Details can be found here
Arriving people must have:
- a negative COVID-19 PCR test result in Dutch, English, French or German of a test taken not more than 72 hours before departure from the first embarkation point; or
- a vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated at least 2 weeks before arrival. Vaccines accepted are AstraZeneca (Vaxzevria), Covishield, Janssen, Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech (Comirnaty); or
- a positive COVID-19 PCR test issued at most 180 days before arrival and a recovery certificate.
This doesn’t apply to:
- people residing in Belgium;
- children under 12;
- people arriving from Andorra, Czechia, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, San Marino or Vatican City (Holy See);
- people arriving from orange regions of Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland (Rep.), Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden or Switzerland. You can find all the information about the colour codes by region or by country here;
- people arriving from Australia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong, Jordan, Korea (Rep.), Macao, Moldova (Rep.), New Zealand, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Ukraine or Uruguay.
Updates on visa requirements
Residence permits issued by Italy with an annotation of ‘ASILO’ are not accepted for entering or transiting through Belgium.