What services are offered by Belgian consular officers?
- You are Belgian and you are travelling temporarily abroad, consult the section Travelling abroad.
- You are Belgian and you live permanently abroad, consult the section Consular administrative assistance.
What services are not offered by Belgian consular officers?
- Intervening in private affairs (for example, hotel bookings, the payment of hotel bills, storing your luggage, finding accommodation, the payment of medical expenses, customs’ transactions, fines, legal fees, bail payments, fetching back an abducted child or accommodating a minor, the enforcement of a Belgian civil order in a third country, or obliging another country to settle a family dispute, inquiries into crimes or deaths, etc.).
- Ensuring that you benefit from preferential treatment in hospitals, by a doctor, in the case of imprisonment, for excursions or visits, or even ensuring your release from prison or intervening in legal proceedings.
- Ensuring that you get a job, obtaining your resident's permit or your work permit or an extension of your visa.
Consular administrative assistance abroad is provided by more than a hundred Belgian general consular posts and career consular posts.
General consular posts and career consular posts are mainly located in the capital [or other cities] of the countries covered by the exercise of their consular duties. These sometimes extend to other neighbouring countries where Belgium does not have consular representation.
They provide public services for Belgians abroad.
Since the entry into force of the consular code on 15/06/2014, administrative assistance is only provided to Belgians who are registered in the consular population register. Administrative assistance to Belgians who are not registered in these registers is limited to the issue of provisional travel documents if the issuing conditions are fulfilled.
As a Belgian domiciled overseas, it is advisable to always contact the Belgian general consular post or the career consular post in your country before contacting the FPS Foreign Affairs in Brussels.
Consular fees
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Consular fees
Overview of the consular fees.
Sworn translators
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Sworn translators
List of sworn translators recognised by the Embassy of Belgium in Cairo.
Certified medical doctors
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Certified medical doctors
Contact details of certified medical doctors.
Consular registration
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Consular registration
Information on your registration at a Belgian consulate.
Passport
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Passport
Information on the Belgian passport.
Electronic identity card and Kids-ID
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Electronic identity card and Kids-ID
Information on the electronic identity card and Kids-ID.
Registry
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Birth
Information on birth abroad.
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Acknowledgement of parentage
Information on acknowledgement of parentage.
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Intercountry adoption
Information on intercountry adoption.
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Giving a name
Information on giving a name.
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Marriage
You are Belgian and want to get married in Egypt.
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Cohabitation
Information on cohabition.
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Divorce
Information on divorce.
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Death abroad
Information on death abroad.
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Registration certificates
Information on registration certificates.
Notarial competence
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Notarial competence
Informatie on notarial competence.
Pension
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Pension
Information on your Belgian pension abroad.
Nationality
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Nationality
You can have Belgian nationality legally or voluntarily. You can also lose your Belgian nationality. This section will provide you with further information.
Extract from the criminal record
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Extract from the criminal record
Information on the extract from the criminal record.
Social security
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Social security
Information on social security abroad.
Forms
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Forms
Forms for Belgian nationals abroad.
Euthanasia declaration
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Euthanasia declaration
Any Belgian citizen who has a national number can make a euthanasia declaration.