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Travel from/to Belgium. Entry requirements and rules

I live in Belgium

Optional travel abroad is prohibited for persons whose main place of residence is in Belgium.

What trips are considered necessary?

  • Travel for professional reasons
  • Travel of diplomats, ministers, heads of state and government; travel of personnel of international organizations and institutions and persons invited by these international organizations and institutions; trips of employees of diplomatic and consular missions and persons invited to these positions; travel of Members of the European Parliament in the context of their responsibilities
  • Travel for compelling family reasons
  • Travel for humanitarian reasons
  • Travel-related travel
  • Travel as part of the daily life of border municipalities and border regions
  • Travel to care for animals
  • Travel on legal obligations
  • Go for urgent repairs to ensure the safety of the vehicle
  • Travel as part of the move
  • Travel on

What should I do?

To make an important trip, you must meet the following conditions:

  1. You have a completed honorary declaration. You must always carry this declaration in your honor:

Load the form on paper
Fill out the form online

2. Have you been abroad for more than 48 hours, are you returning by plane or boat, or are you returning by train or bus from a country outside the EU or the Schengen area to Belgium? Fill in the Passenger Questionnaire no earlier than 48 hours before arrival in Belgium.

  • Based on your answers and the color code of the country you are leaving, the form calculates whether you consider yourself a high-risk contact.
  • Are you receiving a text message? You are a high risk person. You must be quarantined. Take the test on day 1 and the day of your quarantine. You will receive a code for this via text message.
  • Not receiving a text message? You do not need to be quarantined.
  • Did you fill in the passport form on paper? Then an employee will call you on the phone.

3. Are you traveling from the UK, South Africa or South America? Quarantine for 10 days. Take the test on day 1 and the day of your quarantine. You will receive a text message about this.

Travel tips

  • Want more information about activities or travel restrictions in other countries? Seek tourist advice.
  • Do you have to go abroad for a good reason? Register your trip on TravelersOnline. This way we can help you faster if you need help abroad.

I do not live in Belgium

This applies to persons who have nationality or principal place of residence in an EU country or the Schengen area, as well as persons who have their principal place of residence in a third country included in this list.

Optional travel to Belgium is prohibited for people who live mainly abroad.

What trips are considered necessary?

  • Travel for professional reasons;
  • Travel of diplomats, ministers, heads of state and government; travel of personnel of international organizations and institutions and persons invited by these international organizations and institutions; trips of employees of diplomatic and consular missions and persons invited to these positions; travel of Members of the European Parliament in the context of their duties;
  • Travel for compelling family reasons;
  • Travel for humanitarian reasons;
  • Study-related travel;
  • Travel as part of the daily life of border municipalities and border regions;
  • Travel for animal care;
  • Travel on legal obligations;
  • Go for urgent repairs to ensure the safety of the vehicle;
  • Travel as part of the move;
  • Travel on

What should I do?

To make an important trip, you must meet the following conditions:

  1. You have a negative PCR test that was performed no earlier than 72 hours before departure from the red zone to Belgium.

Exception: if you do not travel by plane, train, bus or boat and you are in Belgium for less than 48 hours, then a PCR test is not required.

2. You have a completed passenger form. You must always carry this declaration in your honor.

Load the form on paper
Fill out the form online

3. Do you stay in Belgium for more than 48 hours, do you arrive by plane or boat, do you travel to Belgium by train or bus from a non-EU or Schengen country? Complete the Passenger Questionnaire no earlier than 48 hours before arrival in Belgium.

  • Based on your answers and the color code of the country you are leaving, the form calculates whether you consider yourself a high-risk contact.
  • Are you receiving a text message? You are a high risk person. You must be quarantined and tested on day 7 of your quarantine. You will receive a code for this via text message.
  • Not receiving a text message? You do not need to be quarantined.
  • Did you fill in the passport form on paper? Then an employee will call you on the phone.

4. Are you traveling from the UK, South Africa or South America? Quarantine for 10 days. Take the test on day 1 and the day of your quarantine. You will receive a text message about this.

NOTE: If you do not have the citizenship of an EU country or the Schengen area, and if you live in a country that is not included in this list, other rules apply to basic travel.

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