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Resumption of the Belgium visa services in Iraq
- Visa applications:
All visa types will again be accepted at TLS from now on.
The applications that have already received a decision will be sent back to TLS as soon as possible. TLS will inform the applicant after receiving the documents.
If additional documents are required TLS will contact the applicant with the request to provide these documents.
IMPORTANT ! When introducing a visa application with legalized documents, the documents will have to be legalized before introducing the visa application.
- Legalisation services:
All legalizations introduced at TLS in the last weeks will be sent to the embassy of Belgium in Amman for legalization. TLS will inform you when the documents are available.
IMPORTANT ! We would like to remind you again that when introducing a visa application with legalized documents, the documents will have to be legalized before introducing the visa application.
The Embassy of Belgium in Amman and TLScontact are working hard to process all pending files and strive to contact the applicants as soon as possible.
The embassy of Belgium in Amman would like thank all applicants for the understanding and respect you have shown during this difficult period in the region and will do anything in its power to deliver all documents to the applicants as soon as possible.
For questions regarding this procedure, please contact:
Information on the GDPR
Privacy statement. Processing of personal data in the context of a visa application
Visa Application Procedure
Visa applications are handled by TLScontact offices in Jordan and Iraq (Internet Explorer is not supported). Their Call Centres can be reached by telephone at: +962 79 111 44 33 (Jordan) and +964 78 3541 5201 (Iraq).
If you are a resident of Jordan or Iraq and you want to apply for a visa for Belgium or Luxembourg, please follow the steps hereunder:
Step 1: Know your visa type
Step 2: Create an account
Step 3: Fill in the electronic Visa Application From
Step 4: Book an appointment at the visa centre of your choice (Internet Explorer is NOT supported!):
Step 5: Submit the passport, application form and all the supporting documents at the visa centre
Please note that:
- The account can be used later for further applications.
- From this account, you can complete and send different visa application forms (e.g. family members).
You can only apply for a Belgian Schengen visa if:
- Belgium is the only destination you are traveling to in the Schengen zone.
- Your main stay in the Schengen zone will be in Belgium, either in length or purpose of stay.
- Belgium is the first entry to the Schengen zone (in case of equal length of stay in multiple Schengen states).
Documents in Arabic must be translated into English or one of the national languages (French, Dutch, German) by a sworn translator.
For Long stay visa (= more than 90 days), official documents issued by public authorities (marriage, birth, and death certificates, or diplomas, police clearance certificates and affidavits) have to be legalized before submitting. Click here for all details on legalizations.
Diplomatic passport holders and family members (from the same household) of an EU citizen can still submit their visa applications directly at the Embassy of Belgium after filling out the visa application form on the website visaonweb.diplomatie.be and taking an appointment via e-mail: amman.visa@diplobel.fed.be.
Required Documents
1. Documents required for short stay visa (type C)
Any person entering Belgium for a short stay (90 days within any 180-day period) must declare their presence within three days of arrival if they are not staying in a hotel, hospital, or prison.
Since 10 April 2026, you can declare your arrival in Belgium online via the electronic form “My Address in Belgium” (MAB). You therefore no longer need to register your arrival with the municipal administration of your place of residence.
More information about the Entry Exit System, “My Address in Belgium”, and the obligation to declare your arrival in Belgium can be found on the website of the Immigration Office and on social media: LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.
2. Documents required for family regrouping visa (type C+D)
3. Documents required for long stay visa (type D)
4. Documents required for return visa
Checking the status of your visa application
Belgian embassies and consulates must submit certain visa applications to the Immigration Office of the Federal Public Service Home Affairs for a final decision. It is the only competent authority with regards to the admittance, stay, residence and removal of foreigners from Belgian territory.
The Immigration Office can inform you about the procedures or the status of a visa application. Their call centre is open from 9.30 AM to 12 PM and from 2 PM to 3 PM (on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday) and from 2 PM to 4 PM on Thursday via +32 2 488 88 00 and can also be reached by email: infodesk@ibz.fgov.be. Have your file number or the number of the administrative file (PSN + 7 digits) ready!
Using your file number, you can also check the status of your visa application on the Immigration Office website
Once a decision has been taken by the Immigration Office, the applicant will be informed about the status of the visa application by TLScontact.
Visa handling fees
See the list of consular fees
Please note that the visa fee is non-refundable.
An additional contribution is required for the processing of certain visa D applications; in this case you will be requested to submit a proof of payment of this additional contribution as a part of your visa application, otherwise your application will be considered inadmissible.
Please note that the handling fee is to be paid at the time of the application. If the applicant is exempt from paying the handling fee, he or she is not automatically exempt from paying the additional contribution. For more information about this, we refer you to the Immigration Office website
A service fee equivalent to 19,80 EUR (Jordan) or 44 EUR (Iraq) will be charged by the Visa Application Centre. Applicants that are exempt from the visa fee are not exempted from paying the service fee. Please note that under no circumstances a fee should be paid for making an appointment at the Visa Application Centre.
Consular fees
On this page you will find all information on our consular fees.
Pledge of financial support of the student: Bijlage 32/Annexe 32
On this page, you will find all the information on the pledge of financial support of the student - Bijlage 32/Annexe 32.
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