Belgium - Apply for Passport

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Procedure

1. Belgians can apply for a passport from the municipal administration of their place of residence.
2. They must submit the documents required for such application.
3. Their biometrics must be taken.
4. They must pay the fee.

Emergency Passport

• Applications must be submitted during office hours to the Passport Office of the FPS Foreign Affairs. Outside office hours, temporary passports will be issued by the FPS Foreign Affairs staff on duty. Both can be reached by calling the general number 02 501 81 11.

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Required Documents

• A Belgian identity card or any document which is proof of identity
• The previous passport or a certificate stating that the passport was lost or stolen
• Parental consent for children under age 18

Office Locations & Contacts

Telephone number for all your enquiries: +32 2 501 81 11

Eligibility

Belgian citizens

Fees

The price of a passport includes a federal tax, production costs (which are higher if a passport application is urgent or an application is made for a 64-page passport instead of the standard 32-page one) and, if the passport application is submitted to a municipal administration, municipal taxes (for further information on fees, please contact your municipal administration since each municipal administration charges its own fee).

Federal tax is not payable on passports issued to children under the age of 18 but production costs and any municipal taxes still apply.

Passports applied for at a Belgian embassy or consulate must be paid for in local currency. Please contact the Belgian Embassy or Consulate for details of prices in local currency, which will depend on the exchange rate.

List of Prices for Belgian Passports: http://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/binaries/prijs_Paspoorten_NL_tcm312-122220.pdf

Validity

Passports are valid for 5 years.

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Processing Time

• Passports are issued within five working days once the passport application has been collected.
• The time required to issue a passport depends on the number of collections, of which there are a minimum of two per week. Your municipality can provide more precise details on the frequency of collections.
• A new emergency procedure has also been introduced: for an additional fee, passports may be issued by the municipality or province on the day after collection of the application by the private firm, provided that the application is faxed by the municipality or province to the production center by 3 p.m.

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Instructions

• Belgians officially residing in Belgium and present on Belgian territory: passports are requested from the municipal administration of their place of residence.
• Belgians residing or travelling abroad: passports are requested from the Belgian embassy or consulate competent for the relevant country or region.
• Belgians officially residing abroad but present on Belgian territory: passports are requested from the provincial administration competent for their last municipality of residence in Belgium.
• A normal Belgian passport may be obtained very quickly from your municipal or provincial administration via the emergency procedure.

Required Information

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1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Need for the Document

A passport is a travel document that allows a person to travel abroad.

Belgium has been issuing biometric passports incorporating an electronic chip. These meet the high technological and security standards established by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO). During this first phase, in accordance with international agreements, the chip contains information such as the passport holder's identity, signature and photograph, i.e. information which is visible to the naked eye on page 2 of the passport. During this initial phase, fingerprints are not yet included on the chip.

The second phase has begun. The first Belgian biometric passports with fingerprints encoded on the chip are in use since June 2010. These new biometric passports will first be issued in our embassies and consulates (schedule). From Spring 2012, the municipal and provincial administrations will gradually be provided with the necessary equipment and will also start issuing these new passports.

Biometric passports are also known as e-passports or electronic passports.

Information which might help

Even if you move to a different Belgian municipality or country, your passport remains valid. Accordingly, moving does not affect the expiry date of your passport.

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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External Links

Kingdom of Belgium, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Corporation: http://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/

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