Travel to Belgium

1. Where, when and how can you submit your visa application?
2. How much is the handling fee (cost for processing your visa application)?
3. Required documents
4. Checking the status of your visa application
5. Schengen representation for visa
6. Medical certificate - Certified doctor (only applicable for long stay visa - type D and short stay C medical visas)
7. Certificate of non-criminal record (only applicable for long stay visa - type D)
8. Contact

1. Where, when and how can you submit a visa application?

TLS is located on Ground Floor Block A Victoria Courts, Old Kira Road, Bukoto, Kampala.

Information on fees and booking of  a slot to submit a visa application are on the TLS fees page and TLS procedure page.
Information on visa requirements can also be found on the TLS Visa Types and Requirements page.

To ensure the rapid introduction of a visa file during a visit to the Belgian Visa Application Center (TLS) in Kampala, applicants are invited to fill out their visa application form online, prior to their visit to TLS. 
 

Who can submit a visa application to the Belgian Visa Application Center (TLScontact) in Kampala?

Residents of Uganda and South Sudan

Residents of the provinces North Kivu and South Kivu (DRC)

Residents of North Kivu and South Kivu can submit their visa application (type C, short stay) in the following places :

• Centre Européen des Visas (CEV) in Kinshasa
• Consulate general of Belgium in Lubumbashi
• Embassy of Belgium in Bujumbura
• TLS in Kampala
• TLS in Nairobi

Residents of DRC can submit their visa application (type D, long stay) only in DRC. However, if they are beneficiaries of a Belgian scholarship or are members of the family of a recognized refugee (or a person with subsidiary protection) in Belgium, they can exceptionally submit their visa application (Type D, long stay) also in the following places :

• Embassy of Belgium in Bujumbura
• TLS in Kampala
• TLS in Nairobi

Information on legalisation of Congolese documents is available on the website of the Belgian Embassy and Consulate in DRC.
 

Please visit the TLS fees page for more details.

The handling fee is not refundable in case of refusal or cancellation of the application.
 

Please visit the TLS Visa Types and Requirements page for details.

Medical travel insurance (PDF, 170.69 KB)

Information on Legalisation of documents procedure

Biometry - Visa Information System

All Schengen visa applicants must appear in person at the Belgian Visa Application Center (TLS) in Bukoto, except for children younger than 12, to have their 10 fingerprints and their photograph registered. These data are stored for 5 years in the VIS. The fingerprint registration procedure only takes a few minutes and identifies you with certainty as the sole licensee of the visa. It protects you against falsification or abuse of your identity (for instance, if your passport is stolen) and optimizes the border crossing. For more extensive information, we refer you to the European Union website.
 

Belgian embassies and consulates general 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.

In such a case, your file number will be communicated to you by the embassy or consulate general upon the submission of your file to the Immigration Office. From this stage onwards, the Immigration Office is the only authority to contact, if you wish to know the status of your application.

With the file number you can inquire about the status of your application (Antwerpsesteenweg 59B, 1000 Brussels, T: +32.2.793.80.00, infodesk@ibz.fgov.be). Using this number, you can also check the status of your visa application on the Immigration Office website.
 

Belgium represents Luxembourg for handling short stay visa applications (max. 90 days) and long stay visa applications (more than 90 days).

Exceptions: 
We accept visa applications from residents and citizens of South Sudan if their main destination is Belgium or Luxembourg.
 

To obtain a medical certificate, the Embassy works exclusively with The Clinic (The Village Mall – Bugolobi).  All costs will be borne by the applicant.

If the medical certificate includes a positive result and treatment is required, the applicant is free to go to any clinic of his/her choice. However, after treatment a new medical certificate will have to be obtained from The Clinic to confirm a negative result.

For more information about the issuance of medical certificates, please contact The Clinic directly.

The Clinic at The Village Mall - Bugolobi

Hours
9.00AM to 6.30 PM –Monday-Friday
9.00AM to 2.30 PM –Saturday

Nandawula Kanyerezi Mutema M.D
Executive Director & Physician

Email for appointment: bcp.clinicatthemall@gmail.com

Cell: +256 775 386 205
Office: +256 392 177283 
 

Katalima Road, Naguru 42

Telephone: (256) 414233814/ (256) 414250613

Email: Interpol@upf.go.ug
 

Should you still have questions, please contact us via kampala.visa@diplobel.fed.be (please mention your visa application number).