Covid Entry Check: Belgium Travel Restrictions
This Belgium dashboard provides you with information on travel restrictions, quarantine on entry, Covid-19 cases, entry requirements and green lane updates.
- Partially Open
- Up to 14 Days
Entry is restricted to Citizens and PRs, Spouse & Children of Citizens/PRs, Other Residents (pass holders), Business Travellers, Transit, the following travellers may also enter:
• Travellers with a "C" visa issued by Belgium before 18 March 2020 or issued by other Schengen Member State traveling to stay in Belgium, must have an Essential Travel Certificate issued by Belgium.
• Students may enter.
More information can be found at https://www.info-coronavirus.be/en/travels/ and https://www.info-coronavirus.be/en/colour-codes-by-country/
For countries listed in greenlanes:
• Nationals and residents of Switzerland and EEA Member States may enter
• Travellers with a "C" visa issued by other Schengen Member State if traveling through Belgium to the country which issued the visa may enter;
• Travellers with a "D" visa issued by a Schengen Member State may enter;
• Residents other countries on this list
Other important information:
• Travellers with a "C" visa issued by other Schengen Member State, traveling through Belgium to the country which issued the visa, must have a verbal note or, other proof that the country of destination will allow them to enter.
• Travellers arriving from certain countries/regions do not need to a negative pre-arrival Covid-19 test. Details can be found at https://www.info-coronavirus.be/en/colour-codes-by-country/;
📝 Before your trip
You must obtain advance arrival permission to board your plane.
You are required to complete a pre-arrival form.
Form Details:
• A completed "Passenger Locator Form" must be submitted online at most 180 days before arrival. The form can be found at https://travel.info-coronavirus.be/public-health-passenger-locator-form
• Travellers must have an Essential Travel Certificate issued by Belgium or a ‘note verbale' stating that the country of destination will allow them to enter.
- this does not apply to nationals and residents of Switzerland and EEA Member States
- residents of coutnries listed in green lanes
For more information: https://travel.info-coronavirus.be/public-health-passenger-locator-form
You will need a formal Medical Certificate presenting a negative PCR test from an accepted establishment.
Your Certificate must be within 1.5 days of your arrival.
Testing Details:
Travellers must have a negative COVID-19 antigen test taken at most 36 hours before departure from the first embarkation point or a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken at most 72 hours before departure from the first embarkation point. The test result must be in Dutch, English, French or German
For more information: https://travel.info-coronavirus.be/public-health-passenger-locator-form
🛬 On Arrival
On Arrival you will be required to complete a test for Covid, with the cost borne by the traveller. For more information: and https://www.info-coronavirus.be/en/
😷 Quarantine details
General arrivals will be required to quarantine for up to 14days; Quarantine is to be served at your home / hotel (special arrangement may apply due to GreenLanes). For more information: https://www.info-coronavirus.be/en/
🛂 Travel restrictions
There are routes that have Green Lanes with fewer restrictions, see below.
There are no routes that have greater restrictions at this time.
