Belgium entry requirements, by passport

How much money you need to show

€95 per day if you stay in a hotel, or €45 per day if you stay with a private host

If you stay with a private host, the amount can be replaced by the formal obligation of support (Annex 3bis) that your host signs and has authenticated by their town hall. You must carry the full document to show at the border, and officers may still ask to see funds of your own. Cash counts, and so do bank, credit or prepaid cards that can withdraw cash in Belgium. A return ticket is usually required as well.

Source: European Commission, Annex 25 to the Practical Handbook for Border Guards (reference amounts notified by each State), version of 8 June 2026, and Belgian Immigration Office (dofi.ibz.be, page on reference amounts for short stays). Checked on 1 November 2026.

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Vaccinations

• No mandatory vaccines for entry. The international vaccination certificate is asked of nobody: not the yellow fever one, and not even of travellers arriving from a country with risk of transmission. That is what the country has declared in the International Health Regulations list.

Customs limits

Cash

Declare to the Federal Public Service Finance (Belgian Customs) if entering or leaving the EU with €10,000 or more in cash (or the equivalent in another currency, including bonds, shares, or traveller's checks).

Alcohol

Arriving from outside the EU (age 17+): 1 litre of spirits over 22% alcohol, or 2 litres under 22%; plus 4 litres of still wine and 16 litres of beer.

Tobacco

Arriving from outside the EU (age 17+): 200 cigarettes, or 100 cigarillos, or 50 cigars, or 250 grams of smoking tobacco.

Overstay penalties

The general Schengen rules apply. The Belgian Immigration Office (DOFI/IBZ) can also impose an entry ban of up to 3 years (extendable to 5 if fraud was involved, or longer if the person poses a serious threat to public order or national security), valid across the whole Schengen area; anyone found in the territory in breach of the ban is normally forcibly removed.

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Grounds for refusal

Apply to: Visa-free

• Not presenting a valid travel document: valid for at least three months after the intended departure and issued within the previous ten years (Art. 6(1)(a)).
• Not justifying the purpose and conditions of the stay, or not showing sufficient means of subsistence for the stay and the return (Art. 6(1)(c)).
• Having already used up the 90 days within the current 180-day period (Art. 6(1)).
• Being the subject of a Schengen Information System (SIS) alert for the purpose of refusing entry (Art. 6(1)(d)).
• Being considered a threat to public policy, internal security, public health or the international relations of a Schengen State (Art. 6(1)(e)).

Source: Regulation (EU) 2016/399 (Schengen Borders Code) , Art. 6(1). A refusal is given in writing with its reasons and can be appealed (Art. 14).

Apply to: Visa required

• Producing a false or falsified travel document, or reasonable doubts arising about the authenticity of the supporting documents submitted or the truthfulness of their content (Regulation (EC) 810/2009, Art. 32(1)(a)(i) and 32(1)(b)).
• Failing to justify the purpose and conditions of the intended stay (Art. 32(1)(a)(ii); the same entry condition appears in Art. 6(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2016/399, so it is also checked at the border).
• Failing to provide proof of sufficient means of subsistence for the whole intended stay and for the return to the country of origin or residence, and not being in a position to acquire such means lawfully (Art. 32(1)(a)(iii)).
• Having already used up the 90 days of stay within the current 180-day period on the territory of the Member States (Art. 32(1)(a)(iv)).
• Being the subject of an alert in the Schengen Information System (SIS) for the purpose of refusing entry (Art. 32(1)(a)(v)).
• Being considered a threat to public policy, internal security, public health or the international relations of any Member State (Art. 32(1)(a)(vi)).
• Failing to provide proof of adequate and valid travel medical insurance, where applicable (Art. 32(1)(a)(vii)).
• Reasonable doubts arising about the reliability of the statements made or about the applicant’s intention to leave the territory of the Member States before the visa applied for expires (Art. 32(1)(b)).

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