Administrative fee for LONG STAY visas (type D) for Belgium

An administrative fee has to be paid before the submission of some LONG STAY visas
for Belgium (not for Luxembourg). This fee has to be paid in Belgium by the applicant or
by a third party (family member, employer, sponsor). The proof of payment has to be
provided together with the visa application. Some applicants don’t have to pay this fee.

This administrative fee has no interference with the visa fees, which remain the same and
have to be paid at the submission of the file at one of the Visa Application Centres of Gerry’s
International in Pakistan.

You will find in annex a table with an overview of this administrative fee per category as well
as all the cases in which an exemption is granted, for example, if the applicant is less than
18 years old, if the person to be joined in Belgium has citizenship of a EU-country (but not
Belgium) or if the person to be joined in Belgium by his spouse/wife or children younger
than 18 years has refugee status or benefits from subsidiary protection. There are
exceptions for other categories too.

The administrative fee has to be paid, in EURO in Belgium by bank transfer, directly to the following
bank account:
IBAN BE57 6792 0060 9235
BIC PCHQBEBB
Bank BPOST SA, Centrum Monnaie (sans numéro), 1000 Bruxelles
Beneficiary SPF Intérieur, Office des étrangers, Chaussée d’Anvers 59B, 1000 Bruxelles

The communication (statement) of this payment must clearly mention:

- Surname & First name of the applicant (as written in his/her passport)
- His/her nationality
- His/her date of birth: day (DD) – month (MM) – year (YYYY)
- Purpose of his/her stay (Article nr … - refer for that to the table in attachment)

The communication (statement) must strictly fit the following layout:

Surname First name Nationality DD.MM.YYYY Article

Samples:
1) YANG CHUAN PAKISTANI 01.02.1963 Article 10bis
2) YANG CHUAN AFGHAN 00.00.1963 Article 61/11

Please be aware that:

- The transfer costs are in charge of the person making the payment. He must pay the
amount of the administrative fee + the transfer costs
- The administrative fee is not refundable if the visa is refused or in case of
overpayment
- In case of insufficient payment the balance has to be paid within 30 days. If the
balance is not paid, the initial payment is not refundable.

The applicant has to provide the proof of payment of the administrative fee at the
submission of his/her visa application. If this is not the case, the visa application is not
admissible. For more information:
https://dofi.ibz.be/sites/dvzoe/EN/news/Pages/Contributioncoveringadministrativecostsofan
application.aspx

Husbands, wives and children under 18 years old joining a person with refugee status/
subsidiary protection in Belgium don’t have to pay the administrative fee. (When his/her
children are older than 18 years however, they have to pay 215 euros: art.9bis
humanitarian reasons)