Visa for Family Reunification to join child(ren)
Documents to be submitted with a visa application:

• A valid travel document (e.g. international passport) valid for one year after the visa issuance date. It is advisable that your passport contains at least two double blank pages reserved for visas (blank front and back) for each applicant (so, if a child travels with parent in the parent’s passport, there should be 4 blank pages (blank front and back), i.e. 8 blank pages.
• Two visa application forms correctly completed, signed and accompanied by two recent passport photographs bearing a true likeness to the applicant.
• Copy of the Belgian identity card, Belgian passport or the residence or settlement permit for foreign nationals issued to your child(ren) residing in Belgium
• Visa applicant's birth certificate. " Birth certificate of the child(ren) residing in Belgium
• Extract from your judicial record (Police clearance), no more than 6 months before date of application and covering the last 5 years.
• Proof that you are financially dependent on your child(ren) residing in Belgium
• Documents should be submitted in original + 2 photocopies. All originals are returned.

Important :

1. The documents listed above are only the basic documents to be submitted in all cases. Additional documents may be requested by the embassy or consulate.
2. Official documents issued in Russia or in Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan must be apostilled/legalised and accompanied by a certified translation.
3. The above mentioned type D visa is a one entry national visa and requires registration in the Belgian population registers on arrival.
4. For the correct fee, please click on Visa Fee page