Legalization 

Applicants coming from the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttaranchal & West Bengal have to apply for their visa at the Embassy of Belgium in New Delhi. These applications can now be submitted at the Belgium Visa Application Centre at No 15 – 26 Block E 2nd Floor International Trade Tower, Nehru Place, New Delhi - 110019. 

NEW PROCEDURE
Official document issued by Indian public authority
Most common are certificates of civil status (birth/marriage/death certificates), diplomas, police clearance certificate and affidavits. These documents only require a single legalization (Apostille) issued by the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi. Additional legalization by the Belgian Consulate/Embassy is not required anymore.

Cordinates of Ministry of External Affairs Joint Secretary (Consular), MEA CPV Division, Patiala House Annexe Tilak Marg New Delhi.Tel No 011 2338 8015.

Email-jscons@mea.gov.in / dcpf@mea.gov.in Website http://mea.gov.in / http://mea.gov.in/apostille.htm

Official document issued by foreign public authority

Please consult www.diplomatie.be, Legalization, in order to find out whether legalization is required.

Legalization of other types of documents

Most common are the medical certificates issued by the approved doctors of the Belgium Embassy in Delhi and the formal obligations signed by the financial guarantors. Others may be documents for commercial and administrative purpose in which a person’s signature requires to be certified by the Embassy.

The Embassy of Belgium, Delhi has authorized the Belgium Visa Application Centre in Delhi to collect documents that need to be legalized. The documents will be sent to the Embassy for legalization on the next working day after they have been submitted and VFS will charge a nominal service charge of Rs.187/- (inclusive of all taxes) per document along with Legalization fee.

• All details on the documents like name, date of birth, parent's name, address, spouse’s name etc. must be legible and clear, and contain no overwriting, deletions(corrections will only be accepted when done in the official way)
• The documents will be sent to the Embassy for legalization on the next working day after they have been submitted Carry at least 01 photograph along with each document.
• The seal and signature of the consular officer should not be older the 6 months from the time of the issuance of the documents.
• The legalization fee per document is Rs. 630/- to be paid in cash.
• The VFS processing fee of Rs. 187/- per document to be paid in cash.
• You have the option of requesting for a courier return of your documents at an additional cost of Rs. 200/- per applicant.
• If the documents are not legalized by the Embassy, processing fees will not be refunded.
• The minimum processing time is 03 working days.
• For counter collection of documents, please bring your receipt with you at the time of collecting your documents. Collection timings will be between 1400-1600 hours, Monday – Friday except embassy holidays