Latest rules for travellers from and to Belgium

Please find here the list of the essential reason to be allowed to travel across the boarder of Belgium:

• Compelling family reasons
• Humanitarian reasons
• Study purposes
• Residents of border areas
• Professional reasons when performing work-relatedactivities
• Miscellaneous

Are you leaving to abroad?
Travelling to foreign countries is not recommended and it is only allowed to cross the Belgian borders for an essential reason proven by a ‘sworn statement’. Consider very well if your trip is absolutely necessary because, in case that you are leaving to a red zone, at the moment of return you will be obligated to go into quarantine for at least 7 days. In case the country/region you are going to has a red code, after your return you go to quarantine and you will lose your right for unemployment benefits. This means that you will stay without income for that period of at least 7 days.

If you are still forced to travel, we advise you to check the measures applied in the country where you are going to before you leave.

For more information per foreign country use this link: https://diplomatie.belgium.be/nl/Diensten/Op_reis_in_het_buitenland/rei…

Did you plan to leave Belgium during the night? Don’t forget to respect the curfew. In Flanders and Wallonia, this is in effect between midnight and 5.00am, in Brussels from 10.00pm till 6.00am.

Are you coming to Belgium or returning after a stay of more than 48 hours in a red zone or you travel by plane, train, bus or boat form a red zone?

You are obliged to comply with the following rules:

If you are not a Belgian resident (i.e. you do not have a Belgian ID card) you are obliged:

• to prove you have tested negative for Covid-19 in the country that you are coming from. You must have taken the test no more than 72 hours before your departure and it must have been a PCR test analysed by an accredited laboratory and certified by a physician. The document containing the result of the test needs to be translated into English, French, German or Dutch.
• to fill in the Passenger Locator Form (PLF) 48 hours before coming to Belgium. You will receive confirmation by mail, which you have to keep as proof of filling in the form. Later, you will receive an SMS with further information about quarantine and a code that will enable you to get a Covid-19 test in Belgium.

You find this document here: https://travel.info-coronavirus.be/nl/public-health-passenger-locator-f…

• to fill ‘sworn statement’ document before coming to Belgium where you declare the reason of your travel. Keep this document with you throughout your journey

You find this document here: https://travel.info-coronavirus.be/essential-travel-sworn-statement

• to go into quarantine as soon as you arrive in Belgium, for 10 days from the date of arrival.
• to get tested on the 7th day after the date of arrival.
  • If the test on the 7th day is negative, you may leave quarantine.
  • If the test is positive, you must go into self-isolation and follow your doctor’s orders.

If you are a Belgian resident (i.e. you have a Belgian ID card) you are obliged:

• to fill in the Passenger Locator Form (PLF) 48 hours before coming to Belgium. You will receive confirmation by mail, which you have to keep as proof of filling in the form. Later, you will receive an SMS with further information about quarantine and a code that will enable you to get a Covid-19 test in Belgium.

You find this document here: https://travel.info-coronavirus.be/nl/public-health-passenger-locator-f…

• to fill ‘sworn statement’ document before coming to Belgium where you declare the reason of your travel. Keep this document with you throughout your journey

You find this document here: https://travel.info-coronavirus.be/essential-travel-sworn-statement

• to go into quarantine as soon as you arrive in Belgium, for 10 days from the date of arrival.
• to get tested on the 1st day after the date of arrival.
• to get tested on the 7th day after the date of arrival.
  • If the test on the 7th day is negative, you may leave quarantine.
  • If the test is positive, you must go into self-isolation and follow your doctor’s orders.

Which measures do you have to respect all the time in the fight against the virus?

• Keep 1,5 meters distance, if not possible wear a face mask
• Limit your social contacts to an absolute minimum
• Respect the hygiene rules
• If you feel sick, stay at home and contact a doctor

Note that the Belgian government are monitoring observation of these obligations and that there are fines for failure to comply.

Changes are possible. For the most current information, please visit www.info-coronavirus.be/en/.