Dummy ticket (flight reservation) for Belgium visa from India

What the Belgium checklist asks for

• A flight reservation for the full journey in every traveller’s name, matching the dates on your application form.
• Hotel reservations for each night, in every Schengen country you visit, or your host’s proof of accommodation.
• A cover letter giving the purpose, length of stay, travel companions, and transport and accommodation details.
• Evidence of what brings you back to India, such as family, property and income, which the Embassy treats as guarantees for return.
• Travel medical insurance of at least €30,000, starting on the day you fly.
• Two complete sets of your documents, as VFS asks for short-stay files.

Belgium visa checklist: every item as printed, flight and hotel lines highlighted · A real order: flight reservation and hotel bookings matched date by date

Which Belgian post handles your file

Belgium divides India in two. The Embassy in New Delhi covers North and East India through VFS centres in Delhi, Gurugram, Chandigarh, Jalandhar and Kolkata. The Consulate General in Mumbai covers West and South India through centres in Mumbai, Pune, Ahmedabad, Goa, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kochi and Puducherry. Mumbai handled about two thirds of Belgium’s 33,333 Indian applications in 2025.

For the North and East zone, VFS says “New slots are released every 1st Monday of the month for visa appointments in the upcoming month”. If you are applying from Punjab, Haryana or Delhi in a busy month, that is the day to look for a slot.

Low refusals, long visas, close attention to return

Belgium refused 7.7% of Indian applications in 2025, about half the India average of 15.7%, and 89.6% of the visas it issued were multiple-entry. That sits alongside a clear emphasis in the Embassy’s guidance on “guarantees for return (assessment of migration risk)”: family in India, property and steady income.

Not every file is decided in India. Some are referred to the Immigration Office in Brussels, and then the 15 working days “may be extended up to 30 Calendar days and even, exceptionally, 60 Calendar days”. If your file is referred, plan for the longer timeline before you fix leave dates with your employer.

Getting to Brussels without a direct flight

There is no non-stop flight between India and Belgium. Jet Airways and Brussels Airlines both ended theirs years ago, and Brussels Airport is reported to be talking to Indian carriers about a return. Most Indian travellers connect through Frankfurt or Munich, a Gulf hub or Istanbul, or fly non-stop to Paris or Amsterdam and continue by train.

The train option shapes your application. Land in Paris or Amsterdam and your first Schengen entry is France or the Netherlands. That is fine when Belgium has the most nights, but your reservation will show the flight to Paris or Amsterdam, so your itinerary must show the rail leg to Brussels and back, and any nights you spend in the arrival city need a hotel too.

Combining Belgium with the UK, and the three-day rule

Many Indians pair Belgium with the UK, or with the Netherlands and Luxembourg. At the New Delhi centre, VFS offers a “Single VAC Visit” so you can submit UK and Belgium applications together for an extra charge. The two countries still decide separately, so keep the dates and the route identical across both files.

Once you are in Belgium, everyone on a short stay “must declare their presence within the following three days”. Hotels do this for their guests automatically. If you stay with family or friends, ask your host how to make the declaration.

Flying from India to Belgium

Your reservation should follow a route you could realistically fly. These are common options; schedules change, so the desk confirms what is bookable for your dates.

Mistakes to avoid with a Belgium application

• Booking a VFS slot in the wrong zone for your state of residence.
• Bringing one set of documents when VFS asks for two.
• A flight into Paris or Amsterdam with no train leg to Belgium on the itinerary.
• Hotel bookings in Brussels only, when the plan also includes nights in Amsterdam or Paris.
• Fixing leave or event dates that leave no room for a referral to Brussels.
• Different dates on UK and Belgium applications submitted together.

Dummy ticket and hotel bookings, matched to your itinerary

We do not send one loose document. The desk matches the flight reservation and every hotel booking to your itinerary: the same dates, the same cities, and no night left uncovered. These are the real documents of one order for a Switzerland visa file, issued on 5 November 2026: one flight reservation and four hotel bookings that cover all 9 nights between the two flights. Personal details are blacked out; everything else is as issued.

• Flight reservationEtihad, Hyderabad (HYD) to Zurich (ZRH), status Confirmed
• Hotel booking, ZurichMEININGER Hotel Zürich Greencity, 3 nights
• Hotel booking, GenevaB&B HOTEL Geneva Airport, 3 nights
• Hotel booking, LucerneSeminarhotel Romerohaus, 2 nights
• Hotel booking, Zurich AirportLeonardo Hotel Zurich Airport, 1 night

Open the full documents and the day-by-day table: flight and hotels matched date by date

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