Belgian Consulate General in Guangzhou

Chinese citizens need a visa for Belgium, obtained before travel. Applications may be taken here or by a visa centre working for Belgium.

2025 figures: 3,442 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Belgium’s consulate general in Guangzhou, and 3,276 visas were issued. 133 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 3.9%. The refusal rate rose by 2.3 points from 1.6% in 2024. Applications rose by 349% compared with 2024 (767).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 1.6% (2024) to 6.2% (2023).

Belgium issues Schengen visas at 3 locations in China; this office handled 15% of their 22,229 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Beijing 2.1% and Shanghai 2.2%, which makes Guangzhou the highest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in China, 4.0% of applications were refused in 2025; Belgium’s rate worldwide was 26.1%. Belgium received the 14th largest number of applications of the 27 Schengen states represented here.

94.9% of the visas issued here were multiple-entry visas, valid for several trips. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of China.

The Belgian embassy is in Beijing, about 1,894 km away. Besides the Belgian consulate general in Guangzhou, Belgium has 2 other missions in China. Consulates: Shanghai. China in turn has 2 missions in Belgium, its embassy being in Brussels.

About the Belgian consulate general in Guangzhou

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Belgium in Guangzhou. Career consulates of this kind usually renew passports and take visa applications for their region.

Address and contact

Address: 华夏路 10, 510623 广州市. The record for the Belgian consulate general in Guangzhou includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website.

Belgian citizens travelling to China

Belgian citizens can visit China without a visa for up to 30 days.

When the Belgian consulate general in Guangzhou is closed

Expect the Belgian consulate general in Guangzhou to be shut on New Year's Day on Friday 1 January 2027 and Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) on Saturday 6 February 2027, and often on Armistice Day (Wapenstilstand) on Wednesday 11 November 2026, a holiday in Belgium.

Before visiting the Belgian consulate general in Guangzhou

Current procedures for the Belgian consulate general in Guangzhou, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the Belgian consulate general in Guangzhou

The Belgian consulate general in Guangzhou has 11 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.