Belgian Embassy in Pretoria

Belgium requires South African citizens to hold a visa issued in advance. Whether the Belgian embassy in Pretoria takes applications itself or through a visa centre is set out on its official website.

2025 figures: 3,050 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Belgium’s embassy in Pretoria, and 2,736 visas were issued. 228 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 7.7%. That is barely different from 2024 (7.2%). Applications rose by 9% compared with 2024 (2,806).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 7.2% (2024) to 10.6% (2023).

Belgium issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in South Africa; this office handled 64% of their 4,782 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Cape Town 3.5%, which makes Pretoria 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 South Africa, 5.3% of applications were refused in 2025; Belgium’s rate worldwide was 26.1%. Belgium received the 11th largest number of applications of the 21 Schengen states represented here.

93.3% 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 South Africa.

The Belgian embassy in Pretoria is one of 2 missions of Belgium in South Africa. Consulates: Cape Town. South Africa in turn has 2 missions in Belgium, its embassy being in Brussels.

About the Belgian embassy in Pretoria

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Belgium in Pretoria.

Address and contact

Address: Leyds Street 625, 0002 Muckleneuk. The record for the Belgian embassy in Pretoria includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website.

Belgian citizens travelling to South Africa

Belgian citizens can visit South Africa without a visa for up to 90 days.

When the Belgian embassy in Pretoria is closed

Expect the Belgian embassy in Pretoria to be shut on Day of Reconciliation on Wednesday 16 December 2026 and Christmas Day on Friday 25 December 2026, and often on Armistice Day (Wapenstilstand) on Wednesday 11 November 2026, a holiday in Belgium.

Before visiting the Belgian embassy in Pretoria

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

Near the Belgian embassy in Pretoria

Within 1 km of the Belgian embassy in Pretoria there are 5 other foreign missions.