Your own municipality takes the application
Passport applications are taken at the counter of your own municipality. Each office sets its own booking routine, serves visitors in its own languages, and has rules for children and for collecting the finished passport, with or without a new appointment.
Liège
Rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville 6, Château de Péralta, 4031 Liège
Walk in to apply, then collect an ordinary passport here once you receive a text or an e-mail.
Bring an identity card, compliant photograph and previous passport if held. A representative collecting an adult passport needs dated, signed authority, their identity card and the previous passport where applicable. Check the current fee and travel-document requirements before applying.
Liège
Rue de Herve 451, 4030 Liège
For a child’s passport, walk in together with the child, and the passport goes to the parent they are registered with.
Bring an identity card, compliant photograph and previous passport if held. A representative collecting an adult passport needs dated, signed authority, their identity card and the previous passport where applicable. Check the current fee and travel-document requirements before applying.
Liège
Rue Général-de-Gaulle 69, 4020 Liège
Walk in to apply, and expect an ordinary passport after about eight working days, not counting the day you applied.
Bring an identity card, compliant photograph and previous passport if held. A representative collecting an adult passport needs dated, signed authority, their identity card and the previous passport where applicable. Check the current fee and travel-document requirements before applying.
Liège
Rue Saint-Séverin 46, 4000 Liège
Walk in on a weekday and arrive well before closing, as queue tickets stop being given out a little earlier.
Bring an identity card, compliant photograph and previous passport if held. A representative collecting an adult passport needs dated, signed authority, their identity card and the previous passport where applicable. Check the current fee and travel-document requirements before applying.
Liège
Potiérue 5, Rez-de-chaussée — Cité administrative, 4000 Liège
Walk in to apply, and pick up an urgent passport here even if you applied at another Liège office.
Bring an identity card, compliant photograph and previous passport if held. A representative collecting an adult passport needs dated, signed authority, their identity card and the previous passport where applicable. Check the current fee and travel-document requirements before applying.
Liège
Boulevard Hector-Denis 338b, 4000 Liège
Walk in to apply, Saturday mornings included, and collect an ordinary passport at the same counter.
Bring an identity card, compliant photograph and previous passport if held. A representative collecting an adult passport needs dated, signed authority, their identity card and the previous passport where applicable. Check the current fee and travel-document requirements before applying.
Related services
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A paper or digital certificate showing where you are registered, with versions for address history or household. Find the municipal office that issues it.
Reset an eID PIN, replace activation codes or set up a digital key for online services. Useful for residents, residence card holders and some non-residents.
The eID for teenagers and adults and the Kids-ID for children. See how applying works and find the municipal office that handles your card.
For anyone who has moved house in Belgium. See who reports, what happens after the address check and which office handles it in your new town.
Learn whether you need an extract or a full copy, who can request it and how to reach the civil registry office in your municipality.
Other countries
Moving on, or comparing before you decide? See how this works elsewhere.
Most offices in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Deventer
Most offices in Bielefeld, Hanover, and Leipzig
Most offices in Madrid, Barcelona, and Seville
Most offices in Warsaw, Białystok, and Kraków
Most offices in Akranes, Akureyri, and Borgarnes
Where to next
See who can apply, what is different for children and how to prepare, then find the municipal office that handles passports.
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