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.
Seraing
Place Kuborn 5, 4100 Seraing
Phone or e-mail first to confirm timing, and avoid arriving just before closing, when queue tickets can run out.
Bring your identity document, previous passport if you have one, and one colour identity photo taken within six months that meets ICAO requirements. Check the official photo rules before attending.
Seraing
Avenue Wuidar 71, 4102 Seraing
Open Monday to Friday, later on Thursdays, plus the second Saturday morning of the month.
Bring a colour identity photo no more than six months old. Ask what identity document and previous passport are required, and check child attendance and parental-authority documents for a minor. Confirm the available procedure and estimated delivery time; an urgent passport is not guaranteed.
Seraing
Avenue du Gerbier 6, 4100 Seraing
Arrive well before closing, as long queues can end service early, and phone to check for appointments.
Bring a colour identity photo no more than six months old. Ask what identity document and previous passport are required, and check child attendance and parental-authority documents for a minor. Confirm the available procedure and estimated delivery time; an urgent passport is not guaranteed.
Seraing
Place Brossolette 6, 4101 Seraing
Phone first, since opening is limited to Mondays, Thursdays and one Saturday morning a month.
Bring a colour identity photo no more than six months old. Ask what identity document and previous passport are required, and check child attendance and parental-authority documents for a minor. Confirm the available procedure and estimated delivery time; an urgent passport is not guaranteed.
Seraing
Rue Miville 36, 4101 Seraing
Bring a colour photo taken within the last six months, and note it is open only Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Bring a colour identity photo no more than six months old. Ask what identity document and previous passport are required, and check child attendance and parental-authority documents for a minor. Confirm the available procedure and estimated delivery time; an urgent passport is not guaranteed.
Seraing
Rue du Pairay 6, 4100 Seraing
Open on weekdays with a later finish on Wednesdays, and closed on Saturdays.
Bring a colour identity photo no more than six months old. Ask what identity document and previous passport are required, and check child attendance and parental-authority documents for a minor. Confirm the available procedure and estimated delivery time; an urgent passport is not guaranteed.
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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