27/12/2018
Ogeeysiis,
Waxaa la ogeeysiinaya dhamaan somalida inta buufiska daneeyso laga bilaabo 01/01/2019 safaarada Belgium ka oo ay ku leedahay wadanka Uganda gaar ahaan Kampala aysan qaabili doonin family da somalida oo ay ku qaabilayaan Nairobi Kenya waxii faahfaahin ah nagala soo xiriir pageka. Mahadsanidiin.
Family reunion visa applications
As of 1 st January 2019 , all Somali visa applicants wishing to apply for family reunion with a family member (a refugee or a person with subsidiary protection in Belgium) will have to submit their visa applications in Nairobi (Kenya)! This is irrespective of your own personal status (refugee, resident etc) in Uganda.
This practically means:
The Belgian Visa Application Center (VFS) in Kampala will only receive and handle applications from Somali visa applicants until the end of this year 2018, in essence the applicants who have already booked an appointment until 31 st December .
Appointments that were made at VFS Kampala from 1st January 2019 onwards will be cancelled and clients advised to transfer their visa applications to Nairobi, details on the visa procedure in Nairobi can be found on the website of the Embassy of Belgium in Kenya via
https://kenya.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/travel-to-belgium/visa/kenya
All visa applications and appointments need to be made through the TLS - Belgian Visa Application Centre website instead of through the Embassy.