In the context of its legal mandate the Immigration Office has access to different national and international/European databases, which can contain personal data related to you.

Transparency - SIS II

Because of its missions as stated by law, the Belgian Immigration Office has access to certain personal data beging processed in the Schengen Information System (SIS). In the attached document you will find more information about this topic.

Transparency - processing of personel data Short Stay Visa

When you apply for a Short Stay Visa the Belgian Immigration Office will process personal data.  In the attached documents you will find more information about this topic, as well about the processing in the data bases of the Immigration Office as about the processing in the European V.I.S. data base.

Documents

National Register

In the context of its legal tasks, the Immigration Office has access to certain personal data in the National Register of Natural Persons, the Register of Belgian Identity Cards and the Register of Belgian foreign nationals' cards. You can find more information about this in Decisions 13/2020, 18/2021 and 26/2021 of the Minister of the Interior.

See the documents in French or Dutch.

Various authorisations

In the context of its legal tasks, the Immigration Office is authorised to receive personal data from a number of other Belgian public services or is authorised to access certain personal data. You can find more information about this in this chapter.

See the documents in French or Dutch.