After you have been vaccinated in Belgium or after your foreign vaccination has been registered by a doctor, the Belgian government will issue a digital COVID certificate (=covid safe ticket or CST).
A CST-ticket will only be asked at the entrance of events or bars if the corona barometer is in orange or red. It might also be asked upon traveling (depending on the regulations of your destination).
All info about the digital certificate can be found online, you can also request your COVID certificate there. For those who cannot access the online certificate, there are the following possibilities:
- You call +32 78 78 78 50 (Flanders) or +32 2 214 19 19 (Brussels) to have a paper certificate sent to your physical address in Belgium.
- Contact your local registration office for activation of your digital keys. Students in Leuven can do this at the City Office.
- Students who are not in Belgium can send a request to servicedesk.dto@bosa.fgov.be.
EU citizens request their CST in their own country.
This EU CST is valid in all European countries, including Belgium and all vaccines given in other countries should be registered in their own country, to update the national CST. A growing number of non-EU countries have Covid Certificates that are valid in the EU.
Non-EU citizens with long term stay (over 3 months) in Belgium, can apply for CST in Belgium through the above procedure. Vaccines received in other countries should therefore be registered in Belgium.
Non-EU visitors with short term stay (under 3 months) in Belgium, can request a temporary CST.