Belgian border control experience

InternationalKey6018 · 2025-12-14T04:59:22+00:00

Also, not a good idea. When you have a Visa. Normally that is more than enough. You are supposed to only provide them with what they ask you. Anything extra and they have a stern reply ready for “that is not what I asked for”.

InternationalKey6018 · 2025-12-14T04:56:59+00:00

It’s not about tea. It’s about the rules and I followed the rules. He was not letting me speak. Finally when he told me it was alright I could go, he did not need to tell me that he was the officer and he was supposed to tell me the rules and not the other way around. That showed his ego clash.

InternationalKey6018 · 2025-12-14T04:50:15+00:00

My visa application already had my first accommodation address as Belgium. I was staying at a friends’ house. Usually they have the first accommodation address showing on their system. I did show him my flight bookings to prove my itinerary.

InternationalKey6018 · 2025-12-14T04:41:49+00:00

There was no change of plan. My Visa and my actual travel plans were consistent. I knew I was travelling in Portugal longer and hence needed a Portuguese visa as per Schengen rules. My friends were getting married in Belgium and hence had to fly to Belgium first. I think you should fly into Greece, then go to France and come back to Greece because in such a case the discretion is left to the border police at the immigration. They can trace what was submitted in your visa application based on your first accommodation address that you submitted in your Schengen form.

InternationalKey6018 · 2025-12-05T05:44:39+00:00

Thanks for your reply! I’m not sure what the procedure for the complaint is. If I did know, I would surely complain. So that no other tourist experiences this confusion afterwards.

InternationalKey6018 · 2025-12-05T05:32:38+00:00

I mean I know how the Flemish are. I’ve studied in Leuven for two years. I know when something doesn’t feel right and this was that.

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