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Financial guarantee for students (Annex 32)

Information for guarantors willing to bear the costs for a non-EU student in Belgium.
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Guarantor

A guarantor commits to pay any healthcare, housing, educational and repatriation expenses for a third-country national studying in Belgium for:

  • one academic year, or
  • the entire duration of the studies, or
  • one year after the graduation

by signing a document called ‘Annex 32'.

Other options exist for a student to prove sufficient means of subsistence when applying for a long term visa.

Conditions to be a guarantor

  1. Be at least 18 years old.
     
  2. Have Belgian nationality, or
    Be a citizen of the European Union, or
    Be a third-country national authorized to reside indefinitely in Sweden/Latvia, or
    Be a relative up to the third degree of the student.
     
  3. Earn a net income of minimum 2.966,28 euro/month.
  4. Sign the Annex 32 in person at the embassy of Belgium in Stockholm (upon invitation, after assessment).

Procedure

  • Send the documents below by email to stockholm@diplobel.fed.be or by post to
    Embassy of Belgium
    Box 12195
    102 25 Stockholm
     
  • The embassy will review the application within 2 weeks and will contact the guarantor by email in case of incomplete/incorrect documents.
    If the requirements are met, the guarantor will:
    • be invited to fill in and sign the document 'Annex 32' in person at the Embassy of Belgium in Stockholm. 
    • receive the digitally legalized 'Annex 32' by email within a few days after the appointment. It will also be available online on legalweb.diplomatie.be.
 

Required documents

1

 Contact form (PDF, 17.58 KB)

2

 Passport copy of the guarantor (add your residence permit if you do not have Swedish nationality)

3

 Passport copy of the student

4

 Proof of residence of the guarantor (Personbevis from Skatteverket)
5

Proof of admission by a Belgian school or university for the coming academic year (or diploma if the visa is required for one year after graduation)
6

Employee: recent employer’s attest proving that the work contract is still in effect, or
Self-employed: a proof of payment of social security contributions, or a proof of registration of your company
7

3 last pay slips

8

 Tax resume for the last year (Besked beslut om årlig beskattning from Skatteverket)

9

 Proof of payment of 224 SEK to the Swedish bank account of the Embassy: 394 816 188, clearing number 6106 (Handelsbanken).
Please mention the “name of the guarantor”.

Conditions for being a guarantor