Answered10 months ago
Do I need a return flight for a NON-O retirement visa application at the Brussels Embassy?
Hi , I'm filling up the details for a non O retirement visa at the Brussels Embassy. Now I have to give in my flight number. I haven't booked a flight yet because I'm not sure if I can come in with a onward flight. Or do I have to book a return flight? Why would I need a return flight if I want to stay there? Thank you for support.
Answer summary
When applying for a Non-O retirement visa, you are only required to provide flight information for your arrival, not a booked ticket. It is recommended to enter an exit flight within 90 days of your arrival flight, as the Non-O visa typically grants a 90-day stay. However, you do not need to have a return flight booked if you intend to stay longer.
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Ludo **********
Maar één goed antwoord: Non-O visa , geen returnvlucht nodig.
Simon *******
NON O visa is a long-term visa and don't require a return flight you can book a single ticket .
Brandon ************
They are asking for INFORMATION, not a ticket. Go lookup a flight and put the information in. The non-O visa only provides 90 days, so put an exit flight within 90 days of the flight you put in for arrival.
Brandon ************
@Jim ******
I am suspending you because you are giving this person bad and incorrect information. Stop trying to talk about things you are patently wrong about. This is a REQUIRED field on the visa application. You CANNOT skip it. No one is talking about onward travel, only you. You are the one bringing wrong information into this conversation.
Kenneth *******
@Brandon ***********
just a question i read all these comments and just smile 😶 at some But how can you suspend him ?Brandon ************
@Kenneth ******
it's a moderator ability. They cannot post or comment for the duration of the suspensionMario *********
OP@Brandon ***********
Arival en departure is no problem. I have to fill in the flightnumber but I have no tickets.Brandon ************
Airline search gives you the flight number. Even google flights shows you the flight numbers.
Mario *********
OP@Jim ******
And the non o retirement visa ? Skip this?Brandon ************
@Mario ********
Absolutely DO NOT listen to Jim. He has no idea what he's talking about.Jan ******************
@Jim ******
correct ✅Mario *********
OP@Brandon ***********
sure but you need to buy à flight before you get the flightnumber. A onward flight costs 400 euro's. A retour ticket costs 1100 euro's. If I can stay longer then 90days, I will loose 700 euro's. Or not ? Thank you anyway.
Anna *********
@Mario ********
just look up a flight number Don’t book it
Wayne *********
@Mario ********
I can look up flight numbers times and dates with out booking.How can you book if you can not look them up ?
Brandon ************
@Mario ********
Why would you need to buy a flight? Search for flights, it gives you the flight number right there. Put that into the application. No purchase necessary.Mario *********
OP@Brandon ***********
really ? Thank you 😉Jim *******
@Brandon ***********
Why are you talking rubbish? You know how it works. Non O no return flight. Not to even mention it.Brandon ************
@Jim ******
Visa applications absolutely, 100% ask for return date. The airline and immigration don't ask, but the application does.
Dennis *********
@Jan *****************
I had no return date so I didn’t put one especially since I was planning on staying by processing an extension of stay. I also figured if they wanted one they could always inquire by asking for additional information — they did ask for an additional document from DFAS.Plus I thought it better not to put something on my application I knew was a lie!!
Jan ******************
@Dennis ********
Good that it worked out for you, but it’s probably not advisable to leave fields blank in an application when they are explicitly requested.Dennis *********
@Brandon ***********
I left mine blank when I applied and had no issues getting my Non-O Retirement Visa
Graham ******
@Jim ******
When was that? Oh, before the eVisa was introduced wasn't it? There we go. Your experience from years ago has very little relevance to an application made today.Jan ******************
@Jim ******
I’m not trying to contradict your view, but the e-visa portal is fairly standardised, and I had to enter a travel plan when I applied for a 90 day Non O visa for a friend just a couple of weeks ago. I also had to do the same when I applied for my own visa last year.It is purely a technical formality. No tickets are uploaded, and you are anyway free to travel at any time within 90 days frame from the date the visa is issued.
Jim *******
@Jan *****************
Nobody asked me for my travel plans when I applied and got eVisa Non O 90 days.How could they? If I extend my Non O for another 12 monts, who the hell would chase that?
Jan ******************
@Jim ******
Do you understand that this has nothing to do with an onward travel requirement -a Non O visa is exempt from any onward ticket requirement, but they are simply asking for a travel plan when you apply for the visa itself.Jim *******
@Brandon ***********
110 times in Thai, never ever been asked for my retrurn flight.My eVisa, 90 days rertirement, nobody asked anything. Entering on my 1 year extension, October 29 2025 no fcuk gave a sh1t about my flights.
Stop panicking the posters.
Jan ******************
@Jim ******
They ask for a travel plan with a specific flight number in the e-visa portal. No flight tickets are required or requested.Activity
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