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Diploma for NARIC Vlaanderen in Belgium
Use the NARIC guidance tool for the document list matching your diploma. Copies or scans normally suffice; NARIC contacts you if originals are needed for verification. NARIC-Vlaanderen does not require an apostille or other legalisation. This exemption concerns this NARIC application, not every use of a diploma in Belgium.
Understand the processDocuments required by NARIC
Link to this sectionUse the NARIC guidance tool for the document list matching your diploma. Copies or scans normally suffice; NARIC contacts you if originals are needed for verification. NARIC-Vlaanderen does not require an apostille or other legalisation. This exemption concerns this NARIC application, not every use of a diploma in Belgium.
Translation: check each document
Link to this sectionA Belgian sworn translation of the diploma is required when the original is not in Dutch, French, English, German or Afrikaans. The translation must be in Dutch, French, English or German: Afrikaans is accepted for the original, not as a target language. Annexes have their own rules. Check each item on your personalised list before ordering.
What does the authority really read?
Link to this sectionNot just a diploma title. NARIC Vlaanderen wants to read the level, the annexes and the right recognition route, inside a coherent academic sequence and with the correct procedure attached.
Where is most time lost?
Link to this sectionOn the wrong institutional route, on missing annexes or on a translation that erases the useful structure of the tables and the study path.
Documents to prepare
- Diploma, transcripts and annexes that will actually be read
- Identity aligned with the forms and the academic file
- No apostille or legalisation for the documents in this NARIC application.
- A Belgian sworn translation of the diploma is required when the original is not in Dutch, French, English, German or Afrikaans. The translation must be in Dutch, French, English or German: Afrikaans is accepted for the original, not as a target language. Annexes have their own rules. Check each item on your personalised list before ordering.
- Recognition form filed through the correct institutional route
Steps to follow
Choose the right authority
First verify that the file belongs with NARIC Vlaanderen.
Gather the useful annexes
Do not stop at the diploma or the first page; include the useful transcripts and supplements as well.
Check languages and translations
A Belgian sworn translation of the diploma is required when the original is not in Dutch, French, English, German or Afrikaans. The translation must be in Dutch, French, English or German: Afrikaans is accepted for the original, not as a target language. Annexes have their own rules. Check each item on your personalised list before ordering.
File a coherent set
Submit the diploma, annexes, translation and form in the same logic.
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