The Honorary Consulate of Belgium in Valletta is a volunteer-run office that assists Belgian citizens in Malta; passport and visa applications go to the Belgian Embassy in Rome (accredited to Malta).
Contact Details
| Address | 18A/3 M.A. Vassalli Street, Valletta VLT 1311, Malta |
| Telephone | +356 2123 0893 |
| Fax | +356 2123 7606 |
| info@gattshipping.com | |
| Head of Mission | Malcolm Gatt, Honorary Consul |
Opening Hours
No regular opening hours are published. Contact the consulate by phone or e-mail to arrange a visit.
Location of the Consulate
About the honorary consulate in Valletta
The honorary consulate represents Belgium in Malta. No opening hours are published; arrange a visit in advance. To do so, call +356 2123 0893 and e-mail info@gattshipping.com.
The office is in Malta’s capital, Valletta, about 6 km from Malta International Airport in Luqa.
As citizens of an EU country, Belgian nationals need no visa for Malta; a valid passport or national identity card is enough to enter.
Which Belgian office issues passports and visas?
Passports and other formal consular services for Belgian citizens are handled by the Belgian Embassy in Rome (accredited to Malta).
Belgium has no embassy in Malta. According to the diplomatic list of the Maltese Ministry for Foreign Affairs (4 August 2026), the mission accredited to Malta is the Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium in Rome. It is headed by Andy Detaille (ambassador, credentials presented on 26 November 2025).
Contact details of the Belgian Embassy in Rome, as listed on its page in this directory:
- Address: Via Giuseppe de Notaris, 6, 00197 Rome, Italy
- Telephone: +39 06 3609511
- Email: rome@diplobel.fed.be
- Website: italy.diplomatie.belgium.be/it
What can an honorary consul do?
An honorary consul is not a career diplomat but a local resident – often a business person or lawyer – appointed by Belgium and approved by the host country. Depending on the powers granted, the honorary consul can help Belgian citizens in an emergency (lost passport, accident, arrest), pass on applications and documents to the embassy, and certify signatures or life certificates. Passports and visas are not issued by an honorary consulate; they remain the responsibility of the embassy or a career consulate.
Other consulates and embassies in Valletta
21 other countries are represented in Valletta, among them: Austria (honorary), Azerbaijan (honorary), Bahamas (honorary), Botswana (honorary), Canada (honorary), Denmark (honorary), Ecuador (honorary), France (embassy), Jamaica (honorary), Luxembourg (honorary), Malawi (honorary), Mozambique (honorary), Panama (honorary), South Korea (honorary), Sovereign Order of Malta (embassy), Sri Lanka (honorary), Sweden (honorary), Switzerland (honorary), Uganda (honorary), Zambia (honorary). The full list of all 22 missions is on the overview page for Malta.
Closing days
Malta has 14 public holidays: New Year’s Day (1 January), St Paul’s Shipwreck (10 February), St Joseph (19 March), Freedom Day (31 March), Good Friday, Workers’ Day (1 May), Sette Giugno (7 June), St Peter and St Paul (29 June), the Assumption (15 August), Victory Day (8 September), Independence Day (21 September), the Immaculate Conception (8 December), Republic Day (13 December) and Christmas Day (25 December). Holidays that fall on a weekend are not moved to a weekday; Good Friday 2027 is on 26 March. The honorary consulate may also close on Belgium’s national day (21 July).
Belgian missions in Malta
- Rome – Embassy of Belgium (accredited to Malta, no resident embassy in Malta)
- Valletta – Honorary Consulate (this page)
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Details checked on 16 October 2026. Sources: Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Malta – Foreign Consular Representation in Malta (updated 14 May 2026).
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