IgnacioEg
Argentine expat in Belgium
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Registration: 13 May 2021
L card vs B card by alex8111
Hi everyone!I am looking for some information about whether I can apply for a long term residence permit. I have been working in Belgium since 2016, but only this year switched to a local Belgian company. I see very different views on whether I am ...
@sakunthala 123 same applies for language. I did my Nationality by just presenting 5 years of payslips. That counts as a proof of social and economic integration and language. It sounds weird, but it's like that. Good luck with the procedure! Read More
Belgium Citizenship Processing Time Brussels/Forest by KevinSteen
Hey all, Hope you'all doing great. I applied for Belgium citizenship last week in Forest Brussels. I was just wondering what is the processing time now a days? Can anyone share experience for Forest commune in particular or Brussels in general? ...
Just an update to community, I got citizenship after 6 months. Best wishes for all those who are waiting or intending to apply. -@KevinSteenHey, congrats!from what I see your first post was end of October, so it took aprox. 4 months since you ... Read More
Career break and its effects on Nationality application by Josep Kutti
Dear expats ,I am a third country national and I hold identity card type L ( Resident longue dure - UE ).I plan to take a career break of 5 months and plan to spend this time in my home country.Will this break have an impact on my nationality ...
Hi,the legal residence mentioned in the nationality requirements is basically that you have a valid residence card. Doesn't really matter how much time you were outside or not.But, be aware that there are other requirements, depending on which route ... Read More
Belgium Nationality waiting period by Lucky and Lucky
hi to all Is it true that after submitting declaration to be a Belgian, and you don鈥檛 receive any letter from brussels within the 4 months waiting period. It should be considered a positive result? thanks
MIne was approved couple of weeks ago. fyi . Thanks for all your inputs -@Jo2345Congrats! So how long did the whole process took? 6 months? Read More
Belgian Nationality - Police check by NewlyBelgian
Hi everyone, I am soon going to apply for Belgian nationality on the basis of being integrated in Belgium and having worked 468 days.I am currently a permanent resident (card D), living in Vlaams Brabant, Flanders. I've read in a lot of places ...
Hey! Not sure if this is still relevant for the original author or not but it could be useful for others.I applied for the nationality in Gent on the 5th of Dec 2022 and got the police visit on the 30th of January 2023, so almost 2 months after. The ... Read More
Belgium Nationality waiting period by Lucky and Lucky
hi to all Is it true that after submitting declaration to be a Belgian, and you don鈥檛 receive any letter from brussels within the 4 months waiting period. It should be considered a positive result? thanks
@IgnacioEg i think it鈥檚 normal because i also applied on 5th december 2022 but didn鈥檛 receives a confirmation letter and one of my friend also applied at the end of November 2022 and he also didn鈥檛 received so it鈥檚 mean this ... Read More
Belgium Nationality waiting period by Lucky and Lucky
hi to all Is it true that after submitting declaration to be a Belgian, and you don鈥檛 receive any letter from brussels within the 4 months waiting period. It should be considered a positive result? thanks
Hi all, asking here in order to avoid creating a new thread.I applied for the belgian nationality on Dec 6th. When I applied I got the confirmation (just the attest that i finished the local process) and they told me I should get a confirmation ... Read More
Belgium Nationality waiting period by Lucky and Lucky
hi to all Is it true that after submitting declaration to be a Belgian, and you don鈥檛 receive any letter from brussels within the 4 months waiting period. It should be considered a positive result? thanks
@Jo2345I applied on 26/july/2022, got the confirmation letter , today is 20/jan/2023, I haven't heard anything back since then -@O_Man.The confirmation you mean the letter that says it was forwarded to the prosecutor's office in Brussels to start ... Read More
L card - gedetacheerd by jorda.tamil
Hello all,Could you please help me with the term gedetacheerd mentioned in my WPs from 2017 to 2020 and stating this as a reason the town hall rejected my application to L card and mentioned not possible to apply till 2025.Residing in Belgium since ...
Did you by chance had a scholarship during those years? did you get the information after formally applying to get the L card? or was it just the front desk person that said you can't apply until 2025? I'm just trying to rule out the case where they ... Read More
Belgian Nationality - Police check by NewlyBelgian
Hi everyone, I am soon going to apply for Belgian nationality on the basis of being integrated in Belgium and having worked 468 days.I am currently a permanent resident (card D), living in Vlaams Brabant, Flanders. I've read in a lot of places ...
Hey there, So I applied in Mechelen on the 20th of July. A police agent visited yesterday. And he was in no mood to talk lol. And it was 10am lol so I was still waking up. I mentioned to him that I wasn't expecting him as the commune didn't say ... Read More
Belgian Nationality - Police check by NewlyBelgian
Hi everyone, I am soon going to apply for Belgian nationality on the basis of being integrated in Belgium and having worked 468 days.I am currently a permanent resident (card D), living in Vlaams Brabant, Flanders. I've read in a lot of places ...
I applied for nationality in mid-July at Etterbeek commune. It's been almost 3 months and there hasn't been any police check till date. I think they did away with the police check in some communes in Brussels. Not sure about your commune though. ... Read More
MijnDossier how to access? by richeekdey3
Hey folks, Seems like https://mijndossier.rrn.fgov.be/ won't load. I get the "This site can鈥檛 provide a secure connection" error. Is there another website?
@richeekdey3 Hi, that is the error you normally get when you don't have the authentication software. Unfortunately MijnDossier only works with an ecard reader connected to your computer and a special software that you need to install, this will ... Read More
Belgian Nationality by mohannad arabi
Hello,Based on what I read from several websites, study period in belgium is counted as half so if one studies for 2 years, they are accounted as 1 and if he works for 4 years after, he is eligible to apply for the permanent residence type D, ...
Based on what I read from several websites, study period in belgium is counted as half so if one studies for 2 years, they are accounted as 1 and if he works for 4 years after, he is eligible to apply for the permanent residence type D, right?Can he ... Read More
PhD and permanent residence/citizenship by katete
Considering doing a PhD. Learned that there is reduced taxation in this case. How that would affect my chances to get a work permit after 5 years of work and/or citizenship based on work? Please share your experience of getting these privileges ...
@katete The PhD itself does not change anything, what changes is how you get paid. If you get paid with a scholarship (Universities normally pay this way to PhD students) then you dont pay taxes (it's not considered a salary) and for the government ... Read More
Benefits of L card by oozkan
Hi all,I have applied for L card 3 months ago, waiting for application to be finished. Meanwhile I have couple of questions:1) With L card, do I have free access to job market, currently as high skilled worker (B card), I require sponsorship.2) ...
Hi all,I have applied for L card 3 months ago, waiting for application to be finished. Meanwhile I have couple of questions:1) With L card, do I have free access to job market, currently as high skilled worker (B card), I require sponsorship.2) ... Read More
L card vs B card by alex8111
Hi everyone!I am looking for some information about whether I can apply for a long term residence permit. I have been working in Belgium since 2016, but only this year switched to a local Belgian company. I see very different views on whether I am ...
@Aneesh Hi, thanks for the info. I know what you mean with type L (previously D) and how it is different from B or any other Belgium cards. But, still being EU valid doesn't mean that you are entitled to go and start working right away in other ... Read More
L card vs B card by alex8111
Hi everyone!I am looking for some information about whether I can apply for a long term residence permit. I have been working in Belgium since 2016, but only this year switched to a local Belgian company. I see very different views on whether I am ...
About the last question...it depends on each EU country, the L card itself (or any other card) won't give you instant access to the work market in all EU countries. I think actually most of them won't allow it. What you do get is an easy way to ask ... Read More
Permanent card request by finannati
Now i am 4 years and 6months stay in Belgium with single permit limited card identity when and how do I needto apply for unlimited card identity ?
@IgnacioEg聽plus criminal record certificate - @Sami NajiOh, didn't know about it? do you know where can I get that? Read More
Permanent card request by finannati
Now i am 4 years and 6months stay in Belgium with single permit limited card identity when and how do I needto apply for unlimited card identity ?
Hi,It really depends on what happened in those 4+ years, if you had any interruption in the residence cards, what kind of cards you had, etc. Normally it would be at 5 years, and you don't have to do much I think, I will do it soon and they asked ... Read More
Belgian nationality by Jaci78
I have a question about applying for nationality hope someone can advice me. Today I applied for nationality but they want certificate for Nederlands which I have but it鈥檚 deel certificate. The school can only provide a certificate /diploma ...
Did you get your nationality decision.. can you pls update?Yes, i received the email with positive answer. Nu ben ik Belg. :-) Aparently, the public prosecutor forgot to answer on my file and because the deadline was over for more than a month ... Read More
New rules for Permanent Resident by Alpaci
Hello Everyone Can someone please explain the amendment in Belgium rule for getting Permanent Resident in 2020? Is it not possible to get Permanent Resident under limited contract even if we completed 5 years ?
exactly, I learnt that the hard way, asking at the office = asking several times at the office and to several people, if there is 1 constant is that everyone has different responses (I'm talking about "official" channels). It's ... Read More
New rules for Permanent Resident by Alpaci
Hello Everyone Can someone please explain the amendment in Belgium rule for getting Permanent Resident in 2020? Is it not possible to get Permanent Resident under limited contract even if we completed 5 years ?
exactly, I learnt that the hard way, asking at the office = asking several times at the office and to several people, if there is 1 constant is that everyone has different responses (I'm talking about "official" channels). It's ... Read More
New rules for Permanent Resident by Alpaci
Hello Everyone Can someone please explain the amendment in Belgium rule for getting Permanent Resident in 2020? Is it not possible to get Permanent Resident under limited contract even if we completed 5 years ?
I am also wondering about this, though this does not concern me atm. According to the Belgian law, working day is any day you worked and payed full social contributions (you don't need to pay taxes to be considered as a "worker", only ... Read More
Belgian Citizenship / Proof of Language by PeterBarkworth
Hello all, my first question on this forum. I am currently preparing a file at my local municipality, with regards to acquiring Belgian nationality by declaration. My file was marked as complete. This morning I received an email asking if I had ...
Hi, sorry to jump into this topic, could you tell me if you also got a check by the police of language/anything else? I've heard some people receive a visit and, even though I can prove the A2 level with a certificate we all know its not going ... Read More