@Tomkar
Belgian expat in Canada
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Belgian
Registration: 18 September 2025
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L card - 5 years requirement by Stranger_F
Hello,I live in Brussels/Schaerbeek. One of the requirements for L card is "justifier d'un s茅jour l茅gal et ininterrompu en Belgique au cours des 5 ans".Do you know from which date those 5 years are calculated? For instance I have three ...
@JalanizCongrats ! I鈥檓 also waiting for the L card. Can you tell me how did you get the approval , did the commune directly called you? Also what was the last activities of the past months on your national register ? You can check it online ... Read More
Unavoidable travel after citizenship approval by vinaysem
Dear,My citizenship has been approved today and I have to travel in another 2 weeks to India. Could someone please help and let me know if I can still travel with Indian passport and existing(old) Belgian Permanent residency card?
The short answer is : yes you can travel with your Indian passport + your existing residency card. There is no problem at all.But if you want to travel peacefully, you can go online on your national register, download your citizenship certificate ... Read More
Family Reunification for single permit holders by dj68
Hello all!In the IBZ website, it says that Exceptionally, embassies and consulates-general are authorised to issue a family reunification visa to the spouse and minor children of a foreign national holding a single permit, without prior consultation ...
@dj68 Hi ! I live in Belgium, and I鈥檝e seen situation like this. Yes your spouse reunification visa should be granted fast as it is based on your single permit. If your single permit is already granted, there is no reason that she don鈥檛 ... Read More
Belgium Nationality 2026 by callonafo
Hi everyone,Let鈥檚 use this topic to share experiences and information about obtaining Belgian nationality in 2026, so we can gather useful and up to date details in one place.To make the information complete and easy to compare, it would be ...
@callonafo I see that your L card will be available middle of this month. I also applied and I鈥檓 waiting for the reply of OE. May i ask when did you apply and when did OE checked your national register ? You can see it in Mydossier if you have ... Read More
L type card processing time by guestuserbrs
hello , When I applied L type card in commune, they informed that maximum time taken for decision is 5 months and if any decision is not taken you can come after 5 months to commune for further processing.Now 5 month period is over and commune is ...
@Taimtaim11 did you finally apply for the L card ? And did they approve it ? Read More
How to apply for L card, Schaerbeek? by Stranger_F
Hello!I'm eligible for L card and scheduled appointment via internet with townhall (appointment type "document d'identite Belge, L carte").However upon arrival they said that this appointment can't be used to submit documents and instead I should ...
@Stranger_F I guess it depends on the commune. I live in Ukkel and I went today to apply for the L card with all the supporting documents. I took a ticket, then when my turn arrived, the commune lady took my documents, and then gave me both the ... Read More
Search year visa after graduation and Annex 15 in Belgium by Nnajiu
I would like to ask a few questions about the search year (orientation year) visa process in Belgium for non-EEA graduates. If you applied for the search year after completing your studies while your student residence permit was still valid, does ...
@Nnajiu Please don鈥檛 be fool, don鈥檛 commit an error,you need to take the annex after your student card expires and then wait for the decision of immigration. Otherwise you can have some issues. If you don鈥檛 have an annex, your ... Read More
Single permit processing 2025 by sarasaroub98
Hi all,I created this post for people that are waiting for their single permit and future applicants, please share your timeline here : Application date : 11/11/2024Region: Flanders WP: 02/12/2024RP: waiting
Update ! WP : 17th June 2025Residency / Annex 46 : 30th October 2025Tomorrow i will go to the commune and order the new identity card,Good luck to everyone Read More
Single permit processing 2025 by sarasaroub98
Hi all,I created this post for people that are waiting for their single permit and future applicants, please share your timeline here : Application date : 11/11/2024Region: Flanders WP: 02/12/2024RP: waiting
@kvct83 I was in the same situation, and i just received my single permit Read More
Single permit processing 2025 by sarasaroub98
Hi all,I created this post for people that are waiting for their single permit and future applicants, please share your timeline here : Application date : 11/11/2024Region: Flanders WP: 02/12/2024RP: waiting
@Sumito Nagasawa Did you apply on your search year too? Read More
12 months salary before applying for "sejour ilimite"? by nyamani77
Hello, I faced a bizarre situation today: I completed 5 years of legal non-interrupted residence in Belgium as per 14 August 2025. I worked for >700 days (as per ONSS) but in two jobs. between the two jobs there was a few months of interruption ...
@nyamani77 may I ask you which commune asked you to work 12 months before applying ? They just need the last 3 months payslips and that鈥檚 all. People at the commune really think that they have a kind of 芦 power 禄, it鈥檚 so ... Read More
Terminated contract and L card is processing at the same time by Mai Rose
Hello everyone!While I was just terminated contract by the employer, I went to commune to ask my status, they said I meet the requiments to apply L card (they did not see my contract was just terminated). Now I have some questions, if some one has ...
@Mai Rose Can you please share how it finally went ? did you get another job while waiting for the L card ? And has it finally been approved ? Read More
L card application eligibility by jithuadm
Hello all, I was a PhD researcher between 2019 March and June 2024 in Belgium.I had a Social Security-covered grant from 2019 March until 2019 December (Exempted from tax but considered as paying tax). I had a Belgian fellowship Grant between ...
@Mu Jaycee Quick question, for your 5 years count, did you take the annex 15 starting date before getting the student A card ? You counted from your student A card ? Can you please give your time line ? Thank you Read More
Single permit processing 2025 by sarasaroub98
Hi all,I created this post for people that are waiting for their single permit and future applicants, please share your timeline here : Application date : 11/11/2024Region: Flanders WP: 02/12/2024RP: waiting
@Jey70 no they didn鈥檛 give me. But yesterday i sent them again an email to ask the waiting time. It鈥檚 so crazy how fast it鈥檚 very slow here in Belgium for governmental processings Read More
Single permit processing 2025 by sarasaroub98
Hi all,I created this post for people that are waiting for their single permit and future applicants, please share your timeline here : Application date : 11/11/2024Region: Flanders WP: 02/12/2024RP: waiting
Single Permit Application for the first timeRegion: FlandersSubmission date: 17 June 2025Work Permit: 17 June 2025Residence Permit: WaitingBeginning of October I sent an email to ibz, they said they are exceptionally prolonging the treatment time. ... Read More