• Workers
• Students
• Family reunification
  
   

If you come from abroad and wish to settle in Belgium (stay of over 3 months) :

Description :

WORKERS

EU waged worker (except for Romanians + Bulgarians) + EU self-employed

Please bring the following documents with you:

• Valid passport or national identity card
• Employment contract (waged) or certificate from the Central Enterprise Databank (self-employed) (to be provided within 3 months)

Non-EU worker (+ Romanians and Bulgarians)

Please bring the following documents with you:

• Passport with Visa D
• Employment contract
• Work permit
• 4 recent passport photos per person (face-on, on a white background, format H 4.5 cm x L 3.5 cm) 

Pensioners and annuitants from an EU country, workers from an EU country residing in Belgium but working outside Belgium
  
Please bring the following documents with you:

• Valid passport or national identity card
• Proofs of income
• Proof of registration with a health insurance body (European medical insurance card)
• 4 recent passport photos per person (face-on, on a white background, format H 4.5 cm x L 3.5 cm) 

STUDENTS

Students from an EU member state

Please bring the following documents with you:

• Valid passport or national identity card
• Certificate of permanent enrolment
• Certificate of undertaking or grant certificate if necessary, or sworn declaration of livelihood
• Proof of health insurance (European health insurance card) 
• 4 recent passport photos per person (face-on, on a white background, format H 4.5 cm x L 3.5 cm)

Non-EU students

Please bring the following documents with you:

• Passport with Visa D
• Certificate of permanent enrolment
• Certificate of undertaking or proof of grant (a copy is valid)
• 4 recent passport photos per person (face-on, on a white background, format H 4.5 cm x L 3.5 cm)

Students from an EU neighbouring country (Appendix 33), students from an EU member state and students from a non-EU country residing in an EU neighbouring country

Please bring the following documents with you:

• Valid passport or national identity card
• Certificate of permanent enrolment
• 4 recent passport photos per person (face-on, on a white background, format H 4.5 cm x L 3.5 cm)

(Appendix 33 is valid for the current academic year)

FAMILY REUNIFICATION

1. Family reunification with an inhabitant of Schaerbeek who is a citizen of an EU member state (Article 40) (Law of 15/12/1980)

If Visa D (B20):

• passport
• 1 photo
• Document proving kinship: birth, marriage or partnership certificates (translated and legalised)
• 4 recent passport photos per person (face-on, on a white background, format H 4.5 cm x L 3.5 cm)

Those falling under Article 40 (no visa):

• First-degree descendants under 21 years old
• Dependent first-degree descendants over 21 years old
• Dependent first-degree ascendants
• Spouses
• Dependent first-degree spousal descendents
• Partnerships equivalent to a marriage or recorded partnership
• Legal cohabitants

Please bring the following documents with you:

• Valid passport or national identity card
• Documents proving kinship: birth, marriage or partnership certificates (translated and legalised)
• Proofs of household income
• Proof of dependency for 6 months prior to arrival for dependent descendants and ascendants over 21 years old
• Proof of long-standing, stable relationship + proof that the partners are over 18 years old
• 4 recent passport photos per person (face-on, on a white background, format H 4.5 cm x L 3.5 cm)

2.  Family reunification with an inhabitant of Schaerbeek who is a citizen of a non-EU country (Article 10) (Law of 15/12/1980)

Those falling under Article 10:

• Spouses
• First-degree descendants under 18 years old
• Partnership equivalent to marriage or recorded partnership
• Legal cohabitants

If the person holds a Visa D:
    
Please bring the following documents with you:

• Documents proving kinship: birth, marriage or adoption certificate etc. (translated and legalised)
• 4 recent passport photos per person (face-on, on a white background, format H 4.5 cm x L 3.5 cm)
• TIMEFRAME: As quickly as possible (minimum: 1 month)
  

   

If the person holds a valid Visa C or is visa-exempted:

Please bring the following documents with you:

• Passport with or without Visa C (where appropriate)
• Documents proving kinship: birth, marriage or adoption certificate etc. (translated and legalised)
• Character reference (not for those under 18), legalised and translated
• Registered lease contract or the property deed for the accommodation serving as primary residence (Registration office: Rue de la Régence / Regentschapsstraat 54, B-1000 Brussels) 
• Health insurance certificate
• Ad hoc medical certificate
• Undertaking engagement and proofs of household income
• Proof of long-standing nature of relationship (letters, photos, testimonies, etc.)
• 4 recent passport photos per person (face-on, on a white background, format H 4.5 cm x L 3.5 cm)

TIMEFRAME: As quickly as possible (minimum: 1 month)

PRICE: €14 maximum without residence card

General remarks:

1. Unless other provisions are made, all certificates from abroad must be legalised by the Belgian Consulate/Embassy using a legalisation stamp.
2. All documents other than those drafted in French or Dutch will be translated by a sworn translator whose signature must be legalised by the President of the Court of First Instance.