Residence continuity. Do I have a gap?

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7 months ago

Hi everyone, I have a question about residence continuity in Belgium.

I had an orientation year permit and applied for a single permit before it expired. My orientation year card expired, and the single permit was ready 3 days later. The commune told me they issue no annex in this situation and I just had to wait for the single permit decision even if my card expired.

Now I’m wondering, do those 3 days count as a gap in my legal stay, or is it still considered continuous since my new permit was pending?

On my “attest van hoofdverblijfplaats met volledige historiek”, it says “ingeschreven in het vreemdelingenregister sinds 19/09/2022” ( The date I received my first annex). Does that mean my registration was continuous?

Has anyone experienced something similar or knows how this affects the 5-year count for long-term residence?

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Christy132 New member

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last month

Hi Eline, Just saw your post and i am in the same situation. I was curious if you already have a final decision on your application and how did it go?

Naouel cherif Active member

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last month

I think you should ask l'office des etrangers.

they usually respond to questions as such.

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Eline Paul Active member

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4 weeks ago

@Christy132

Hi Christy. No I don’t have an answer yet. I didn’t chase it further. I still have a couple of years until I become eligible to apply for nationaliy anyway… but I believe I don’t have a gap