Belgium Nationality 2026

Hi everyone,

I am planning to apply for Belgian citizenship once I receive my L card in the middle of this month.

Has anyone in this forum applied recently, perhaps toward the end of last year, and is expecting feedback early this month or within the next few months? If so, I would appreciate it if you could share your timeline.

Please feel free to use the template below:

1. Application Region:

2. Application Date:

3. Requested Documents:

4. Additional Information:

5. Approval Date:

Thank you in advance for sharing your experience.

Dear all,

Application region: Brussels – Ixelles commune

Application date: 11/09/2025

Documents submitted:

    •    Birth certificate

    •    Language certificate (A2)

    •    Integration certificate

    •    5 years of individual rekening

Status: Waiting for approval

Has anyone else applied in the Ixelles commune?

Also, has anyone who applied in September 2025 already received approval?

Please share your timeline.

Thank you in advance.

Hello All ,

I have an appointment next week for my Nationality application. I already made the payment of 1000 euro through MyMinFin after I booked the appointment. Today, I noticed that that it has been increased to 1030 (indexed) and this is also confirmed on MyMinFin.

Will my 1000 payment receipt be sufficent and accepted? Of course, I'm willing to pay the  additonal 30 if required, but i want to avoid any delays because of this small difference. I checked and it doesnt seems possible to pay the extra 30 trough MyMinFin before my appoinment,

If the 1000 is accepable, then thats great I'ill save 30 

Any one applied or going to apply for nationality this or next week? please let me know.

Thank you in advance.

@dakbak

I suggest you to Call the Myminfin service to have confirmation

@Tanvirul Hoque

Is the language requirement and social integration now mandatory even if one has 5 years of continuous work?

@Srizzy

Normally No, I gave all documents to be safe side.

@dakbak

Better to pay. Otherwise it will delay your process if they say you need to pay.

@Tanvirul Hoque

yes, I already looked to pay. No option to pay 30 other than paying entire 1030.

As @smlg suggested, I contacted Myminfin and waiting for their response.

@callonafo

I see that your L card will be available middle of this month. I also applied and I’m 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 a card reader.

I applied on 5th December 2025, and I’ve seen that OE checked my national register on 17th December, so I thought I would get an answer not too long after they checked my register.

@@Tomkar

Regarding the L-card, I received an email from the Antwerp commune at Deurne on 25 September 2025. Attached to the email were three documents:

Bijlage 16

Bijlage 16bis

An invitation informing me that I will be notified of the decision

The last document indicates an appointment scheduled for 22 January 2026 to visit the commune, most likely for additional payment and the collection date of the L-card.

As for my wife, she has already held an L-card since July last year and applied for Belgian nationality on 10 October 2025. She was informed that the court process would take approximately four months. Based on this timeline, she may receive a decision by the first or second week of February. This month marks the third month of the process, and there has been no police visit so far. The documents submitted by my wife were:

1. Integration certificate
2. Language certificate (Netherlands A2)
3. 4 years individual accounts
4. All monthsly payslips from January 2025 till September 2025
5. Payment confirmation from Mijnfin (luckily she made payement in same July (150 Euros), and it was accepted in October despite the payment had be increased to 1000 Euros)
6. Birth certificate translated+Apostiled
7. Unlimited residence card
8. Passport

@dakbak

I really do not think that you would need to pay the difference. That was the case for my wife when she paid 150Euros in July, and submitted her documents in October when the payment has been increase to 1000Euros. She was not asked to pay the difference and her documents were collected. However as mentioned by other best to check with MyMinfin or your commune.

Timeline of my one of my recent clients:

1. Application Region

West Flanders

2. Application Date

17/09/2025

3. Requested Documents

Birth cerificate, A2 Dutch certificate, Attest from Liantis confirming she has been zelfstandige for last 1.5 years, receipts from bank confirming she paid 6 quarters of sociale bijdragen, Attest van Inburgering, BETALINGSBEWIJS NATIONALITEITSAANVRAAG.

4. Additional Information

She is self-employed, not married, paid fee of 150 in May. Police came to her address 1 month after application date, interview was very short, respectful and formal, in Dutch, took about 3 minutes.

5. Approval Date

06/01/2026

So processing the application took nearly four full months. This happened despite many experts guessing that applications would drop after August and take only a few weeks to process.

I have inside information from two communes that the number of applications actually increased after August. People are perfectly willing to pay the €1,000 fee. The price hike didn't really work as a matter of fact, because the difference between €150 and €1,000 isn't that big for people living in Belgium, considering our cost of living. What actually matters is the huge wave of migration from 5–7 years ago, those numbers were very high, even during Covid.

@Mia0210

The language requirement + integration s in effect for everyone regardless of the years worked?

@Srizzy

Nope. If your worked/been zelfstandige for 5 consecutive years, both language and integration requirements are not applicable.

Hi, I'm looking for the simplest way to get my A2 French and integration certificates. Does anyone know which organizations provide these documents rapidly? Thank you.

@Mia0210

But I thought this changed in September 2025.

1. Application Region: Brussels

2. Application Date: 13/06/2025

3. Requested Documents:

- 5 years of individual accounts (payslips if individual account missing).

- Passport

- Birth certificate

4. Additional Information: -

5. Approval Date: 04/12/2025

@Mia0210
But I thought this changed in September 2025. - @arjunprasad2143

Not, it did not.

@Jeconr

Congratulations. Which commune it was?

@Tanvirul Hoque

Bxl1000

Dear all,

Application region: Brussels – Ixelles commune

Application date: 11/09/2025

Documents submitted:

    •    Birth certificate

    •    Language certificate (A2)

    •    Integration certificate

    •    5 years of individual rekening

Status: Waiting for approval

Has anyone else applied in the Ixelles commune?

Also, has anyone who applied in September 2025 already received approval?

Please share your timeline.

Thank you in advance.

I also contacted the commune by email.  They reply to me

Good morning,

If you did not receive a registered letter from the Public Prosecutor's Office before January 16, 2026, that's good news. However, before submitting your application for your new identity document, we must wait for the prosecutor's confirmation of your acquisition of Belgian nationality.

Once this step is completed, the Population department will send you an invitation to proceed with the change of your identity card.

Today , passed ( 4 months + 1 week ). Should I go to the commune on Monday? Please give a guideline if anyone has.

@Tanvirul Hoque

If you can see the Belgian certificate online than you can print it and book an appointment

@Smlg

Dear, No, I still do not see it.

Timeline of my wife plus my children inclusive:

1. Application Region

Antwerpen

2. Application Date

09/10/2025; Got the Ontvangstbewijs nationaliteitsverklaring same day.

3. Requested Documents

1. Integration certificate
2. Language certificate (Netherlands A2)
3. 4 years individual accounts
4. All monthly payslips from January 2025 till September 2025
5. Payment confirmation from Mijnfin (luckily she made payement in same July (150 Euros), and it was accepted in October despite the payment had been increased to 1000 Euros)
6. Birth certificate translated
7. Unlimited residence card
8. Passport

No police visit.

4. Approval Date

12/01/2026

@Mia0210

You can take a look at the justice department's official documentation.

https://justice.belgium.be/en/themes_and_files/children_and_youth/citizenship/become_belgian/declaration_of_acquisition

providing proof of language is necessary irrespective of working uninterrupted for the last 5 years. Social integration can be proved by either integration course or working uninterrupted for 5 years.

You have been legally residing in Belgium for five years AND

1. you provide proof of knowledge of one of the three national languages
2. you prove that you have socially integrated either:
3. through a degree or certificate which is at least at upper secondary education level and has been issued by an educational establishment organised, recognised or funded by a Community or by the Royal Military School
4. through at least 400 hours of professional training recognised by a competent authority
5. through an integration course provided by the competent authority for your main residence at the time you start your integration course
6. through work having worked uninterrupted for the last five years as a paid worker and/or as a civil servant appointed to a public post and/or principally as a self-employed person
7. you prove that you are economically participating either:
8. as a paid worker and/or official under government contract in public service: at least 468 days’ work over the last five years
9. as a self-employed person: payment in Belgium of quarterly social security contributions for at least six quarters over the last five years

@arjunprasad2143

Per the link you sent, the below  can be found right at the end of the conditions for the 5 different scenarios:

General note

If you prove your social integration, you automatically prove your linguistic knowledge.

@Srizzy

yes because of you can take the intergration test when you to show them languge A2

@Srizzy

Yes. You get the integration certificate if you finish the social integration course as well as completion of A2 level in any of the national languages.

@arjunprasad2143

Ok. If you go with the route of 5 years of continuous work for the integration part then how will you get language as well?

My line of thinking is, if you show 5 years of continuous work then proving language separately is not required, it is assumed to be taken care of (even though a language certificate may not be in place)

Please clarify if the above line of thinking is correct?

In Nov 2024 I got citizenship without language certificate because I worked continuously 5 years. If nothing changed than it should still work.

@Srizzy

The interpretation is different in each commune. I was asked to provide the language certificate/integration certificate even after completing 5 years of continuous work.

You can check with your commune and try your luck.

@hssn601

They are looking to take out this clause of 5 years continuos work replacing the language requirement. Again, this is under discussion, has not been passed yet.

Dear All,

I am writing to kindly inquire whether there are any updates regarding Belgian nationality application in the Brussels-Capital Region.

My application was submitted on 11 September 2025. As of tomorrow, the statutory period of four months and two weeks will have passed. I have contacted the commune several times and was advised to wait and to contact you again on 23 January, which is why I am writing today.

Anyone has any idea, what i should need to do?

Also has anyone any contact details that i can send email to Public Prosecutor Office.

@Tanvirul Hoque

Hi,

In Brussels this is very common. The Public Prosecutor (Parquet) has 4 months to oppose the application from the moment they receive it, which depends on when the town hall sends the file. If there is no opposition within that deadline, the nationality is automatically granted.

Delays are usually on the commune’s side. You should ask the commune in writing to confirm whether any opposition was received and to proceed with the registration if none was.

You normally don’t need to contact the Public Prosecutor directly unless there is an opposition, but you can call to inquire.

In my case, my application was accepted two weeks before the deadline. I found out because I contacted the Parquet directly. The town hall did not send the formal letter immediately; they told me they were busy and that it could take up to two months. As soon as I saw the Belgian nationality certificate, I booked an appointment. This was about one month after the positive answer from the Parquet.

ps. They have not sent yet the positive feedback by post

@Smlg

They sent my file 11 September as same day when i was submitting my file and sign the receipt. To sent me reply today.

Good morning,

Currently, we are seeing widespread delays on the part of the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Prosecutor, with an average additional delay of 2 to 3 weeks in sending out notices (whether positive or negative) relating to nationality applications.

The fact that you haven't received a response yet is generally a positive sign, indicating that your application is proceeding normally. Therefore, there's no need to worry at this time.

We ask you to wait a little longer. You can easily contact us again next week by email, with a photocopy of your identity card, to check if the notification has been received and if your status has been updated.

For your information, the notices are sent by post from the Public Prosecutor's Office to the municipality, which implies additional processing times before the information is entered into our system.

@Smlg

Hi, will the commune honour just the Belgian certificate without the confirmation letter they usually need?

Or Will they ask you to still wait for the confirmation letter by mail.

@Tanvirul Hoque

try to contact the parquet directly

@Grace Great

in my case they did and I  think this is common practice.

@Smlg

I sent email today to parquet.bruxelles@just.fgov.be

let see , wait for reply.