Residency renewal ( A card Unlimited work )

Hi everyone ,

I would like to hear from people who have submitted the residence renewal recently ( Card "A" unlimited work ), and how long it took to receive decision from office des etrangers ?

Thank you . - @Naouel cherif

Hi Chérif

There are several thread on this topic. User provide timelines there.

Thank you

Please

I am also interested in this one. The other threads are mostly for single permit or first application of the unlimited work permit (which can take 4+ months of time).

OP is specifically asking about the renewal of the residence permit (which has an unlimited work permit). My townhall, for example, says that you can apply at the earliest 60 days before the expire. Is that enough? As we all know, the immigration office is painfully slow and they legally have 90 days of time to answer. So it's possible that your card expires before receiving a result. Yes, there is always the fallback to annex 15, but you cannot travel abroad with that, so that's something to keep in consideration.

In the end, the topic is a bit more complicated than just a simple 'There are several thread on this topic. User provide timelines there' answer.

The commune should allow more days.

I got my residence permit first time for unlimited work permit. It took 90 days for residence part to be processed.

Work part was done in 5 days.

@Naouel cherif

Hi,

there are few timelines people have shared in other unlimited work permit related topics but to be given short answer, it varies from one application to another. My extension application took 3 weeks to be concluded. I heard some applications that have been in process for 2 months already.

@umutgulum

Yes I applied on the 6/02 and still no response..

and need to travel soon!

@umutgulum

And also in the past never took more than 6 weeks …

@Naouel cherif

I am also following this topic. I submitted in a Flanders city hall in Feb (as renewal request was only allowed 60 days before expiry). Reply from IBZ email is that their current wait time is 13 to 17 weeks. So in the meantime the current ID card has expired. The city hall issued an annex 50. Not a good situation indeed.

@meexpat

we are on the same boat .. card expired and I've been calling l'office des etrangers non stop , they still tell me the same thing .. and I nee to travel urgently begining of June .

In France they have something called " récepissé" to be able to travel while waiting for residency approval/renewal , while in Belgium you can only travel with your card !!