New in Belgium, registration proces in Commune

Hello ivanalucicos1988,

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Cheryl

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Hallo Ivan

Yes it is frustrating. I immigrated to Antwerp in October, my paperwork were handed in before the end of October. After a few calls to the gemeentehuis and to the wijkagent of my area the wijkagent did his inspection. Since then I received a booking confirmation for February.

After numerous emails and phone calls to the immigration section of the gemeente the appointment has been moved up to January. From what I can gather the immigration section in Deurne is far behind with the applications as the whole of antwerp’s application is done through the Deurne office.

I would recommend you contact your local wijkagent and find out if they have received your dosier if they have not been with you yet. The gemeente wont do anything regarding your booking before your address has not been confirmed by the wijkagent.

Secondly once the wijkagent did his visit give it a week, then phone stad antwerpen and speak to the immigration section. The system is currently offline, well since laat week. 032211333

I hope this helps.

Hallo Ivan
Yes it is frustrating. I immigrated to Antwerp in October, my paperwork were handed in before the end of October. After a few calls to the gemeentehuis and to the wijkagent of my area the wijkagent did his inspection. Since then I received a booking confirmation for February.

After numerous emails and phone calls to the immigration section of the gemeente the appointment has been moved up to January. From what I can gather the immigration section in Deurne is far behind with the applications as the whole of antwerp’s application is done through the Deurne office.

I would recommend you contact your local wijkagent and find out if they have received your dosier if they have not been with you yet. The gemeente wont do anything regarding your booking before your address has not been confirmed by the wijkagent.

Secondly once the wijkagent did his visit give it a week, then phone stad antwerpen and speak to the immigration section. The system is currently offline, well since laat week. 032211333

I hope this helps.
-@Lourens Botes

Thank you verry much, but where i can find who is my wijkagent? Everyone said to me that first i have to go on the first appoitment in Deurne and after that agent comes to check. I'm so confused.

@Lourens Botes i coppy this from ibz.be"EU citizens wishing to reside in Belgium for more than three months must submit an application for a declaration of registration to the municipal authority of their place of residence, at the latest after the expiry of the three-month period from the date of arrival in Belgium [Annex 19 to the Royal Decree of 08.10.1981].The municipal authority registers the EU citizen who proves to be a national of an EU Member State in the waiting list register. If the EU citizen is actually residing in the municipality (positive residence check), the municipal authority registers him/her in the foreign nationals register."So i think first they have to put us on list and then is the check.

@ivanalucicos1988 Yes, usually it takes 6 weeks for them to send the police officer to your address ((

Yes but we didnt have first appoitment yet, i think after that they send agent, and now it s more than 8 weeks from application, and they didn't come even close with our papers. I m cheking on loket migratie the dates.

@ivanalucicos1988, have you got any appointment or invitation from Antwerp commune?

@Gokhan A. Nothing yet. I'm following the dates, and they are on 29 September, and we applied 14 October. I started to thinking that maybe we applied wrong because some other friends (also from EU) came after us and got appoitment before us. I really don't know what to think. It is frustrating, i tried to call, sending mails, nothing. On the site sais "don't come there if you don't have appointment".. They put two similar aplications for residence permit and we should know what is what. Like i said it is frustrating and funny.

@ivanalucicos1988, have you got any appointment or invitation from Antwerp commune?
-@Gokhan A.

Finally got the appoitment 😊