Bruusels_be
Indian expat in Belgium
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Registration: 23 March 2018
Obtaining a long term resident status in Belgium by residencecuriousity
Hi community,I have a question regarding obtaining a long term residence status for a non-EU national.According to this page, one of the conditions to obtain a long term residence status is Uninterrupted legal residence of 5 years (Immediately prior ...
Normally, if I’m not very wrong, your stay does not counter with your work permit renewal etc. As long as you don’t leave the country more than 6 months.To obtain RP you have to pay certain amount of tax for certain days which is a ... Read More
Permanent residence + change of employer by Aayush
Hello All I am in a bit if a situation here and was wondering if anyone could guide/advise. I have just started the process for the type D visa from commune 1000 and have my annex16 bis Meanwhile i have been offer an employment from another ...
Dear Aneesh- I’ll submit my pr now after 5 years and my company normally renew my work permit. What should I do in the commune and what document I need to apply for PR. Many thanks Read More
Application for belgian Nationality if D Card is applied? by Ricky0210
Hello , Last month i applied for D-card as i completed uninterrupted 5 years Stay here.. i was informed that i am also eligible to directly apply for belgian citizen ship.. is this understanding correct? I have already recieved Annex 16 bis from ...
Ricky. Good luck, you’ll have it soon. Since you have applied for cardD. My query would be, What do you mean 5 years of uninterrupted stay. I also see about economic integration. Can you share some rules of the criteria to apply for cardD. ... Read More
PR with Type D card if working with local company as a NR tax status? by expatbluelurker
Hello, I am a non-EU citizen working on a single permit here in Belgium. I have a local Belgian contract with an ex-pat contract, however, I am a non-resident taxpayer. This status helps employees to get slightly more salaries compared to ...
1. https://www.altea.be/en/practice-areas/immigration/nationality/citizenship-naturalisation-and-declaration.html 2. https://emnbelgium.be/sites/default/files/publications/Pathways%20to%20citizenship%20for%20TCNs%20in%20BE.pdf Happy reading. Read More
PR with Type D card if working with local company as a NR tax status? by expatbluelurker
Hello, I am a non-EU citizen working on a single permit here in Belgium. I have a local Belgian contract with an ex-pat contract, however, I am a non-resident taxpayer. This status helps employees to get slightly more salaries compared to ...
If you have a local contract and working here then I believe should not be any problem. The law has changed for those who were employees from other country and deputed to Belgium for some work from the root company. Like if you are employee of ... Read More
Belgian Citizenship / Proof of Language by PeterBarkworth
Hello all, my first question on this forum. I am currently preparing a file at my local municipality, with regards to acquiring Belgian nationality by declaration. My file was marked as complete. This morning I received an email asking if I had ...
What is the basic difference here between permanent residence and citizenship as I come from India too :) Are they different applications? I have my social integration and 1.2 Dutch completed and I speak fair :) I work in local contract and Sr. ... Read More
Buying a home
Hello - Me and my wife (we are from India) work here with a local company with full time contract but our RP type is still type A. ( we have been living since 3.5 years). We don’t want to pay rent but buy a house. We don’t have any ... Read More
New Single Work Permit Procedure - Belgium by Dnlwht70
Hi Everyone I need help!! On the 3rd of January I sent in my papers for a work permit in Belgium. However, the papers were sent back to me and I was asked to add papers for the new single work permit procedure. I have added these new documents and ...
Guys note for the renewal of Residence Permit (Indian working in local contract): My company does through AltireGlobal so the details are something like this. **actually my WP renewal process went through single permit** Date of submission : 17th ... Read More
Driving Practical Exam (On the road with translator) Tips and Tricks
Dear, Hope you all are doing great; I have passed my risk perception test and now time for the practical; I have also found an interpreter who will translate; It is already a bit tough to follow the translator but I am confident :) my exam ... Read More
Belgium Visa Processing Timeline and Documentation by shivamgrover21
Hi All, I would like to share my experience in getting the long term D visa for Belgium. I had tons of questions for the visa application, but this forum and the responses from people have been of great help. Mostly though AneeshKs's responses ...
For vfs you can just share the copy of the original medical; that should be fine n enough; Read More
Driving license for an Indian by allwyn
Hi all. I am from Mumbai, India. I have an Indian driving license and an International Driving Permit (IDP) issued in India. Now, I am moving to Brussels in April 2014 on a Work Permit and am getting a Company Car on arrival. The question is : ...
Hello Aneesh- I just passed my risk test and now practical; Could you please share some tips while giving the practical; many thanks Read More
Driving license for an Indian by allwyn
Hi all. I am from Mumbai, India. I have an Indian driving license and an International Driving Permit (IDP) issued in India. Now, I am moving to Brussels in April 2014 on a Work Permit and am getting a Company Car on arrival. The question is : ...
Hello- I have just passed the risk perception test in evere and now the final round of practical; please share some tips on the maneuvers, and normal request that comes from the instructor while giving the exams; many many thanks Read More
Driving license for an Indian by allwyn
Hi all. I am from Mumbai, India. I have an Indian driving license and an International Driving Permit (IDP) issued in India. Now, I am moving to Brussels in April 2014 on a Work Permit and am getting a Company Car on arrival. The question is : ...
Hey can I have your number; I’m also driving using provisional and now planning for practical; need some tips Read More
Driving license for an Indian by allwyn
Hi all. I am from Mumbai, India. I have an Indian driving license and an International Driving Permit (IDP) issued in India. Now, I am moving to Brussels in April 2014 on a Work Permit and am getting a Company Car on arrival. The question is : ...
Hello- I’m going for my theory exam and looking for some tips and trick; I’ll give with interpretor so needs some suggestion :) Thanks a lot Deb Read More
Long term resident card - Type B card by Tubeloid
Hello All, As of 30.03.2017, I have completed 5 years of stay in Belgium. this was also confirmed by the commune. However my current resident card does not expire until 09.1.2018 could you kindly let me know how I can request for a long term ...
Hello Dear- I changed my job this year and have a new work permit by the new employer; since my last work permit was valid while raising the new one, the agency took my old n valid work permit as per request from Belgian authority; now I ... Read More
Driving license for an Indian by allwyn
Hi all. I am from Mumbai, India. I have an Indian driving license and an International Driving Permit (IDP) issued in India. Now, I am moving to Brussels in April 2014 on a Work Permit and am getting a Company Car on arrival. The question is : ...
Dear Sir- May I please borrow your English theory book; I can’t speak french and not able to find any school where they teach theory in English; Please help; Read More
Driving license full process English version
Hello All- Happy weekend; I am so missing my car that I have in India; hence I’m trying to get a driving license and ofcourse with English help; I tried to search here but no right direction; so need your help please; May I kindly request ... Read More
Managing Wife’s visa while changing Job by Bruusels_be
Hello All- Need your advise; I am here with work permit B and applied my wife’s dependent visa which is now in Belgium (as 6 month of my stay is over) for verification; Now I have a job here locally and my new company will request a new ...
One quick note, since her current dependent visa application has a cover letter from my current organization, shall I also change/mail a new cover letter with my new organization name and letter pad; P.S. the application has been filed via my ... Read More
Managing Wife’s visa while changing Job by Bruusels_be
Hello All- Need your advise; I am here with work permit B and applied my wife’s dependent visa which is now in Belgium (as 6 month of my stay is over) for verification; Now I have a job here locally and my new company will request a new ...
Thanks a lot; I just called dofi and they asked me to share the new contract via mail against my spouse file # My question is, I still don’t have a new work permit ( I’ll apply Day after) but is it okay just to share the new contract ... Read More
Managing Wife’s visa while changing Job
Hello All- Need your advise; I am here with work permit B and applied my wife’s dependent visa which is now in Belgium (as 6 month of my stay is over) for verification; Now I have a job here locally and my new company will request a new ... Read More
Medical Test for Work permit
Hi- I’m in Belgium already last year from India and I have a new job locally, I need to apply for a new work permit and I need a medical certificate; Can you say, what test happens to get a medical certificate; also some doctor English ... Read More
How to manage transition of one work permit to another by Bruusels_be
Hello Friends- Hope you all are well; I have a small situation and I need your valuable input; I came in Brussels from India with a workpermit which will expire in September 2018; but now I have a direct job in belgium and my new employer wants to ...
Thanks a lot- Just an advise, let’s take an example I’m signing the contract next week and the wp is also applied next week, when should I raise my resignation in my current company; it would be helpful to do some calculation of ... Read More
How to manage transition of one work permit to another
Hello Friends- Hope you all are well; I have a small situation and I need your valuable input; I came in Brussels from India with a workpermit which will expire in September 2018; but now I have a direct job in belgium and my new employer wants to ... Read More
Need info about Salary and workpermit in Belgium by Bruusels_be
Hello All- I need two input from your expertise; I have recently got a job in one Belgian Bank and below was proposed salary; I am here from India and with my wife and no kid; Salary Monthly- 4.300 € and Flex budget - 2.187 € Gross ...
Thanks a lot; do we also need to go for any specific test here or just a routine checkup( just thinking about the cost of it); for the moment I do not have any critical medical history and when I arrived here last year, I went through various ... Read More
Info about Police clearance certificate- please help
Hello- I am working in Brussels with workpermit which was issued last year August; now I have a new job offer from a Belgian company and they want to have a new work permit; hence they requested me to have a certificate of good conduct a.k.a. PCC ... Read More
Need info about Salary and workpermit in Belgium by Bruusels_be
Hello All- I need two input from your expertise; I have recently got a job in one Belgian Bank and below was proposed salary; I am here from India and with my wife and no kid; Salary Monthly- 4.300 € and Flex budget - 2.187 € Gross ...
Hello - My new employer who is based out of Belgium wants to raise a new work permit rather renewing the existing one; hence they have requested to have a medical certificate issued in Belgium and also a latest certificate of good conduct; Do we ... Read More
Need info about Salary and workpermit in Belgium by Bruusels_be
Hello All- I need two input from your expertise; I have recently got a job in one Belgian Bank and below was proposed salary; I am here from India and with my wife and no kid; Salary Monthly- 4.300 € and Flex budget - 2.187 € Gross ...
There are too many answers; can you share the link of exact answer please; Thanks again Read More
Need info about Salary and workpermit in Belgium
Hello All- I need two input from your expertise; I have recently got a job in one Belgian Bank and below was proposed salary; I am here from India and with my wife and no kid; Salary Monthly- 4.300 € and Flex budget - 2.187 € Gross ... Read More