Partner of an EU citizen - moving to Brussels for family reunion.

Hello,

as you have a legal partnership (PACS) from France, which is recognized in Belgium and is assimilated to legal cohabitant, you've the right of free movement within the Schengen area as you're following your partner to live abroad.

Basically your stay will depend on the fact that your partner is working and you'll cost 0€ to our government.

So, 0 problem.

Don't forget to bring ID pictures with you, your old resident permit + your passport

@AlexFromBelgium thank you so much for your reply

I don't understand why, the commune was telling me that PACS is not recognized in Belgium as equivalent to "Cohabitation Legal" and there for they can register me as partenaire de fait and my PACS will be a document that works as proof of relation with my partner. However, i am a bit shocked that Belgium wouldn't recognize a partnership from a fellow EU country !?!?

My french residence permit is valid until 10th of february. We are both moving on 20th of january to Brussels and we have an appointment in the commune on 27th january. We took 1 appointment for me and 1 for my partner as suggested by the commune.  As i wont have a permit after 10th of february, the fact that we register together in the end of january is ok for me ? The thing is i contacted the Belgian Consulate in Paris and they told me that I wont need a visa and i should directly go to the commune to do the application. I am afraid that the process of getting the orange card will take some time and my residence permit will be expired during this time. For instance, agent de quartier will check my residence permit or he checks only if i am living in this place and i just show a valid passport ?

I wont cost anything to the Belgian state as my partner has a job and i have some savings that will allow me to live until i find a job!

Once again thank you for your reply Alex

French Pacs is recognized as a partnership, but as the laws between France & Belgium are different, pacs is not exactly the legal cohabitation in Belgium. That's normal.

Althrough what matter is that the relationship is recognized in EU and that grant you access to follow your partner abroad without a visa, that's all that really matter right now.

And yeah, you don't need a visa because your partnership with an EU is recognized. Simple. You've 10 millions more rights than any other 3th country, just because of that.

If your partner or you don't cancel the PACS in France, you've 0 issue for your legal stay in Belgium.

As long as there's a renewal/new process ongoing in Belgium, you've zero issue about your right to stay, even if your current french resident permit expire. You're on time and you come in Belgium with legal stay, 0 problem, don't worry and just follow the process (orange card until you get the F card, after your partner get the E card)