Sooileh
Algerian expat in Belgium
Forum posts
38
About me
Algerian
Lives in Brussels, Brussels Capital
Registration: 05 August 2018
Activity
Buying a home by Bruusels_be
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 ...
Hello, My wife and i are still with Temporary residence card and we would like to buy a home. The bank who get our salaries (Belfius) does not accept giving loan for clients who have no permanent resident card. Do you know if there is another ... Read More
Rules for Driving on Provisional license by GuestPoster134
Hello All, I recently got my provision license for 18 months. I was wondering if any one knows the rules for driving on provisional license or if someone can guide me for any website to refer ? Thanks
Hello, I got my driving license abroad (out of EU) in 2008. When i came to Belgium i converted my driving license into Belgian one in 2016. Am i allowed to be a passenger with a holder f provisional driving license? Do they take into account ... Read More
Absence of more than 3 months with Card A by amarimuthu
Dear All, my wife and the new born will be visiting India early next year and planning to spend around 5 months (Feb to June 2020). I have PR card D and their cards A are under renewal and will have validity until March 2021. In recent days, I ...
Hello Mari! In french: https://dofi.ibz.be/sites/dvzoe/FR/Guidedesprocedures/Pages/Le_droit_au_retour_Tableau.aspx * If she's traveling for less than 3 months: nothing to do and everything is fine. * If she's traveling for more than 3 ... Read More
Permanent Residence Card - Type-D by shaans
Hello, I had applied for Permanent Residence Card - Type-B in September 2018 in 1000 Commune Brussels. But there was no answer until March 2019 so when i visited the commune again to check status they asked me to apply for Permanent Residence Card ...
By default communes (majority) choose type B. If you want type D, you need to mention it explicitly.Thank you for the info Aneesh / hoangtrunghieu / AlexFromBelgium. Commune is open today and I've visited. Indeed as expected they have applied ... Read More
Single Permit (Belgium Work permit) by udhay ilan
Hello, I hope you all are safe. I am an Indian. I am staying in France since 2017. I got a job in Belgium in November 2019. My Single Permit is under process since December-19-2019 and my company said that it will take 4 months for the ...
no. Your temporary resident card (A card - 1 year) depends on your temporary work permit (1-3 years). If you've an ongoing work permit, your A card will be renewed easily. If you have lived and worked for 5 years (or more) in a row in Belgium, ... Read More
Single Permit (Belgium Work permit) by udhay ilan
Hello, I hope you all are safe. I am an Indian. I am staying in France since 2017. I got a job in Belgium in November 2019. My Single Permit is under process since December-19-2019 and my company said that it will take 4 months for the ...
What do you mean by don't expect anything during Covid19 crisis ? Are you saying the employment office doesn't function at all during this time ? These are unprecedented times for everyone but more so for people who lost their jobs. So if ... Read More
Single Permit (Belgium Work permit) by udhay ilan
Hello, I hope you all are safe. I am an Indian. I am staying in France since 2017. I got a job in Belgium in November 2019. My Single Permit is under process since December-19-2019 and my company said that it will take 4 months for the ...
Thanks a lot for your feedback. If i understand well, you mean that if the request for unlimited WP got denied by the foreigners office (even if it is accepted by the ministry), i will not keep the current status (temporary WP with resident permit ... Read More
Single Permit (Belgium Work permit) by udhay ilan
Hello, I hope you all are safe. I am an Indian. I am staying in France since 2017. I got a job in Belgium in November 2019. My Single Permit is under process since December-19-2019 and my company said that it will take 4 months for the ...
Hello, Thank you for your reply and sorry if I mixed subjects (I thought that it will match with the above mentioned subject Single WP). i already received approval for my 6th Single WP for limited duration and I think that the laws changed ... Read More
Single Permit (Belgium Work permit) by udhay ilan
Hello, I hope you all are safe. I am an Indian. I am staying in France since 2017. I got a job in Belgium in November 2019. My Single Permit is under process since December-19-2019 and my company said that it will take 4 months for the ...
Hello, I have some questions related to the unlimited work permit: The request should be done by the employee and once the ministry accepts the request a decision regarding the stay in Belgium will be taken by Foreigners Office. During this ... Read More
Permanent Residence Card - Type-D by shaans
Hello, I had applied for Permanent Residence Card - Type-B in September 2018 in 1000 Commune Brussels. But there was no answer until March 2019 so when i visited the commune again to check status they asked me to apply for Permanent Residence Card ...
Hi, as I understand one of the criteria to be eligible for 'D' card is to prove "5 years of uninterrupted stay in Belgium." Does anyone know since when does this counting period of 5 years uninterrupted stay start? From the time ... Read More
Waiting time of type B residence card by Blueberry2018
Hello, everyone, does anybody have received 5 years residence card B recently? Can you please share your waiting time? I have been waiting for 8 months already but without any new, I went to my commune several times and they said they will help me ...
Did you check with them the actual reason for not accepting your request for D card right now as due to the ongoing corona virus pandemic, they might not be accepting any non-urgent requests? Regarding the email ID I shared above, I have contacted ... Read More
Waiting time of type B residence card by Blueberry2018
Hello, everyone, does anybody have received 5 years residence card B recently? Can you please share your waiting time? I have been waiting for 8 months already but without any new, I went to my commune several times and they said they will help me ...
I heard that for some applicants the ministry will grant the card B after expiry of the current Residence Permit. Is this true? I the current residence permit expires in 2 or 3 years, should the applicant wait for his B card all this long duration? Read More
Special Tax Status - Lower Repesentation Allowance?? by coffee1212
Hi All, I am on this special tax status since august 2018. Since day one I receive a net repesentation allowance of 200 euro per month. However, since january 2020 I apparantly receive 98 euro net per month. Asked admin department and they replied ...
Hi, I am also following the special tax regime, but my representation allowance remains the same as the one mentioned in my contract. It is a net amount and cant be taxed. 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 ...
How many did you got attachments from department for approval? Only annex 46 I got today for my work permit and you same got ?Yes, this is the only thing i received today from my employer. Read More
Waiting time of type B residence card by Blueberry2018
Hello, everyone, does anybody have received 5 years residence card B recently? Can you please share your waiting time? I have been waiting for 8 months already but without any new, I went to my commune several times and they said they will help me ...
@Blueberry 2018: "What is ‘ Le Foreigners Office’, is there any contact to reach out?" It is immigration office which takes decision on your residence permit requests. You can reach out to them at infodesk@ibz.fgov.be. Please ... Read More