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quebecois1905

Hello all,

Can you share your waiting times after you registered to commune until the police visit? It will be a first time registration with a visa D (single permit). I want to know how long should i wait for police as it blocks many things as i won’t have a carte A without it. Especially in Namur area, i wonder. Thank you.

Kwannius

@quebecois1905


I had to wait 3 weeks.

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    Hello all,
Can you share your waiting times after you registered to commune until the police visit? It will be a first time registration with a visa D (single permit). I want to know how long should i wait for police as it blocks many things as i won’t have a carte A without it. Especially in Namur area, i wonder. Thank you.
   

    -@quebecois1905

It depends on your city. If you are living in a large city like antwerp or liege, it may take many weeks or one month but in smaller cities, its a matter of days.

quebecois1905

@Kwannius

In Namur?

Kwannius

@quebecois1905


No in Flanders.


The police visit must be done within a maximum of 6 weeks. After 2 weeks I called the town hall for an update but they couldn't help me as it had already been forwarded to the police.

Therefore, after almost 3 weeks, I sent an email to the local police and asked, if possible, to do the check as soon as possible because I couldn't do many administrative tasks because of the national register number that i needed. As like dutch lessons, mutualiteit, work,...

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