Highly skilled migrant visa- Please share your timelines :)

Hi,

This will not speed up the process. But there will be more chance of a favorable opinion.

Hello phipiemar,
Do you know if I would I still have to go through a single work permit route to obtain the highly skilled migrant visa?

This has already been answered many times on the site in previous topics. Everything is explained on this website.

EU-BLUECARD

Indeed,

Some more helpful links: https://www.belgium.be/en/work/coming_t … employmenthttps://www.werk.be/en/information-serv … here-apply

The difference b/w work permit (now single permit) and professional card is that WP is acquired by an employer who decides to hire you, and professional card - you need to apply yourself proving your potential to get self employed in Belgium.

And this highly skilled migrant visa, where did you hear about this ? (We assume it is professional / blue card that you are talking about)

Aneesh wrote:

Indeed,

Some more helpful links: https://www.belgium.be/en/work/coming_t … employmenthttps://www.werk.be/en/information-serv … here-apply

The difference b/w work permit (now single permit) and professional card is that WP is acquired by an employer who decides to hire you, and professional card - you need to apply yourself proving your potential to get self employed in Belgium.

And this highly skilled migrant visa, where did you hear about this ? (We assume it is professional / blue card that you are talking about)

Hello Aneesh,

Thanks so much for your response, i've been referred to your previous posts as well
By highly skilled migrants, I mean this category which seems to come with a minimum salary requirement-
https://www.werk.be/en/work-permits/wor … fied-staff

I dont think this comes under the bluecard. Would you know how this process compares to the single permit, and if there are any restrictions that prevent me from applying? My education and previous experience does not relate to the current job I have been offered, so that worries me.

phipiemar wrote:

This has already been answered many times on the site in previous topics. Everything is explained on this website.

EU-BLUECARD

Hello phipiemar,

By this, I mean the highly skilled staff category, but I am confused as to weather the single permit has come to replace this-

https://www.werk.be/en/work-permits/wor … /how-apply

sravani24 wrote:

Hello Aneesh,

Thanks so much for your response, i've been referred to your previous posts as well
By highly skilled migrants, I mean this category which seems to come with a minimum salary requirement-
https://www.werk.be/en/work-permits/wor … fied-staff

I dont think this comes under the bluecard. Would you know how this process compares to the single permit, and if there are any restrictions that prevent me from applying? My education and previous experience does not relate to the current job I have been offered, so that worries me.

The section you are reading, is detailed explanation work permit B (as part of single permit procedure now, you get this type of WP). This has nothing to do with blue card, however some ppl called it blue card as it was printed on a blue paper-card in the past. Now with single permit, WP info is embedded in the RP itself.

Your employer need to apply for this permit. and the timelines are exactly same as single permit, bcos it is the same thing

There are only two ways to move to Belgium for employment as a non-EU citizen (excluding asylum seeking and student path).
1. Your employers gets a work permit for you (WP type B as part of single permit procedure now)
2. You apply for a professional card.

Aneesh wrote:

sravani24 wrote:

Hello Aneesh,

Thanks so much for your response, i've been referred to your previous posts as well
By highly skilled migrants, I mean this category which seems to come with a minimum salary requirement-
https://www.werk.be/en/work-permits/wor … fied-staff

I dont think this comes under the bluecard. Would you know how this process compares to the single permit, and if there are any restrictions that prevent me from applying? My education and previous experience does not relate to the current job I have been offered, so that worries me.

The section you are reading, is detailed explanation work permit B (as part of single permit procedure now, you get this type of WP). This has nothing to do with blue card, however some ppl called it blue card as it was printed on a blue paper-card in the past. Now with single permit, WP info is embedded in the RP itself.

Your employer need to apply for this permit. and the timelines are exactly same as single permit, bcos it is the same thing

There are only two ways to move to Belgium for employment as a non-EU citizen (excluding asylum seeking and student path).
1. Your employers gets a work permit for you (WP type B as part of single permit procedure now)
2. You apply for a professional card.

Thank you Aneesh! Its taken me some time to figure things out, since I was referring to the posts before 2019. Your post clarifies a lot of things.
Would you know if intra-company transfer could be a reality soon? My company was looking at the option of hiring me from Netherlands and eventually moving me to belgium