Moving in with Belgian Partner after Brexit

Hi

Cohabitation is the best thing for sure or the marriage.
They don't ask 2 years of relationship, you must be able to proof that you know each other since 2 years. It's pretty different
(flight tickets, pictures, phone call history, messenger/whatsapp/..., ...)

Diabetic is pretty """common""", you'll be covered by the mutualité/ziekenfonds of your significant other. An extra health-insurance such as DKV, AXA, ... might be interesting but with an extra cost.


Just for your understanding about the brexit, you do not have the right to settle in Belgium like before. It's a bit more complex now...
So, the easiest way is to have a status with your significant other: cohabitation or marriage.
Or... you find an employer in Belgium ready to hire you and do all the paperwork.

Good luck

Thank you so much for your reply!

Do you happen to know if its easier to apply in person once I manage to get over there? I can still visit Schengen zones for 90 days without a visa as a UK citizen.

We're in the process of contacting his commune and his mutualité to get some basic information but I understand things are processing a little slower due to covid.

Thank you so much again! 

If you had moved over before the end of the transition period you would have been protected with the WA. Now it doesn't matter which way you look at it. You will be treated as a 3CN (anyone outside the EU).

Well yes, of course you come in Belgium and go together at the commune... You've still a visa-free passport to EU, so you can do it.

Just make sure you've at least the right to stay 2 months. Prefer 3 months if you're gonna live in bigger cities such as Brussels or Anvers/Antwerpen.
Police checks at your home can take time: "officially" 15d, but it can be way more in some commune, especially in Brussels...

Then you'll have to do the interview and your questions/answers will be send to the immigration for comparison/final approval that you're not faking your relationship (They've 1 month to give an answer) and then you can sign the cohabitation.

Once it's signed you'll get the orange card and you'll start the family reunion process to get the F card. (Family member of an EU).
Make sure you bring all your proof of relation with you + brand new certificate of celibacy + certificate of birth + appostile.

Have fun

PS: You've to declare your arrival within 7 days of your arrival at the commune (15-25€, I don't remember), bring 8-12 ID pictures with you (you'll need to give them new one every visit..).
The hole process should cost around +/-300€.


@SimCityAT: true, but in the end, he/she'll be considered as family member of an EU. So he/she'll have the same rights as before the brexit, as long as she's in relationship with his/her partner.