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yat123

Hello guys!

How many weeks/months does it take to renew my residence permit in Belgium? A bit confused. I'm waiting for one month with 14 days. Does it take this much?

Thanks!

AlexFromBelgium

Hello

nope, something's wrong.

Normaly it takes 5 days in smaller commune and up to 2 weeks in the biggest one.
Now, are you also waitinf for a work permit / renewal? That would explain the delay

It might be a good idea to ping your commune~

yat123

AlexFromBelgium wrote:

Hello

nope, something's wrong.

Normaly it takes 5 days in smaller commune and up to 2 weeks in the biggest one.
Now, are you also waitinf for a work permit / renewal? That would explain the delay

It might be a good idea to ping your commune~


Thanks, Alex for your response!

It's not a work permit. Just residence permit. I tried to contact the city hall via email. They replied that your application for renewal is too late. Actually, I submitted it four days before the expiry date. I don't understand why they say "too late".

Regards

AlexFromBelgium

Well, normally you have to request the new card one month before the expiration date... because they can be slow to talk together (commune/immigration/police/...)
Depending on the commune, it's super fast (like national one) or it takes up to 1 month from what I've been reading for years on this forum.

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