Single Permit Processing in 2022

Update!

Region: Flanders 1st time

Date if application: Nov. 15, 2022

No reply: Nov. 15, 2022

Work permit: Feb. 6, 2023

Ask for additional doc: April 5, 2023

Submitted additional doc: April 19, 2023

Annex 46: April 19, 2023

Now waiting for my Visa D schedule on May 3, 2023. Hope everything goes well. Goodluck to everyone

@ifeli

same with me. They ask for the apostille of criminal record. But they issued the Annex 46, the same day I submitted the apostille.

Do you already have your Visa D appointment/schedule? Mine's on May 3. Any tip/suggestion on want to bring during the appointment? Thanks

@drtsjhyaline hi Did you get your RP? Thanks

@muraliece2009 No. Did you?

@drtsjhyaline not yet. And waiting still

Please update if any one received single permit

Hi,

My timeline first time

Region : Brussels

No-Reply : 25/04/2023

WP : waiting

RP : waiting

@muraliece2009 Got single permit 24/04/2023

I want to ask if anyone as a researcher is applying for the single permit? Cause the new D-visa policy for researcher now has turned to a single permit type. And I read from the ibz website the processing period for processing a researcher's single permit should be within 60-day max. Now it's getting closer....so nervous
My Timeline
Region: Flanders
Application: 22nd Feb 2023
Single Permit - Privacy Notice email: 22nd Feb 2023
Work Permit Approval: 27th Feb 2023
Residence Permit: Waiting

Wish me luck
-@drtsjhyaline

Update

My Timeline

Region: Flanders

Application: 22nd Feb 2023

Single Permit - Privacy Notice email: 22nd Feb 2023

Work Permit Approval: 27th Feb 2023

Annex 46: 25th Apr 2023

@drtsjhyaline is it on 24th Or 25th?

My timeline,

Type: Highly Qualified - Initial Single Permit (due to Change of Employers)

Region: Flanders

Date of application: 30 March 2023

Work Permit: Waiting

Single Permit: Waiting

To be updated.

@muraliece2009 Today i received my Single Permit. Good Luck all.

@muraliece2009

Congratulation, your timing please !

@dounianachit1999

Flanders Region.

Jan 13th initial Application

Feb 27th Wp

Apr 25th Single Permit

Hello guys,

I currently have a Single Permit Visa, and recently signed a contract with another company in Belgium on the last week of March.

However, the company responsible for my Visa didn't even start my application, and my first working day is in the middle of May. So there is a possibility of my Visa won't be ready before it.

Is there any chance that the company withdraw their contract with me due to this delay? Has anyone experience this type of situation?

Regards.

@Fkaraman Hi, can you update? Did you receive the WP already? I am in a similar situation.

@uzakgezgini what is WP

@thebluestoneinc

WP: Work permit

My timeline :

( internship for 6 months )

Wallonia region

No reply : 6th March

Additional documents : 24 March

Work permit : 11 April

Residence permit : 20 April

Good luck for everyone !

Region: Flanders (first time)
Application date & Privacy notice e-mail : 13 January 2023

Work Permit: 27 February 2023 (informed by employer 06 March 2023)

Residence Permit: waiting…
-@joaoaccorsi

Still no RP here... My employer told me all their current applications are taking longer than expected for the RP and that I should have an answer soon.

I have even given a call to IBZ and they ensured me my application is normal. They told me that I should call them again if I don't receive an answer in two weeks.

Such an anxiety-triggering process...

Hi All,
First time application

Region: Wallonia

No Reply mail: 22/03/2023

WP approval: pending

RP: pending
-@amri_aymen86

Update:

No Reply mail: 22/03/2023

WP approval: 27/03/2023

RP: 27/04/2023

seems Wallonia is quite fast lately, good luck to everyone in the process

My timeline:
Region: Brussels (First Time)

Application: 3rd Jan 2023

WP: Awaited

RP: Awaited
-@Ankit Pruthi
Update 17Feb,

Region: Brussels (First Time)

Application: 3rd Jan 2023

WP: 15th Feb 2023

RP: Awaited
-@Ankit Pruthi

Update 2nd May

Region: Brussels (First Time)

Application: 3rd Jan 2023

WP: 15th Feb 2023

Annex46 : 28 April 2023

@Tech. GUY64

My timeline:

Region : Flanders

application: 18/01/2023

WP: 27/02/2023

RP : 03/05/2023

Good luck everyone

Don't be anxious you will get it sooner or later

Hi all,

I need to apply for the Visa for myself and my spouse together. I need some guidance on some of the documents required for my spouse's application. I have highlighted my queries in blue.

• Copy of the residence permit (front + back) - Do we submit Annex 46 for this?
• Proof that the person being joined has sufficient accommodation:Copy of proof of ownership of a house/apartment or a registered copy of the rental contract -  What proof is generally shown here?AirBNB or Hotel accommodation will work? and for how much duration?
• Proof (at least six last months) that the person being joined has stable, regular and sufficient means of subsistence to meet his own needs and those of the members of his family and avoid them becoming a burden on the public authorities. - What proof is generally shown here? Will the employee contract work here?
• Legalisation of documents for spouse - What all documents need legalisation. We have already legalised the Birth Certificate, PCC, Marriage Certificate. Is there any other document which requires legalization for my spouse?

Thanks !

UPDATE

Region: Flanders (first time)

Application date & Privacy notice e-mail : 13 January 2023

Work Permit: 27 February 2023 (informed by employer 06 March 2023)

Asked for additional document: 05 May 2023 (criminal records for the period I have lived in Belgium before)

Residence Permit: waiting…

<<UPDATE>>

Region: Flanders (1st time)

No-reply mail  : 16/12/2022

WP            : 08/02/2023

Ask additional document: 12/04/2023

Send additional document: 18/04/2023

Single Permit  : 04/05/2023

Yeah, what a long waiting time

Note to avoid confusion: the additional document I am referring to is my residence permit in France (I studied in France and have a "carte de sejour"). When the Belgian authority checked my documents, my card had expired. Actually, my carte de sejour was already finished and could only be picked up on April 18.

Thanks!

Trying to bring this thread back to life 😄.

Please does anyone know what the current waiting time for WP and RP is for Flanders?

@Nkechi1 The current timeline mentioned is 4 months.

is your WP/RP a renewal or a new application?

    For me it was a renewal and the entire process took 2 months (because my employer kept following up with the office).

If your employer does not follow-up, then lets say will take +-4 months.

    For a new application, my colleague had to wait for 4 months to get his WP alone.

@BMM996210

Thank you! Mine is a new application. My employer asked for my details on the 25th of April but I'm not sure if and when they applied.

@BMM996210 how long it took for you to receive the WP for Renew Process?

Was it in Flanders?

Hi All,

My timeline (First time application) :

Region: Brussels

No-reply mail : 28th April

Work permit : Waiting

Residence permit : Waiting

@nabazuki yes, in Flanders.

WP took about 1.5 months

RP took 1 month

(all after repeated follow-up's by my employer)

My timeline,
Type: Highly Qualified - Initial Single Permit (due to Change of Employers)
Region: Flanders
Date of application: 30 March 2023
Work Permit: Waiting
Single Permit: Waiting

To be updated.
-@uzakgezgini

I am still waiting for the Work Permit. Did anyone who applied at the end of March get any news?

Region: Flanders

Application date : 19 January, 2023

WP : 7 March

RP : 8 May

I will start Family reunification visa process now.

I got to know from my employer that if my dependents apply with me when I apply for stamping purposes then Family visa should come in 2 months..

Hope for the best.

Good luck everyone.

Hi All,

My employer submitted the single permit request on the 5th of April and I am still waiting for the WP. Anyone applied in April and got his please ? (Brussels).

For highly qualified type work permits waiting time can additionally go up to +1 month because authorities first looking from the local market and waiting for responses.

@BMM996210

What did your employer do to follow up the process?

Did they call everyday? To who, where?

Could you give more tips how we can push?

@cuneytacil I do not have the exact email addresses, but my employer sent reminder emails to the office depending if it was a WP or SP approval.

In almost every case, there was an immediate response on the status of the application.

Normally your employer should be aware of the contact details of the office.

or are you applying it yourself?

@BMM996210 A 3rd party company is doing the Visa and ID renewal works.

My process started on January. I received WP on 21st of April. I need to have RP before July.

I try to figure out the possibility.

@cuneytacil Hi, it seems like you received your WP very late if you applied in January and only received in late-April (especially for a renewal). Normally, it should take max. between 8 - 10 weeks (people here seem to get it in 6 weeks average). Was it indeed a renewal or a change of employer application? Also in which region did you apply from? Hope you receive your SP soon!