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Relocation plan: Belgium

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Reviewed in November 2026. General information, not legal or tax advice: confirm on the official pages linked here before you decide.

Your citizenship
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How much you take home

Enter a gross annual salary above to see an estimate of the net pay.

Do you need a visa?

No. An EU citizen (or a citizen of the EEA or Switzerland) can live and work in Belgium without a visa or work permit.

  • Register at the commune (gemeente) where you will live within 8 days of arriving. You receive an "annex 19" and the police check your address.
  • Submit the requested documents (for example, your employment contract) within 3 months. You then receive the EU citizen card and your national register number.
  • Immigration Office: registration obligation.

Documents and where to get them

In your country, before you leave

  • ID card or passport, valid for the whole move.
  • European Health Insurance Card, from your national health insurance: it covers necessary care in the first weeks, until you are insured in the new country.
  • Birth certificate (and marriage certificate, if married). Between EU countries, many certificates need no apostille and can come with a multilingual form that avoids translation (Regulation (EU) 2016/1191).
  • Criminal record certificate from your country of nationality and, if different, from where you lived recently: some employers ask for it. Request it close to the date it will be used.
  • Degree, transcript and references from previous jobs, digitally.

In Belgium

  • Lease: the basis of the registration at the commune; the local police visit to check that you live there.
  • National register number and electronic ID card (eID): issued by the commune after registration. Banks, employers and health services ask for them.
  • Health insurance fund (mutualité/ziekenfonds): you must join one to be reimbursed for health care.

Step by step

Before you leave

  1. Sign the contract and confirm in writing the gross annual salary, the start date and the relocation support.
  2. Find a flat with a registered lease.
  3. In your country, tell the authorities you are moving: update your registered address and your tax residence. In the year you leave, tax may be due for the part of the year you were still resident.

First week

  1. Register at the commune (deadline: 8 days) and wait for the local police visit.
  2. Open a bank account and give the details to your employer.

First month

  1. Join a health insurance fund.
  2. Collect your residence card and national register number at the commune when they call you.
  3. Check the tax withholding on your payslip, which includes the municipal surcharge.