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Relocation plan: Belgium

For the vacancy Senior Data Engineer at Keyrock. See the vacancy

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?

Yes. You need a single permit (residence and work), requested by the employer from the region where you will work: Brussels, Flanders or Wallonia. For skilled jobs there is the permit for highly qualified workers and the EU Blue Card.

  • Each region sets its own minimum salaries, updated every year. Ask the employer for the amount that applies to you.
  • Once the permit is approved, you apply for a D visa at the Belgian embassy and, after arriving, register at the commune within 8 days to get your residence permit.

Immigration Office: working in Belgium

Documents and where to get them

In your country, before you leave

  • Passport, valid for the whole move; the visa is issued in the passport.
  • Birth certificate (and marriage certificate, if married). Usually with an apostille (or legalisation) and a certified translation; check with the embassy.
  • Criminal record certificate from your country of nationality and, if different, from where you lived recently: visa applications often require it. Request it close to the date it will be used.
  • Degree, transcript and references from previous jobs, digitally, with certified translations if the visa asks for them.

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. Make sure the employer has applied for the single permit and book the D visa once it is approved.
  3. Find a flat with a registered lease.
  4. 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.