The Health cover and VIP services for the expats by Partenamut

When you arrive in Belgium, you are entitled specific administrative formalities as follows:


  1. To register with the population service at the commune

    2. If you are a European Union national and you are:

    The head of family:

    • your currently valid identity card or national passport
    • an employer’s certificate (type Annexe 19 a), or your employment contract
    • If you are married: proof of your marital status (marriage licence, for example)
    • 2 recent identity photos in apassport format
    • birth certificates of your children

    Student:

    • your currently valid identity card or national passport
    • a certificate of school/university registration
    • a certificate of health care cover
    • 2 recent identity photos in a passport format

    Family member:

    • your currently valid identity card or national passport
    • proof of the family relationship with the foreign person in your family settled in the commune
    • 2 recent identity pictures in a passport format

    If you come from a country outside the European Union and you are a:

    The head of family:

    • your currently valid national passport, provided with a type D VISA
    • your work permit or professional card
    • If you are married: proof of your marital status (translated and authenticated)
    • 4 recent identity photos in a passport format

    Student:

    • your currently valid national passport, provided with a type D VISA
    • a certificate of enrolment in school/university
    • a certificate of cover or scholarship certificate
    • 4 recent identity photos in a passport format

    Family member:

    • your currently valid national passport, provided with a type D VISA
    • proof of the family relationship with the foreign person in your family settled in the commune (translated and authenticated)
    • 4 recent identity photos in a passport format

  2. Other steps:

    • To open a bank account
    • To register with social security (via Partenamut)
    • To choose for a car insurance (compulsory)
    • To choose for a home insurance (compulsory)
    • To request for a resident card if necessary (paid parking)
    • To register your car in Belgium
    • Do not forget to close your taxes in your country of origin
    • Do not forget to forward your mails from your country of origin
    • To register with the embassy of your country in Belgium

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