La loi relative à l’occupation de ressortissants étrangers se trouvent dans une situation particulière de séjour a été adoptée le 9 mai 2018. Elle porte assentiment à l’accord de coopération conclu le 2 février 2018 entre l’Etat fédéral, la Région wallonne, la Région flamande, la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale et la Communauté germanophone.
In order to obtain a Belgian work permit for individuals in the capacity of highly qualified or managerial employees, a specific minimum salary has to be observed. This minimum salary is indexed every year. PwC Belgium was informed by the immigration authorities of the Brussels Region about the indexation of minimum salaries applicable as from January 2016.
The intention of the Government to apply charges for residence applications in order to cover the administrative costs was already present in the Program Act of 19 December 2014. On 16 February 2015, the Government approved a new Royal Decree, which becomes effective on 2 March 2015.
As from 1 July 2014, each Region in Belgium is able to determine for itself the legal criteria necessary to grant work permits and professional cards to third-country nationals
A draft law allowing foreign nationals to perform volunteer work in Belgium has been approved by the Belgian Senate on 10 December 2009.
In order to be able to work in Belgium, non-EU foreign nationals must be granted the right to stay in Belgium for more than 3 months by means of a temporary residency Visa (type D).
On 9 October, the Belgian government has taken the decision to strengthen the requirements for acquiring Belgian nationality. As a result, Belgian nationality law is soon to be adapted.
These new levels relate to the authorisations for employing and granting work permits to foreign nationals (from outside the EEA).
With the publication of the Royal Decree of 18 December 2008 with respect to the employment of foreign workers, Belgium has used its possibility to prolong the transitional period which was initially expected to end on 1 January 2009.
The Belgian Minister of Migration has decided that a medical certificate should no longer be joined to a visa application (type D) for employees who already provided such a certificate for the purpose of their work permit application.
