Belgium Phrasebook

48 terms and phrases for government offices

Open a Bank Account in Belgium and Invoke the Basic Banking Service

paspoort / passeport / Reisepass

Valid passport or EU/EEA national identity card

verblijfsvergunning / titre de séjour

Belgian residence permit if already issued

rijksregisternummer / numéro de registre national

Belgian national-register number once issued

enclosure 26 / 25 / 15, oranje kaart, carte orange

Asylum-application or registration proof (statutory route)

Foreign Driving Licence Exchange in Belgium

Belgische identiteitskaart / Carte d'identité belge

Belgian identity card or residence permit

Rijbewijs / Permis de conduire / Führerschein

Original foreign driving licence

Beëdigde vertaling / Traduction jurée

Sworn translation of the foreign licence

Pasfoto / Photo d'identité

Recent passport photo

Geneeskundig attest / Certificat médical d'aptitude

Medical aptitude certificate (categories C and D)

Gemeente / Commune

Register in your commune of residence in the National Register

Rijbewijs / Permis de conduire

Collect your Belgian licence at the commune

Belgian eID and National Register Enrollment for Foreign Residents

Photo d'identité / identiteitsfoto

Recent identity photograph (federal biometric standard)

Carte d'identité / identiteitskaart / passeport

Existing identity document

Preuve de résidence / bewijs van verblijf

Proof of residence at the declared address

Visa / *Annexe 3ter* / Annexe 19 / Annexe 19ter

Visa or arrival annex (foreigners only)

Preuve de l'autorité parentale

Parental authority proof (Kids-ID applicants only)

Service Population / Dienst Bevolking

Book the Service Population / Dienst Bevolking Appointment

Foreign Diploma Equivalence in Belgium (Three Communities)

identiteitsbewijs

Identity document

afstudeerbewijs

Foreign diploma

puntenlijst

Transcript of grades

studieprogramma

Study programme

toestemmingsformulier

Consent form

stagebewijs

Internship certificate

Mandatory Health Insurance Enrollment in Belgium (Mutualité / Ziekenfonds)

Carte de séjour / Verblijfskaart

Belgian residence document

Numéro de Registre national / Rijksregisternummer

National Register number

eID / Carte d'identité / Identiteitskaart

Identity document

Numéro de compte / Rekeningnummer

Bank account number (IBAN)

Maison communale / Gemeentehuis

Register your address with your commune or gemeente

Carte ISI+ / ISI+-kaart

Receive your membership documents

Single work permit and Type B in Belgium

Contrat de travail / arbeidsovereenkomst

Signed employment contract

Passeport / paspoort

Valid passport

Description de fonction / functiebeschrijving

Detailed job description

Attestation ONSS / RSZ attest + extrait BCE / KBO-uittreksel

Employer good-standing evidence

Diplôme / diploma

Diploma or qualification evidence

Curriculum vitae

Curriculum vitae

Traduction jurée / beëdigde vertaling

Sworn translations of foreign documents

Certificat médical / medisch attest

Medical certificate

Extrait de casier judiciaire / uittreksel uit het strafregister

Police-clearance or good-conduct certificate

Convention d'accueil / gastovereenkomst

Hosting agreement (researcher route)

Belgian Residence Permit Acquisition (Worker, Family, Long-term, Student, EU)

Passeport / Paspoort / Reisepass

Valid passport with appropriate entry visa

Photo d'identité / Pasfoto / Passfoto

Recent passport-size photographs

Preuve d'adresse / Bewijs van adres / Adressnachweis

Proof of residential address in Belgium

Permis unique / Gecombineerde vergunning

Single-permit authorisation

Documents d'état civil / Burgerlijke-stand-documenten

Family-reunification civil-status documents

Attestation d'inscription / Inschrijvingsbewijs

Student enrolment proof

Preuve de citoyenneté UE et de statut / Bewijs van EU-burgerschap en doel van verblijf

EU citizenship and intended-status proof

Annexe 49 / Bijlage 49

Annex 49 (issued at commune)

Annexe 19 / Bijlage 19 — Annexe 19ter / Bijlage 19ter

Annex 19 or Annex 19ter (issued at commune)