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)