Choose the city you moved to, not the one you left
A move is reported to the municipality you are moving to, and each one has its own routine: some take the report online or at a kiosk, others through a district office or by appointment. Afterwards you are asked to come in so your ID or residence card can be updated.
Ostend
For residence permit holdersVindictivelaan 1, 8400 Ostend
Report your move online or by appointment, then book a second appointment to put the new address on your card.
Have your residence card and actual new Belgian address ready. Follow the instructions for the later card-update appointment and keep the card’s PIN available. Do not use this domestic-move form as a first application for permission to live in Belgium.
Ostend
Vindictivelaan 1, 8400 Ostend
Report your move online or by appointment, and put your name on the doorbell before the police check.
Have your identity card and new address ready. Bring your card and PIN for the chip update. If a minor moves, provide any relevant parental agreement, court decision or notarial deed about the child’s residence.
Related services
For people who cannot cover rent, food or other essentials: what the local social welfare centre can arrange and how to ask for an appointment.
A paper or digital certificate showing where you are registered, with versions for address history or household. Find the municipal office that issues it.
Reset an eID PIN, replace activation codes or set up a digital key for online services. Useful for residents, residence card holders and some non-residents.
The eID for teenagers and adults and the Kids-ID for children. See how applying works and find the municipal office that handles your card.
Learn whether you need an extract or a full copy, who can request it and how to reach the civil registry office in your municipality.
See who can apply, what is different for children and how to prepare, then find the municipal office that handles passports.
Other countries
Moving on, or comparing before you decide? See how this works elsewhere.
Most offices in Elche, Córdoba, and Valencia
Most offices in Bielefeld, Hanover, and Leipzig
Most offices in The Hague, Arnhem, and 's-Hertogenbosch
Most offices in Warsaw, Rzeszów, and Gdynia
Where to next
For anyone who has moved house in Belgium. See who reports, what happens after the address check and which office handles it in your new town.
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