Offices that take your departure report in Belgium

Prepare the foreign address, departure date and phone number. Belgians provide national-register numbers and identity-card copies for everyone moving; non-Belgians bring their residence cards. Keep the departure certificate; Belgian citizens can use it for consular registration.

Make a copy of your residence card before surrendering it and retain the Model 8 certificate. Model 8 proves deregistration, not previous lawful residence; the city stresses keeping the card copy for border checks, especially for non-Schengen nationals. If a previously reported temporary absence becomes permanent, submit the form again and select permanent departure. Check the consequences for residence continuity before choosing this procedure.

Prepare your departure date and destination details. If a child moves abroad, arrange attendance by the person with parental authority. Keep the departure certificate and clarify separately any effect on health insurance, benefits or tax obligations.

Have your identity document, new foreign address and the details of all accompanying household members ready; confirm the checklist when contacting the city. A minor must be accompanied by a parent or guardian; bring any relevant judgment or agreement. Keep the model 8 document. The office is reached at first-floor level from Stationsplein or the station car park; check access notices around the station works.

For a counter visit bring your identity card or residence permit. The official departure form is available in French and Dutch online. Keep the Model 8 you receive as proof of deregistration. The immediate processing time does not specify an email-response guarantee; contact the service if you need confirmation before travelling.

Have identification, your registered address and the intended departure details available when contacting the municipal population service (Population), and ask for the document checklist for your household. A Belgian residence permit held by a foreign national is normally cancelled immediately for departure abroad unless a right of return is exercised; discuss that position with the competent foreigners service first. Ask the population service to confirm how to submit your declaration, which attachments your household needs and whether a fee applies before sending it.

Have identification, your registered address and the intended departure details available when contacting the municipal population service (Population), and ask for the document checklist for your household. A Belgian residence permit held by a foreign national is normally cancelled immediately for departure abroad unless a right of return is exercised; discuss that position with the competent foreigners service first. Ask the population service to confirm how to submit your declaration, which attachments your household needs and whether a fee applies before sending it.

Have identification, your registered address and the intended departure details available when contacting the municipal population service (Population), and ask for the document checklist for your household. A Belgian residence permit held by a foreign national is normally cancelled immediately for departure abroad unless a right of return is exercised; discuss that position with the competent foreigners service first. Ask the population service to confirm how to submit your declaration, which attachments your household needs and whether a fee applies before sending it.

Have identification, your registered address and the intended departure details available when contacting the municipal population service (Population), and ask for the document checklist for your household. A Belgian residence permit held by a foreign national is normally cancelled immediately for departure abroad unless a right of return is exercised; discuss that position with the competent foreigners service first. Ask the population service to confirm how to submit your declaration, which attachments your household needs and whether a fee applies before sending it.

Have identification, your registered address and the intended departure details available when contacting the municipal population service (Population), and ask for the document checklist for your household. A Belgian residence permit held by a foreign national is normally cancelled immediately for departure abroad unless a right of return is exercised; discuss that position with the competent foreigners service first. Ask the population service to confirm how to submit your declaration, which attachments your household needs and whether a fee applies before sending it.

When booking, explain your intended departure and ask which identity, destination-address or family documents are needed. Confirm what evidence of deregistration you will receive and any remaining steps for your residence document.

Prepare passport or valid European national ID, all affected household members’ residence cards and exact foreign address; bring a photo if attending. Keep a card copy before surrender. If already abroad, the city asks for the card by post. Obtain any needed criminal-record extract before deregistration. Confirm exceptions before assuming your card remains valid.

Bring your identity card or residence permit. When booking, explain who is leaving and the planned departure date; ask which destination details and family documents the city needs for your case.

Have your current residence card, national-register number, details of family members leaving with you, email, phone, overseas address and departure date ready. Keep a copy of the card: Model 8 and appendix 37 alone do not prove prior lawful residence at border checks. If a declared temporary absence becomes permanent, submit the form again with permanent departure selected.

Prepare identity cards for everyone included, names, old address, departure date and foreign address; if unknown, at least the destination country and city. Keep the acknowledgement and reference number. Moving abroad does not automatically dissolve legal cohabitation. If you have already left, contact the department to resolve your registration rather than assuming a retrospective declaration is possible.

Prepare identity or residence card, national register number, foreign address, departure date and details of accompanying household members. For a Belgian household declaration, bring the relevant family members’ eIDs. Keep model 8 and the other documents issued. Belgian consular registration is separate and optional. Ask separately about temporary absence, card validity and return reporting if you intend to return.

For a counter visit, bring proof of the foreign address, such as a rental contract, each moving household member’s identity card and the associated PIN/PUK codes. An email needs names and National Register numbers of all movers, telephone number, old address and attached foreign-address evidence. Attach the required child-consent form and parent’s identity copy where applicable. Do not email PIN/PUK codes: they are needed for the counter visit, not for the email declaration. Keep Model 8 for the relevant destination registration or, for Belgian citizens, consular registration.

For a counter visit, the city requires your foreign residence card and one recent passport photograph. Have your departure details ready and ask the foreign-residents team about any residence-document or return formalities specific to your status.

Prepare the planned departure date and destination address, and have your eID and PIN available for the chip update. Keep model 8 for consular registration. Notify your health insurer and relevant benefit, pension, banking and insurance organisations as appropriate.

Have identification, the household members affected and your planned departure/new-address details available when asking for the form and document checklist. The departure fee is €5; ask how to pay. Belgian residence permits held by foreign nationals are normally cancelled immediately for departure abroad unless a right of return is exercised, so discuss residence-card consequences first. Use the federal departure deadline rather than the separate eight-working-day rule for moving into a home in Belgium.