Go to the municipality where you are registered now
The report is made where you currently live, so the right office depends on your Belgian address. Towns handle it differently: a walk-in counter, an emailed form, an online request or a phone call first. Foreign residents hand in their residence card as part of it.
Liège
Rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville 6, Château de Péralta, 4031 Liège
Declare your departure at the counter, also on Saturday mornings, no later than the day before you leave.
Bring your identity card and the identity cards of everyone in the departing household. Prepare departure date and foreign-address details. Check the current municipal fee and whether any separate immigration document is required before leaving.
Liège
Rue de Herve 451, 4030 Liège
If you are a foreign resident leaving only for a while, ask the immigration service before you deregister.
Bring your identity card and the identity cards of everyone in the departing household. Prepare departure date and foreign-address details. Check the current municipal fee and whether any separate immigration document is required before leaving.
Liège
Rue Général-de-Gaulle 69, 4020 Liège
Belgian citizens receive the certificate they need to register with a Belgian consulate abroad.
Bring your identity card and the identity cards of everyone in the departing household. Prepare departure date and foreign-address details. Check the current municipal fee and whether any separate immigration document is required before leaving.
Liège
Rue Saint-Séverin 46, 4000 Liège
Declare the move online or at the counter, at the latest the day before you leave.
Bring your identity card and the identity cards of everyone in the departing household. Prepare departure date and foreign-address details. Check the current municipal fee and whether any separate immigration document is required before leaving.
Liège
Potiérue 5, Rez-de-chaussée — Cité administrative, 4000 Liège
Visit on a weekday, or declare online, and arrive early because queue tickets stop shortly before closing.
Bring your identity card and the identity cards of everyone in the departing household. Prepare departure date and foreign-address details. Check the current municipal fee and whether any separate immigration document is required before leaving.
Liège
Boulevard Hector-Denis 338b, 4000 Liège
Come in person on a weekday or Saturday morning, or use the online counter if you would rather not visit.
Bring your identity card and the identity cards of everyone in the departing household. Prepare departure date and foreign-address details. Check the current municipal fee and whether any separate immigration document is required before leaving.
Guides
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.
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.
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.
Other countries
Moving on, or comparing before you decide? See how this works elsewhere.
Most offices in Bielefeld, Hanover, and Leipzig
Most offices in Warsaw, Kraków, and Lublin
Most offices in The Hague, 's-Hertogenbosch, and Alkmaar
Most offices in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Terrassa, and Almería
Where to next
For residents leaving Belgium permanently. See why you report the move, what changes for your cards and which municipal office takes the report.
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