Check whether your town needs an appointment first
In some towns you can walk in and change a forgotten PIN on the spot, in others you book a counter slot, send a form to the population service or order new codes from the federal service first. Check your city to see which applies and what ID to bring.
Uccle
Rue de Stalle 77, 1180 Uccle
Request the codes at the foreigners counter, then return to activate them on your card once they have arrived.
Ask what identity evidence to bring and take your residence card for activation as instructed. If the card itself is lost or stolen, the municipality requires a police declaration and a separate replacement order with identity evidence, photo and card charge; requesting codes alone is insufficient.
Uccle
Rue de Stalle 77, 1180 Uccle
Walk in on weekdays and reset your PIN with your unlock code, with later opening on Thursday evenings.
Bring the card and available PUK (PIN unlock code) or replacement-code letter as instructed. The federal replacement request needs the national-register number and a valid email address. Card loss/theft is a separate reporting and replacement procedure; code renewal alone does not replace a missing card. No code-delivery deadline or fee is inferred.
Guides
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A paper or digital certificate showing where you are registered, with versions for address history or household. Find the municipal office that issues it.
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.
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 Madrid, Córdoba, and Barcelona
Most offices in Rotterdam, Groningen, and Nieuwegein
Most offices in Warsaw, Kraków, and Bydgoszcz
Most offices in Bielefeld, Aachen, and Hanover
Most offices in Reykjavík, Akureyri, and Egilsstaðir
Where to next
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.
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