Apply for or renew your Belgian identity card

A card for Belgian citizens, collected at your town hall

The electronic identity card, or eID, is for Belgian citizens: every Belgian receives one from age twelve, and younger children can have a Kids-ID. You apply in person at the municipality where you live, wait for a letter with your PIN code to arrive by post, then collect the card with that letter. Start well before your current card runs out. Foreign residents get a residence card instead.

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Apply for or renew a national ID card

Find where citizens apply for or renew their national identity card.

National ID cards are issued only to citizens of the country. You usually apply in person, because the office takes or checks your photo and sometimes your fingerprints. Bring your old card or passport and a photo that meets the rules, and check the rules for children, who often need a parent with them. You collect the new card after a few weeks, sometimes at a separate appointment. If you are a foreign resident, you need a residence card instead.

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69 offices in 30 cities
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Where to apply for your identity card

Many municipalities work by appointment, and some want a separate booking for each person who applies. Children get a card of their own, the Kids-ID, and the parent and child apply for it together.

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ID card offices in Belgium

Municipal offices that take eID applications, some only by appointment and some with a separate booking for each person.

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