Offices that help you get a BIS number in Belgium

Have a valid national identity card or passport and details of the authority requesting identification. Ask for the case-specific evidence list and the delivery time, as no separate complete BIS checklist or delivery time is available. Disclose any existing Belgian identification number to avoid a duplicate. For employment, your current or future employer may instead request identification through belgianIDpro.

Prepare copies of every page of your passport or identity card, and your Antwerp address. Keep the request reference. A BIS request does not replace the separate short-stay residence notification. For that notification and its deadline, check the section for your nationality: EU citizens and their family members have separate instructions from third-country nationals. For employment-related identification, your current or future employer can request your NISS through belgianIDpro. A BIS number is created by a municipality, employer or competent authority as part of an administrative case; you cannot apply for one on your own. Use the Antwerp procedure described above if it fits your situation.

Supply a passport or identity card and enrolment from a Belgian institution. Verify your address and planned dates. Annex 3ter does not qualify you for a resident parking permit or the driving-test access that requires National Register registration. If you intend to work, the city directs you to obtain a BelgianIDpro number separately. Do not treat the declaration as a Belgian domicile certificate or an extension of a different residence entitlement. For employment-related identification, your current or future employer can request your NISS through belgianIDpro. Sigedis explains that a BIS number is created by a municipality, employer or competent authority within an administrative case; there is no standalone citizen self-application. Use the locally documented route above when it fits your situation.

Before attending, ask reception which identity documents and information about the requesting authority to bring; no complete BIS document checklist or fee is available. Have details of any existing Belgian identification number available. If you are actually moving to Belgium, confirm resident registration separately rather than using BIS identification as a substitute. For employment-related identification, your current or future employer can request your NISS through belgianIDpro. Sigedis explains that a BIS number is created by a municipality, employer or competent authority within an administrative case; there is no standalone citizen self-application. Use the locally documented route above when it fits your situation.

Have your identity document and qualifying annex details available when requesting the checklist. No separate BIS fee, processing time or universal evidence list is available here; confirm these rather than applying the digital key’s free tariff to BIS allocation. A BIS number does not itself establish residence, work permission, tax residence or insurance entitlement. For employment-related identification, your current or future employer can request your NISS through belgianIDpro. Sigedis explains that a BIS number is created by a municipality, employer or competent authority within an administrative case; there is no standalone citizen self-application. Use the locally documented route above when it fits your situation.