Online first in many towns, a counter visit when needed
Some municipalities send you to the online route before offering a counter visit, and the checks differ for lost, stolen and damaged licences. Each office explains whether you must apply in person and how you collect the new licence.
Aalst
Werf 9, 9300 Aalst
Book a counter visit or, for an expiry, loss or damage, apply online, and collect the new licence yourself.
Bring your identity or residence card, current licence and any applicable loss/theft report, fitness or medical certificate, exam or professional-training evidence. Bring a recent photo if the existing ID photo cannot be reused. Aalst does not take licence photos at the counter.
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 Amsterdam, Tilburg, and Deventer
Most offices in Warsaw, Kraków, and Rzeszów
Most offices in Hanover, Aachen, and Saarbrücken
Most offices in A Coruña, Alicante, and Almería
Most offices in Akranes, Akureyri, and Borgarnes
Where to next
Find out which cases can be handled online and which need a visit, then see the municipal offices that deal with renewals and replacements.
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