Offices for residence permit applications and renewals in Belgium

Provide the previous academic-year A card, valid passport, standard enrolment form, sufficient-means evidence and health insurance. For Annex 32 with a guarantor living in Belgium, also supply the guarantor’s income evidence and ID/residence-card copy. Exam results and academic-progress proof are required except for PhD students. Check the city’s programme-specific credit and completion requirements, which apply from 2026–2027; they are not the same for every degree. Keep all requests and temporary documents, and check the actual collection instructions when the codes arrive.

Bring your passport or identity card and current residence card, or the police loss certificate. Staff take photos at the counter and normally do not accept your own photo. Bring one for a child under three or an older child unable to sit still independently. For collection bring the old card or replacement certificate and PIN/PUK letter. Adults and children aged 12 or over must collect personally. Contact Migration for medical exceptions; the required medical certificate must be no older than one month. A residence card alone is not a travel document.