Long Stay Work Permit Article 9
Long Stay Work Permit Article 9
Long Stay Work Permit Article 9
- should be valid at least 3 months after the intended date of departure from the
Schengen territory or, in the case of several visits, after the last intended date of
departure;
- should contain at least 2 empty pages when applying for the visa.
o please provide one copy of the passport (the empty pages don’t need to be copied).
o for foreigners: copy of temporary residence card (if any) or of your residence permit.
Application form
o Two application forms fully filled in, signed (two times: at the point nr. 37 AND on the last
page!) and dated by the applicant.
Photo
Contribution fees
oContribution fees
The proof of payment has to be submitted, if applicable, along with the application at the time of
the application. If this is not the case, the visa application is not admissible. For details
For details
For details
https://dofi.ibz.be/sites/dvzoe/EN/news/Pages/Contribution%20covering%20administrative%20c
osts%20of%20an%20application.aspx
Work Permit
The original work permit issued by the Belgian authorities or the official certificate stating that
you are exempted from the work permit obligation.
RECOMMENDATION Consult the website of the competent authorities for any additional
information on the methods for lodging an application for an employment permit and the work
permit B, the cases in which a worker is exempted from the obligation to obtain a work permit,
the particular categories of workers, the employment market in Belgium, the sectors with
manpower shortages, etc.
Medical certificate
o A medical certificate attesting that you are not carrying any of the diseases which might endanger
public health. This certificate must be no older than 6 months from the date of issuance. The
specific form must be signed and stamped by one of the Embassy’s agreed physicians :
http://egypt.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/travel-to-belgium/visa/general-information/agreed-
physicians
If you already provided a medical certificate for the application for a work permit in Belgium by
your employer, a medical certificate is no more needed.
o A notarized and legalized certificate attesting to the lack of any convictions for crimes or offences
under common law, together with a translation.
NOTE
Applicants, who cannot enclose all documents from the list, should consider adding alternatives
or making an explanation about the reason for not handing them in.
Our Consulate may in justified individual cases, request additional documents during the
examination of an application which are not mentioned in the above harmonized list. The
applicant is hereby informed that submitting the above-mentioned documents does not guarantee
automatic issuance of a visa
The documents drawn up abroad in a language other than Dutch, French or German are to be
translated in accordance with the original by a sworn translator :
http://egypt.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/consular-services/translators
The translation must be legalized as a separate document in line with the procedure laid down in
the country of origin, and then by the competent Belgian consulate or Embassy.
Egyptian notarized certificates have to be authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before
being authenticated by the Embassy / Consulate General of Belgium. They should not be older
than six months.