Unlimited employment authorisation forms (single permit)

1) The application form must be completed:

• either online at the one-stop shop

Access the online application form on the Working in Belgium portal (access via CSAM - Electronic identity card or ITSME device).

Applying online allows any status change in the processing of the application to be seen immediately.

• or via the paper form to be sent to the administration

Download the paper application form - to be completed, signed, scanned and sent to permisdetravail.entreprises@spw.wallonie.be, together with the required appendices.

2) Please note that the following documents must always be attached to the unlimited employment authorisation form (in electronic or paper form):

• a copy of a valid passport for the worker;
• proof that the worker and their family members are registered with a recognised mutual insurance fund;
• a copy of the payslips for the entire period for which the last employment authorisation is valid;
• a copy of all the Employment permits B or Single permits based on fixed-term employment authorisation previously granted by the Walloon Region or another Region (1) (see table below);
• a copy of the current employment contract or, if this is not available, a copy of any other document proving that the third-country national has sufficient means of subsistence (in accordance with Article 61/25-6, § 1, 2 of the Law of 15 December 1980 on the entry into the territory, residence, settlement and expulsion of foreigners);
• if the worker is authorised to work as a long-term resident in another EU Member State, and after effective employment of more than 12 months in a profession with a labour shortage in Belgium, a copy of this "Long-term resident - EU" residence permit.

(1) The number of years of work required under Employment permit B or Single permit based on fixed-term employment authorisation previously granted by the Walloon Region or another Region varies depending on the following situations: