Unlimited employment authorisation forms (single permit)

For technical reasons, the Working in Belgium Counter cannot be updated on the weekend of 31/8 and 01/09 with the settings provided for by the new legislation which comes into force on 01/09.

Requests submitted from 01/09 from 00:00 a.m. will be processed in accordance with the new decree of the Walloon Government of 06/06/2024, despite the encoding system still configured on the basis of the old legislation. For certain cases, this could lead to requests for additional documents for the examination of applications.

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: