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:
application for access to unlimited employment for a foreign worker, a long-term resident of another EU Member State, after effective employment of more than 12 months in a profession with a labour shortage.
(RD 16/05/2019 Art. 16, para. 1, 18°)
1 year
application for access to unlimited employment for a foreign worker of Turkish, Tunisian or Moroccan nationality or from a former Yugoslav state, accompanied by their legally resident family
(RD 16/05/2019 Art. 3).
2 years
application for access to unlimited employment for a foreign worker of Turkish, Tunisian or Moroccan nationality or from a former Yugoslav state, not accompanied by their legally resident family
(RD 16/05/2019 Art. 3).
3 years
application for access to unlimited employment for a foreign worker of a different nationality, accompanied by their legally resident family
(RD 16/05/2019 Art. 3).
3 years
application for access to unlimited employment for a foreign worker of a different nationality, not accompanied by their legally resident family
(RD 16/05/2019 Art. 3).
4 years
Contact
Immigration Office Infodesk - Residence information:
+32 (0)2 793 80 00, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 9.30am - 12pm; Thursday: 2pm - 4pm
infodesk@ibz.fgov.bePublic Service of Wallonia Infodesk - Work information:
+32 (0)81 33 43 92, Monday to Friday, 9.30am to 12pm
permisdetravail@spw.wallonie.bepermisdetravail.entreprises@spw.wallonie.be for the submission of applications for unlimited single permits