How to apply for or extend a certificate?

You make an appointment at the city office.

How to make an appointment?

You can do so online or by phone. If you are not in Belgium, you can only make an appointment by phone.

Online

Make an appointment for application or extension

Call us

What do you need to bring?

For all applications

• For first application

  • Money
    You can pay using cash or a debit/credit card.
  • You do not need to bring a passport photo. We will take one free of charge during your appointment.

• For extension

  • Certificate of registration
    Pay attention: is your certificate full or damaged? Then we apply for a new one.
  • Money
    You can pay using cash or a debit/credit card.

Additional documents

• For application family reunification

  • National passport
  • Annex 19ter, annex 15bis or annex 41bis (as applicable)
  • If you already have a residence card: expired residence card

• For asylum application (application for international protection)

  • Annex 26 (or possibly ‘annex 25’)

• Other applications

  E.g. application for medical regularisation (art. 9ter), student without proof of registration or health insurance

  • National passport

For application of new certificate after loss of theft

• Annex 12 or ‘certificate of loss’

Price

• New certificate
  €5
• Extension
  No charge

How to collect the certificate?

Your certificate of registration will be ready 1 to 3 weeks after you submitted your application. We will call or email you at that time.

• You must collect your certificate in person. No one else may to do so on your behalf.
• You make an appointment at the city office.

How to make an appointment?

You can do so online or by phone. If you are not in Belgium, you can only make an appointment by phone.

Online

Make an appointment to collect certificate of registration

Call us

What do you need to bring?

• National passport
  Exception: Did you apply for international protection (asylum seeker) and do you not have a passport? If so, you bring your ‘annex 26’ (sometimes ‘annex 25’).
• Other document (if applicable)
  This is listed on the receipt which you received during the application.

Certificate lost or stolen?

Read what you have to do