Application for electronic residence card (from the age of 12)

Step 1: Make an appointment

Make an appointment at the city office. You can do so online or by phone.

Online

If you are not in Belgium, you can only make an appointment by phone.

Make an appointment for application

Call us

Step 2: Apply for residence card

Come to your appointment at the city office. What do you need to bring?

For all applications

• National passport or identity card
• Invitation from the city office, if any
• Money: you can pay using cash or a debit/credit card

You do not need to bring a passport photo. We will take one during your appointment.

Additional documents

For application first residence card

Depending on your nationality:

• Nationality of an EU country, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland: annex 19, annex 8ter or annex 8
• Other nationality: annex 15, annex 49, annex 26 (sometimes 'annex 25') or orange card

For renewal of residence card (extension of stay)

• Residence card or the document you received to temporarily replace your card.

For application of new residence card after loss of theft

• Annex 12 or ‘certificate of loss’

Price

• Regular procedure
  € 22
• Expedited procedure
  If you apply before 2 pm, delivery the following working day: € 125

Step 3: Collect residence card

Have you received the PIN and PUK codes by post? Then you may collect the card at the city office.

Read how to collect the residence card

Children younger than 12

Is your child younger than 12? Then you can apply for an electronic residence card for children under the age of 12.

Residence card lost or stolen?

Read what you have to do.