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For staff being moved within their own company from a branch outside the EU to a Belgian branch. It covers managers, specialists and graduate trainees on assignment, and lets you carry the role across to other EU countries during the transfer. Like other work routes, the work side is handled by the relevant Belgian region.
Managers, specialists and graduate trainees transferred within their company group from outside the EU to a Belgian entity.
Our licensed advisors assess your eligibility, build a strategy to strengthen your application, and manage the process end to end, so you submit a complete, competitive application with confidence.
The maximum total duration of the transfer is 3 years for a manager or specialist and 1 year for a trainee employee.
Yes – a third-country national authorised to live and work in Belgium for more than 90 days may be joined by their spouse or registered partner and minor children under the family-reunification rules.
Yes – ICT holders benefit from intra-EU mobility. Short stays of up to 90 days generally need no prior notification, while longer assignments require a long-term mobility ICT application.
The ICT permit cannot exceed its maximum (3 years for managers/specialists, 1 year for trainees), so to stay longer you generally need to switch to another permit before it expires.
The ICT Permit is for staff moved within their own company from a branch outside the EU to a Belgian branch. It covers managers, specialists and graduate trainees on assignment, and allows mobility to other EU countries during the transfer.
You must already have been employed by the group outside the EU before the transfer – typically about 3 months, and longer (around 6 months for managers and specialists) in the Brussels-Capital Region.
The ICT permit is for managers, specialists and trainee employees being transferred within the same company group from outside the EU to Belgium for more than 90 days.
