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After five years of continuous legal residence in Belgium, you can apply for EU long-term resident status, the closest thing to settling permanently. It gives you near-equal treatment with Belgians and easier movement to other EU countries. Expect to show stable income, health insurance and to meet integration conditions, which can include language and which vary by region.
Non-EU nationals with five years of continuous, legal residence in Belgium.
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You must show legal and uninterrupted residence in Belgium during the 5 years immediately preceding your application.
You must show stable, regular and sufficient means of subsistence and hold medical insurance covering risks in Belgium.
After five years of continuous legal residence in Belgium you can apply for EU long-term resident status. Expect to show stable income and health insurance, and to meet integration conditions, which can include language and vary by region.
It provides a stable, long-term residence status in Belgium and, under EU rules, can ease moving to other EU Member States, subject to their conditions.
Only partly – periods of study or vocational training are generally counted at half their length toward the five-year requirement.
Yes – the status can be lost by long absences, such as leaving the EU for 12 or more consecutive months or being absent from Belgium for around 6 years, among other grounds.
Short absences are tolerated – absences under 6 consecutive months, totalling no more than about 10 months over the five years, generally do not interrupt the qualifying period.
