How to Get a Work Visa in Belgium After Your Studies: Post Study Options

Post-study visas How to get a work visa for Belgium after Your studies

Post Study Options: How to Get a Work Visa in Belgium After Your Studies

Belgium is known for its safety, high quality of life and vibrant culture. From its internationally renowned healthcare to countless culinary delights, Belgium offers numerous things to see and do.

These are just aesthetic reasons that draw international students to stay in the country after completing their studies.



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Belgium is ideally situated for fast and efficient travel to many sought after locations such as France, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Spain.

Belgium is part of the European Union and as a foreign national, your permit to stay after your graduation depends upon your nationality, length and purpose of stay.

For EU/EEA and Swiss nationals, the identity card or a passport is generally sufficient. You need to register and request for a residence document which will entitle you to work in the country.

It is a different story for a non-EU national as you need a visa and work permit to stay and live in Belgium and there are different types of residence status.

Unlike Germany, Belgium’s immigration system does not offer a jobseeker permit after you complete your studies.

If you want to stay and work in the country after getting your degree as a non-EU national, you can stay beyond the expiration date of your current permit by seeking an employer who can sponsor your visa.

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Non-immigrant visas for after graduation Visas for temporary workers:
- Category B and Category C work visas.
- Immigrant visas for after graduation
- Long-term work visa in Belgium,
- The Long-stay Category D visa

- EU Blue Card As a highly skilled worker
You can obtain a work permit without the need for prior labour market analysis.

- Permanent Residence in Belgium
Once you live in Belgium for five years, you may qualify for permanent residency in Belgium. This permit will allow you to stay in Belgium indefinitely, working or otherwise, under similar conditions as Belgian citizens.

As a permanent resident, you cannot leave the country for longer than one to two years otherwise you will lose your permanent residence status.


- Belgium Naturalised Citizenship
To acquire citizenship through residence you must have been living in Belgium for uninterrupted five years, be able to prove that you speak one of the three main languages and that you are socially and economically integrated by taking an integration course or having worked in Belgium for the past five years.


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