The situation of the (potential) employee

Please note the following with regard to a single permit application :

• If you wish (Belgian employer) or need (foreign employer) to call on a service provider to submit your permit applications :
  you and your representative must follow the procedure for a power of attorney.
• For every application for which a proof of payment of the fee must be included: 
  you can find more information on this fee on the website of the Immigration Office. The amounts of the fee to be paid have been significantly modified on 26 May 2022.
• When Brussels Economy and Employment delivers a work permit, that does not automatically lead to the Immigration Office delivering a single permit. The single permit is only delivered to people meeting the conditions mentioned in articles 61/25-1 and following of the law dated 15/12/1980.
• Persons holding a special residence permit must provide proof of renunciation of their privileged status (certificate from the Foreign Affairs Protocol Service), when submitting their application for a single permit.

Executive, researcher, highly qualified, professor, temporary intra-corporate transfer (ICT), etc.

• Blue card applicant
• Executive / Management staff
• Guest professor
• Highly qualified staff
• Post-doctoral scholar
• Researcher 
• Temporary intra-corporate transfer (ICT)

Others

• Artist
• Assembling goods and/or installation – worker employed by an employer established abroad, coming to Belgium for the initial assembly and/or the first installation of a good
• Au pair
• Authorisation to work during several years – national who can provide proof of several years of employment covered by an authorisation to work or a single permit.
• British workers in the Brussels Capital Region
• Cross-border worker
• Diplomat
• Domestic servant
• Inner circle meetings – worker comes to Belgium to take part in inner circle meetings for discussions, contract negotiations, evaluation interviews, etc.
• Intern
• International agreement – worker employed pursuant to an international agreement
• International transport worker / receipt of goods worker
• Journalist
• Long-term resident in another EU member state
• Military graves – staff employed by military graves commissions
• Person occupying a position with a labour shortage
• Professional athlete, trainer, referee... 
• Prototype testing - worker comes to carry out prototype tests
• Religious official
• Sales representatives
• Scientific congress – worker coming to Brussels to attend a scientific congress
• Seafarer – worker registered in the Belgian merchant navy seamen's pool
• Seasonal worker – agricultural activities
• Services – worker employed by a company in a member state of the EEA, coming to Belgium to provide services
• Specialised technician for installation or repair work
• Staff of a foreign public administration or international organisation
• Training - seconded worker, coming to Belgium to undergo training
• Volunteer - European Solidarity Corps (previously "European Voluntary Service")

Other case 

• Other situation (labour market analysis): other situation or lower salary than those mentioned above

Minimal remuneration

The remuneration must be at least a certain amount.