Journalist
If the non-European worker is a journalist, the need for authorisation depends on the duration of the employment in Belgium.
The journalist is exclusively working for a newspaper published abroad, or for a press agency, a radio or television station established abroad. They are coming to Belgium for 90 days or more.
Apply for a single permit "in the frame of an exemption"The journalist lives abroad. They are exclusively working for a newspaper published abroad, or for a press agency, a radio or television station established abroad. They are coming to Belgium for at most 90 consecutive days.
You do not need to ask Brussels Economy and Employment for employment authorisation in order to work in Belgium.(automatic exemption by virtue of article 2.15 of the royal decree dated 9 June 1999)
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Regulation
- Law dated 30 April 1999 on the employment of foreign workers
- Royal decree dated 9 June 1999 implementing the law dated 30 April 1999 with regard to employing foreign workers
- Royal decree dated 5 July 2018
- Decree of the Brussels-Capital Government dated 16 May 2019 amending the Royal Decree of 9 June 1999 implementing the Law of 30 April 1999 on the employment of foreign workers with regard to admission to work for activities carried out within the framework of a transfer within a company, a seasonal
- Decree of the Brussels-Capital Government dated 25 June 2020 amending the Royal decree dated 9 June 1999 implementing the Law of 30 April 1999 with regard to employing foreign workers More