List of appendices

1) For a first application

• The application form for an authorisation to work for a foreign worker (employer in Belgium or abroad), completed, signed and dated by the employer or their agent (natural person legally residing in Belgium), or generated by the electronic platform
• A photocopy of every page of the worker's current passport
• A photocopy of the identity card of the employer or their agent
• A photocopy of the document covering the worker's stay, if they are living in Belgium

• Proof of payment of the fee (see residency law of 15 December 1980)
• If the worker is aged 18 or over, an extract of the police records or equivalent document, certified, issued by the country of origin or the country of last residence of the worker and dated less than six months ago, declaring that the worker has not been sentenced for crimes or common law offences.  This document must be drawn up in French, Dutch, German or English. Any translation of it must be made by a sworn translator (see residency law dated 15 December 1980).
• A medical certificate dated less than 6 months ago, showing that the worker is not suffering from any of the diseases listed in the appendix of the law of 15 December 1980 (see residency law of 15 December 1980):
  • diseases subject to quarantine as stated in the International Health Regulations of the World Health Organisation, signed in Geneva on 23 May 2005; 
  • active or progressive tuberculosis of the respiratory tract; 
  • other infectious diseases or contagious parasitic diseases if, in Belgium, they are the subject of protection provisions applying to nationals.
• A model is available on the website of the Immigration Office.
• A commitment from the employer that the worker has health insurance covering all the risks in Belgium to themselves and members of their family (see residency law of 15 December 1980) 

• A photocopy of the employment contract in accordance with the provisions of titles I and III of the law of 3/7/1978, duly completed, dated and signed by both parties OR
  In the case of civil servants: the designation or appointment act
  The employment relationship must have been concluded for at least 6 months.
  The gross monthly salary will be at least the minimum required for a Blue Card.
• A copy of the higher education degree relevant to the position to be filled, issued by an educational institution recognised by the competent authorities of the state in which the institution is located, and certifying the successful completion of a fully-fledged post-secondary higher education programme of at least three years’ duration OR
  If the position is for a manager in the information and communication technology sector, or for a specialist in information and communication technology: proof of professional experience relevant to the vacant position, of a level comparable to higher education degrees, and of at least three years out of the seven years preceding the application for a Blue Card.
  These documents need not be provided in the case of long-term mobility, except for regulated professions, if the worker has held a Blue Card in the first member state for less than 24 months or if the worker has obtained their Blue Card in the first member state based on high professional qualifications in another sector than those mentioned above
• The characteristics of the vacant position: 
  - a description of the employer’s activities or, if there are several activities, of the branch of activity in which the employee will work;
  - an organisation chart of the company showing the position the employee will fill and the chain of command to which the employee will report;
  - a description of the objectives and responsibilities assigned to the worker
• In the case of long-term mobility:
  a copy of the valid Blue Card issued by the first member state

2) For a renewal

• The application form for an authorisation to work for a foreign worker (employer in Belgium or abroad), completed, signed and dated by the employer or their agent (natural person legally residing in Belgium), or generated by the electronic platform 
• A photocopy of the identity card of the employer or their agent
• A photocopy of the document covering the worker's stay in Belgium
• A photocopy of all the pay slips for the entire period of the authorisation to work that is expiring
• A photocopy of the individual account after one full calendar year of work by the worker
• If granted by another region: a photocopy of the worker’s previous authorisation to work

• A photocopy of the first page of the worker's currently valid passport
• Proof that the worker has health insurance covering all the risks in Belgium to themselves and members of their family (see residency law dated 15 December 1980)

• A photocopy of the employment contract in accordance with the provisions of titles I and III of the law of 3/7/1978, duly completed, dated and signed by both parties OR
  In the case of civil servants: the designation or appointment act.