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Hi All,

wanted to update - got a positive decision 4 months after applying for nationality ( April 26)聽 . Commune in Brussels said to wait a few weeks until the PIN codes are sent to my address , at which point I can apply for the ID card .

good luck to all waiting !

Congratulations @DaryaSh. Have you sent an email to get to know the status on you Nationality application? Or commune sent an email to you?

@DaryaSh

From which commune?, and How could you know this?

Generally commune sending PIN after apply for card, so what exactly is this?

@DaryaSh

Congrats.

Normally pin codes are sent after card application. (at least in Antwerpen like this.) But maybe in Brussels comune does this behalve of you.

If this is the case you dont neeed to apply anything because its already done.

When you go to commune i think you will only pay and get your ID

Can you test your current ID if its working in聽 eID viewer?

Also please could you share your timeline according to first comment in this post.

1-Application Region:

2-Application Date:

3-Requested Documents:

4-Additional Information:

5-Approval Date:

@RKSI

Yup , sent an email to the commune once my 4 months wait was over and they confirmed positive decision

@gbsc0609

Uccle commune , in their email that said to wait a few weeks while the 鈥� administrative processing time takes place鈥� . I should get a mail invitation at home with codes for my new card

@maharaji1984

Application Region: Brussels

2-Application Date: 12.04.2026

3-Requested Documents: L card , 5 years payslips , medical insurance

4-Additional Information:

Very straightforward process for me , as I worked 5 years for the same employer .

5-Approval Date:12.08.26

If anyone would like to know if the decision is issued, the first platform that the citizenship appears on is:

But you need to access it with your ID card attached to the PC through a card reader!

@DaryaSh

No birth records , translation, payment proof requested ?

Dear all, today actually a week before i am Belgian.

Here is my timeline and comments :

1-Application Region: Antwerpen

2-Application Date: 60 days before

3-Requested Documents:

1. Geboorteakte (Birth certificate from embassy in Belgium)
2. Document taal (Certificate from CVO - Netherlands 3.1)
3. Document integratie (Certificate integration from Atlas)
4. Document werk (5 years individual payments and 6 months payslips)
5. Betalingsbewijs (150鈧� payment confirmation - Made just a day before price change)
6. Identiteitskaart (L card)
7. Paspoort (Passport)

4-Additional Information: Read below

5-Approval Date: 20.08.2025

I was desperatly waiting my L card to apply nationality.

As soon as i get my card i made an appoitment with municipality. To find a closest date slot was almost impossible.

Closest date was 5-6 months. During my daily check i find a close date and made my appoitment. (days were appearing for very short time)

Before i go to municipality i confirmed every documents with nationality department.

And in the appoitment day i gave all requested documents and signed the nationaliteitsverklaring.

Agent gave me nationaliteitsverklaring and 4 months period started.

2 months later i was checking my online files and one day i have seen there my nationality certificate.

I directly made an appoitment with municipality and asked both ID and Passaport.

2 days later聽 than my nationality certificate installed to the system, i have recieved an invitation letter from municipality聽 to apply ID card which was obligated and optionally passaport. But anyway, i had already requested:)

One week later i (when pin code in my postbox) i made another appoitment and took聽 my ID and Passaport.

My application was quite fast. i couldnt imagine it will be that fast...

I was working nonstop in 5 years 8 months .

I never got visited by police or got call.

Good luck all of you guys and be patience. I finally get out of long online waiting queues, application dates,municipaliy corridors.

If you have questions聽 feel free!

@maharaji1984

Congratulations!!!

I have a small question, when you say "(5 years individual payments and 6 months payslips)", what are the individual payments? And are they always requested for nationality?

For example, if someone has an L Card after 3 years as student (1.5 years for the count) + 3.5 years working, the individual payments are required only for the 3 years?聽

@mpssalazar

Thank you , sincerely聽 what i have been told聽 ;

you should prove , 468 days from 7,6 hours (= 3557 hour) in last 5 years.

if not

You should have a certificate for minimum 400 hours minimum upper secondary education diploma.

@maharaji1984

Oh ok, I see, so if I have the 468 hous in 3 years, I guess that would be enough. Thank you!

@maharaji1984

your application was sent right away to the Parquet?

yesterday I have received by post the: ONTVANGSTBEWIJS: bevestiging volledigheid dossier artikel 12bis, 搂1,2掳 WBN

the 4months period start from reception of this document correct?

@Smlg

your application was sent right away to the Parquet? Yes thats right.

yesterday I have received by post the: ONTVANGSTBEWIJS: bevestiging volledigheid dossier artikel 12bis, 搂1,2掳 WBN

the 4months period start from reception of this document correct? 4 months period start from the date ontvangstbewijs is issued.

The document you mentioned given me in the moment that i made the application.

@maharaji1984

the day I applied I received the:

Attest : Aanvraag tot verkrijging van de Belgische nationaliteit

@Smlg

In your previous post, you said you received it by post. And now you are saying you recieved it once you did the application. Which statement is corecct?

@maharaji1984

Hi, I have received two documents:

1. Attest : Aanvraag tot verkrijging van de Belgische nationaliteit - on site.

鈫� This is just a receipt of application: it proves you submitted your nationality request at the commune.

1. ONTVANGSTBEWIJS: bevestiging volledigheid dossier artikel 12bis, $1,2掳 WBN - by post

鈫� This is the real key document. It confirms that your file is officially complete and has been forwarded into the legal process (the 4-month period starts from this date)

I had understood that in Brussels some town halls issue the second document immediately if the file is complete from the start. That鈥檚 why, when I first applied, I was confused: they told me my file was complete but still refused to give me the certificate right away.

@Smlg

i recieved both in first application. With post i just recieved that , i must make an appoitment in municipality to get my ID AND /OR passport.

If i am not worng they was not sure about payment right?

@maharaji1984

correct! even for the first one I had to force them, and went to collect it later that day. It was very frustrating.

sontoi have received both receipts on site and then by post the positive feedback correct?

@Smlg

Yes correct

Hi all, I was wondering what happens if you apply for Belgian nationality from a certain commune and move to another during the process? Does anyone have experience before?

Hi All, time line for applying and getting Nationality in my case.

Applied on 13Feb i2025 in Brussels commune

Positive decision on Aug 4 2025

Nationality certificate on Aug 27 2025

Applied in commune for Identity and passport on Aug 29 2025

Card collection 11sep 2025

Thanks for all your support

Today I got my citizenship approval email from 1000 Brussels.

1-Application Region:

1000 Brussels

2-Application Date:

10/03/2025

3-Requested Documents:

5 years tax statement, birth certificate

4-Additional Information:

Applied based on 5 year employment-resident status.

5-Approval Date:

11/09/2025

@RKSI

congrats!!!!!

your file took 6months to get approved, when was it transferred to the parquet?

@praveenkumar0788

congrats, when was your file transferred to the parquet?

Yeah, the waiting times have increased a lot. That鈥檚 understandable because of the price verhoogt (rumors about it started in the beginning of the year), many people who could have applied earlier did so at the beginning and middle of the year, so now there are a lot of applications.

What I don鈥檛 get is why people just sit and wait so calmly. The deadlines have already passed. After 4 months you should go and demand your case to be processed and your citizenship to be registered. But who am I to tell people what to do if they鈥檙e fine with having their rights ignored?

@RKSI

Hello, How did you manage to get appointment for new ID so soon?

The earliest I see in my case is from 27/11/2025.

@praveenkumar0788
congrats, when was your file transferred to the parquet? - @Smlg

I do not know if we could see this info somewhere.

My file was said prepared and sent to prosecutor office on my second and last visit to commune on 10/03/2025.

@praveenkumar0788

Hi,

I have taken the appointment for it in 3 months advance. So the reason i got it quickly. Thanks

@praveenkumar0788

Got it. I was asking because once the file is sent to the parquet, the prosecutor has 4 months to approve or deny your citizenship. After that deadline, they can no longer issue a decision and the resident automatically becomes Belgian. In your case, it looks like it took 6 months, which is a really long delay.

Yeah, the waiting times have increased a lot. That鈥檚 understandable because of the price verhoogt (rumors about it started in the beginning of the year), many people who could have applied earlier did so at the beginning and middle of the year, so now there are a lot of applications.
What I don鈥檛 get is why people just sit and wait so calmly. The deadlines have already passed. After 4 months you should go and demand your case to be processed and your citizenship to be registered. But who am I to tell people what to do if they鈥檙e fine with having their rights ignored? - @Mia0210

While my file was being taken on 10/03/2025, the lady in the counter specifically told to please not to contact them before 6 months. And I said ok. I had no plan to wait indefinitely, was waiting for the 6 months to be done.

After 6 months exactly, they emailed themself.

@praveenkumar0788

The lady at the counter can tell you anything, even that she loves you or that she hates you, but that doesn鈥檛 change the law or its deadlines. The law gives exactly four months for the officials to make a decision.

So, they can say whatever they want to you orally, but they will never put the same thing in writing, because that would be an obvious violation. If you'd had come exactly after four months, they would have had no choice but to register you in the system that same day.

But instead, you prefer to wait and obediently follow whatever the counter staff tell you. They are not an authority, they are just small employees living off your taxes. Once you understand this, life will become easier.

@praveenkumar0788
The lady at the counter can tell you anything, even that she loves you or that she hates you, but that doesn鈥檛 change the law or its deadlines. The law gives exactly four months for the officials to make a decision.
So, they can say whatever they want to you orally, but they will never put the same thing in writing, because that would be an obvious violation. If you'd had come exactly after four months, they would have had no choice but to register you in the system that same day.

But instead, you prefer to wait and obediently follow whatever the counter staff tell you. They are not an authority, they are just small employees living off your taxes. Once you understand this, life will become easier. - @Mia0210

More than being obedient its about the trust I put in opposite human being(..the so called small employees).

I believed she was in that chair as she knows laws and deadlines. Learnt just now they would say love/hate stories too.

My trust-no-one skills indeed need to improve.

Also I did not read the law myself before going to commune.

I checked now at [link under review]

Waiting period

Submission of the complete application: the local authorities send it to the public prosecutor's office, which then has four months to issue an opinion.

Administrative processing: if the public prosecutor's office gives a favourable opinion, the local authorities will then finalise your application, which may take one to two months.

I do not know why they put in their website an extra one to two months. Maybe you know it?

I think there is a "small" detail missing in the definition of the 4-month deadline. Technically, the public prosecutor has 4 months to respond to the application, so the 4-month deadline is calculated after the public prosecutor confirms that the application has been received, not after the municipality submits the application.

So, theoretically, it is always possible that additional delay is caused by the fact that the municipality processes the application internally before sending it to the public prosecutor, but also by the responsible persons in the public prosecutor's office who send the confirmation to the municipality.