Legally Registered Partner of a Belgian Citizen

the foreign national with whom he or she is in a partnership registered under a law;

In Belgium, registered partnership refers to the declaration of legal cohabitation made before a civil registrar (see Articles 1475 et seq. of the Civil Code).

Submit the declaration of legal cohabitation or proof of a legal registered partnership.

Family reunification with a Belgian national who has not exercised his right to free movement (article 40ter)

the foreign national with whom he or she is in a partnership registered under a law;

The relationship between the applicant and the Belgian national must be stable and lasting.

The partners have lived together continuously in Belgium or another country for at least one year prior to the application;

The partners have known each other for at least two years, prior to the application, and provide evidence that they maintained regular contact, by telephone, correspondence or electronic messages, and that they met three times in the two years prior to the application and that these meetings totalled 45 or more days;

The partners have a mutual child.

This minimum age is reduced to 18 years if the partners prove that they had been living together for at least one year before the application for family reunification was submitted.

The applicant and the Belgian national must be unmarried.

The partnership does not give the right to family reunification when it is concluded between (i) relatives in the ascending and descending line and relatives in the same line, or (ii) in the lateral line, between brothers, between sisters, or between brothers and sisters, or between uncle and niece or nephew, or (iii) between aunt and niece or nephew.

The applicant and the sponsor must not be in a long-term relationship with another person.

Submit the declaration of legal cohabitation or proof of a legal registered partnership.

The Belgian national must have stable, regular and sufficient means of subsistence to meet their own needs and those of their family members and to avoid becoming a burden on the public authorities.

The Belgian national must have sufficient housing to accommodate the family member(s) who have asked to join them

The Belgian national must have health insurance that covers the risks in Belgium for themselves and their family members.

The applicant must come to live with the Belgian national.

As a rule, the application for family reunification is submitted to the Belgian diplomatic or consular post responsible for the family member's place of residence abroad (see Application submitted abroad).

In some cases, the application may be submitted to the municipal administration of the place of residence in Belgium (see Application submitted in Belgium).

the foreign national with whom he or she is in a partnership registered under a law;