Loophole to get out of a needing a Belgian work permit
Apr 20th 2009, 5:44 pm
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Loophole to get out of a needing a Belgian work permit
I read an article stating "Foreign nationals authorized or admitted for an unlimited period of time" can be exempt from requiring a work permit. Who can authorize that, under what circumstances? Is it a matter of having an employer hire a worker indefinitely?
Why do I care, you might ask... I just found out the work permit renewal costs four figures; which I find ironic. I would think the renewals would be cheap and trivial compared to the first permit.
Why do I care, you might ask... I just found out the work permit renewal costs four figures; which I find ironic. I would think the renewals would be cheap and trivial compared to the first permit.
Apr 21st 2009, 5:20 am
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Re: Loophole to get out of a needing a Belgian work permit
Are you a British expat? If so, you do not need a work permit.
Apr 21st 2009, 6:34 am
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Re: Loophole to get out of a needing a Belgian work permit
Apr 21st 2009, 11:54 am
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Re: Loophole to get out of a needing a Belgian work permit
Marry an EU citizen ...? 
or.... don't work personally in belgium , work professionally. What I mean is work for a company outside Belgium on assignement or consultancy in Belgium. If the people you are working for get an invoice from a non-Belgium company for what ever it is you do ' call it 'services' then any work permit issues should be bypassed. Your service are then not subject to emplyment regulations - it is a purchased service from a non-Belgium company. As long as you get paid what do you care ?
or.... don't work personally in belgium , work professionally. What I mean is work for a company outside Belgium on assignement or consultancy in Belgium. If the people you are working for get an invoice from a non-Belgium company for what ever it is you do ' call it 'services' then any work permit issues should be bypassed. Your service are then not subject to emplyment regulations - it is a purchased service from a non-Belgium company. As long as you get paid what do you care ?
Apr 21st 2009, 5:36 pm
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Re: Loophole to get out of a needing a Belgian work permit
A lot of countries take that kind of fraud seriously.. I wouldn't do it.
That is in fact what I do, but that doesn't get me off the hook for the work permit. It seems most contractors in Belgium use a non-Belgian umbrella company, but they still have to pay the salary in Belgium, tax it in Belgium, and issue a work permit.
That is in fact what I do, but that doesn't get me off the hook for the work permit. It seems most contractors in Belgium use a non-Belgian umbrella company, but they still have to pay the salary in Belgium, tax it in Belgium, and issue a work permit.
