SERVICES

Practical information for incoming researchers

Specific guide for researchers

• EURAXESS Practical Guide for Mobile Researchers coming to Belgium
  
  This Guide describes legal and administrative issues in relation with your stay in Belgium, including residence permits and visas, health insurance, taxation and financial issues, bringing along family members. The full Guide has been financially supported by the European Commission and is available for download at : http://www.euraxess.be/docs/guide.pdf (PDF - 767 Ko; updated 2011) .
  
• Social Security in Belgium: Everything you have always wanted to know about social security
  Social Security: general information ; the purpose of this brochure is to clarify the Belgian social security system (updated Jul 2010). http://socialsecurity.fgov.be/docs/en/alwa2010_en.pdf

Useful web links

Working

• Official information and services (Federal Portal of Belgium): Coming to work in Belgium

Work permit

• General information (Federal Portal of Belgium): Work permit

Visa, entry and residence permits

• Federal Public Service Foreign Affairs Belgium: Scientific visa for researchers
• On the Federal Portal of Belgium : General information about work permit
• Belgian Contact Point of the European Migration Network - EMN  

Social security rights

• European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities: Moving within Europe: your social security rights (available in all languages used in the EU)
• Social Security in Belgium: Everything you have always wanted to know about social security (PDF, 1,05 Mb) The purpose of this brochure is to clarify the Belgian social security system. Updated Jul 2010
• Coordination of national social security rules (pension rights) in Europe (European Commission, DG Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities)EUlisses: (available in all languages used in the EU)
• Limosa Mandatory declaration:
  If you are a non-Belgian employer or self-employed person and you carry out temporary or partial assignments in Belgium, you must declare these activities in advance. http://www.limosa.be
• Federal Public Service Social Security http://socialsecurity.fgov.be/ and guides
• http://www.limosa.be
• National Office of Social Securityhttp://www.onssrszlss.be/

Taxation and other fiscal issues

• Federal Public Service Finance: http://www.fiscus.fgov.be/
• Taxation and R&D for employers: http://www.belspo.be/fisc/

Practical information for host organizations

• Vademecum for the host institution that wishes to recruit researchers:
  Fiscal incentives for research expenses Vademecum in French Vademecum in Dutch
• Tax reduction for the employment of researchers

Job opportunities (including non scientific)

• Forem (for Wallonia)
• Actiris (in French and Dutch; for Brussels)
• VDAB Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling en Beroepsopleiding (for Flanders)

• Monster.be
• Stepstone
• Jobs Career
• Jobs Today
• Références
• Vacature

Living

Childcare facilities & Schools:

• Please contact the nearest Euraxess services centre or information point

Health and Medical Care

• Hospitals in Belgium

Language learning:

• Please contact the nearest Euraxess services centre or information point
  

Accommodation & Housing:

• Immoweb
• Belgimmo
• Vlan Immo
• Hotels.be
• House online

Miscellaneous information on daily life:

• Expatica - Living in Belgium
• Cheeseweb - Guide for expats in Belgium

Culture and leisure

• Cinemas
• "Que faire"
• "Wat te doen"
• Agenda.be
• "Net Events" (in French and Dutch)
• Resto.be (Restaurants)