Acquiring citizenship is often a step of choice for foreign nationals who have lived in Belgium long enough. Find out what are the other conditions, apart from having kept your residence for several years: https://immigration-belgium.com/how-to-obtain-belgian-citizenship/.

1. THE STEPS TO OBTAIN
BELGIAN CITIZENSHIP
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2. A foreign national who chooses to become a
Belgian citizen will be linked to the Belgian
state, and have rights and obligations.

3. WAYS TO BECOME A BELGIAN CITIZEN
GRANTING NATURALISATION
ACQUISITION

4. Applications for citizenship are often submitted under the acquisition procedure, once the
foreign national has been living in Belgium for at least 5 years.

5. CITIZENSHIP AFTER FIVE
YEARS
Minimum uninterrupted legal
living in the country;
Proof of knowledge of one of
the three languages;
Proof of economic
participation;
Proof of social integration.

6. CITIZENSHIP THROUGH
MARRIAGE
Possible when married to a Belgian and
have lived together for at least 3 years;
The applicant needs to have lived in
Belgium legally, uninterruptedly, for 5
years;
Proof of language knowledge and social
integration is needed.

7. OTHER CASES FOR
ACQUISITION OF NATIONALITY
Possible for foreign nationals who are
disabled or retired and have lived in
Belgium uninterruptedly for 5 years.
Also possible for those who have lived in
the country uninterruptedly for 10 years.
Other conditions apply.

8. CITIZENSHIP THROUGH
NATURALISATION
This is a special case in which the applicant
is a legal resident who is able to provide
exceptional merit to Belgium in fields such
as science, sports, or others.

9. CITIZENSHIP THROUGH
GRANTING
the child has a Belgian parent;
the child was born in Belgium and is
adopted by a foreign parent living in
Belgium (conditions apply);
for a child adopted by a Belgian citizen.
This takes place when the parent applies
for Belgian nationality for the child in the
following cases:
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10. Meeting the requirements for residence,
social integration, linguistic knowledge, and
economic participation is important and can
differ on a case-by-case basis.
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APPLICATION

11. Our team is ready to assess your situation and answer your questions on how you can start the
process of obtaining Belgian citizenship.

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