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Relocation and Japa

Legal ways for Africans to move to Belgium

The routes Belgium's government runs itself, each linked to its official page. Fees and the money you must show are copied from that page, with the date we read it. You apply yourself. You never need an agent.

Never pay an agent

Every route below is applied for on the government's own website. Fees go to the government only. Anyone who asks you to pay them for a visa, a job offer or a lottery win is not to be trusted. Check a message or offer.

Routes into Belgium

1 route into Belgium.

Work visa Belgium

Single permit for highly qualified workers (Brussels region)

Run by Brussels Economy and Employment (Brussels-Capital Region) with the Immigration Office

Graduates with a job offer from an employer in Brussels at the highly qualified salary. The employer applies.

Job offer
Required. Minimum gross salary of EUR 3,703.44 a month for highly qualified staff (EUR 4,748 for the European Blue Card).
Language
Not stated on the official page
Education
A degree from a post-secondary higher education programme of at least three years.
Work experience
Not stated on the official page
Government fee
Not stated on the official page
Processing time
At most 120 days after Brussels Economy and Employment has the complete file.
Money you must show
Not stated on the official page
When and to whom you pay
Not stated on the official page

Read the official page

Checked on 18 October 2026. What the page says

Read on economy-employment.brussels on 2026-10-18: "The procedure takes 120 days at most from the moment Brussels Economy and Employment has the complete file"; "a fully-fledged post-secondary higher education programme of at least three years' duration"; salary page: "3.703,44 €". Another official page. Another official page. Another official page.

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