For applicants meeting highly qualified work and salary requirements.
Route overview
Highly qualified salaried work
Typical timeline / duration: 3-9 months
Important notes
A highly qualified job offer from a Belgian employer meeting the applicable regional EU Blue Card conditions.
Higher professional qualifications or a qualifying higher-education diploma, depending on the regional rules and role.
For a job in Wallonia in 2026: gross annual pay of at least €68,815, or €55,052 for a worker whose higher-education diploma was obtained less than three years ago.
The employer files the single-permit application with the employment contract, qualifications or eligible ICT experience, and any regulated-profession evidence; the employee supplies passport, health insurance, medical certificate, criminal record and visa-D/residence documents. The threshold is set separately by the region where the job is performed.
The application uses the work-authorisation and residence channels; the main place of work determines whether Flanders, Brussels, Wallonia, or the German-speaking Community is competent.
This is a highly qualified employer route, not a general Belgian job-search permission. The employer submits the contract, role, and salary evidence; the applicant supplies the diploma or qualifying ICT experience plus identity, insurance, medical, and criminal-record documents.
Preparation checklist
Prepare route evidence: Salary meeting the current regional EU Blue Card threshold, with the exact amount checked for the main place of work before applying.
Prepare route evidence: Passport, employment contract and employer documents, proof of health insurance, medical and criminal-record documents where required, and the single application/visa D paperwork.
Check the permit category: the employer files with the competent Belgian region for the main place of work; that region handles the work authorisation and combined residence application.
Save submitted files and track the next application, reporting, or renewal date.