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- The guide to your new country
- My situation
- The first 3 steps of your journey
A Brussels flat, Sunday markets, Paris in under two hours by train.
Start your life in Belgium with a file that is complete the first time. Hello Expat puts your admin steps in order, each with its official source, and Moovy, your personal assistant, answers your questions and drafts the emails you send yourself.
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02Why move
What the official figures say about Belgium
183
foreign nationalities among the residents of the Brussels-Capital Region
BISA, Brussels Institute for Statistics and Analysis, 1 January 2025 (opens the source in a new tab)
53,109
employees of EU and international institutions, embassies and European Schools in the Brussels-Capital Region
7.6 out of 10
average life satisfaction in Belgium, against 7.2 across the EU
1.4%
of adults report an unmet need for a medical examination because of cost, distance or waiting lists, against 2.5% across the EU
03The paperwork
A complete file at your very first appointment.
In Belgium you ask your commune to register your residence within three months of arriving, and a late application can mean a €200 fine. Since September 2025, the communes of Etterbeek and Saint-Josse-ten-Noode want every document at the first appointment.
- Annexe 19
- Annexe 19bis
- Residence check
- Annexe 8
- Carte E
- National register number (NISS)
- Mutualité
- S1 form
04How Hello Expat helps
Your Belgian steps, in the order you meet them
Hello Expat lists each step with its official source and the date it was checked. Moovy, an AI assistant, answers your questions and writes the emails or letters that you read and send yourself. It does not sign, file or represent you.
Step 1
Book your appointment at the commune
You have three months from arriving to apply for your attestation d'enregistrement. At the appointment you receive an annexe 19, the receipt for your application, and your name goes on the register of pending applications.
Source: SPF Intérieur (IBZ)
Step 2
Pass the residence check
The commune checks that you really live at the address you gave. Once you are registered, your 11-digit national register number is issued automatically. It is also your social security number (NISS).
Source: SPF Intérieur, Registre national
Step 3
Join a health fund
To be reimbursed for care you must join a mutualité of your choice, or the public fund, the CAAMI. The European health card only covers a temporary stay.
Source: INAMI
05See it in action
A question from a new arrival in Brussels
Moovy
AI assistantYou
I'm moving to Brussels for a job. Which tax number do I need to apply for?
None, at least not separately. In Belgium your national register number, 11 digits, is given when your commune first registers you, so the real first step is the commune. Apply within three months of arriving, and ask which documents they want at the first appointment: some communes now ask for the complete file straight away. The same number serves as your social security number, and your employer needs it to register you.
Moovy is an artificial intelligence: it can make mistakes. Open the source before you decide.
06What's inside
Everything your move needs, in one account.
An AI adviser that knows 30 countries, your steps in order, reminders, a vault for your papers, and the emails you need to send. Moovy prepares, you decide: it never signs, submits or represents you.
Moovy, your AI adviser for 30 countries
Ask in your language and Moovy answers in it, with the official source. On paid plans, it also searches official websites live.
Example conversation
Do I need to register my address in Berlin?
Moovy · AI assistant
Yes, within two weeks of moving in, at a Bürgeramt. It's called the Anmeldung.Yes, within two weeks of moving in, at a Bürgeramt. It's called the Anmeldung.
Source · service.berlin.de
Live search on official websites only (paid plans)
My journey, in the right order
Your steps one after the other, each with its official source. The next one is always at the top.
Reminders and My schedule
Add an appointment: we email you seven days before, then the day before. My schedule shows it all, month by month.
A vault for your papers
Your documents are encrypted before they are stored, with a different key for each document, kept apart from our servers. Nobody on the team has a tool to open them. Moovy reads each document you add to file it, and every reading appears in your log. You can delete everything whenever you like.
When Moovy reads a document, the text is processed by our AI provider, in the United States.
Tell us once
A short questionnaire after sign-up fills in My situation for you. Moovy uses it from your first message.
My family, dog and cat included
Add your partner, children, parents, and your dog or cat. Moovy adapts its advice: school, health insurance, and for pets the microchip, rabies vaccine and pet passport.
Emails and letters, drafted for you
Your landlord only speaks Greek? Moovy drafts the email in Greek, with a translation. You check it, and you send it yourself.
Official forms explained in Portugal, Spain, Italy and France, with the link to the official form. You fill it in and hand it in yourself.
My situation as a PDF
Download it in one click, to keep with your papers or show an adviser.
A guide for each of the 30 countries
One page per step, based on official websites, with the date each page was checked.
07Pricing
Start free. Pick a plan when you need more.
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Price on quote, based on your team and its destinations.
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Included in every plan
- Moovy in 30 European countries, with official sources
- A guide for each country
- My situation, filled in by a short questionnaire
08 · Your next step
Your move to Belgium starts here.
Create your free account, tell Moovy where you're moving from, and get your steps in the right order.
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