Registration of applications for International Protection

You can register every working day at 8.30 a.m. at the Immigration Office: Boulevard Pacheco/Pachecolaan 44, 1000 Brussels (Cube)

• A first group of persons will be invited to enter immediately.
• If you are not able to enter immediately will be given a document indicating the time when they can arrive on the same day, depending on the management capacity. Please  come back at the time indicated on the document and do not wait in front of the building.

Your child was not born in Belgium:

You must go, together with your child, to the Immigration Office (Boulevard Pacheco/Pachecolaan 44, 1000 Brussels (Cube)) to lodge an application for international protection on behalf of the child. It is important to bring all the documents you have concerning the child and your status.

Your child was born in Belgium:

You must register the birth with the municipal administration. The administration will register the child in the national register.  The child receives right of residence based on your status as recognised refugee.

If you want the child to be granted refugee status,  you need to apply for international protection. PLEASE NOTE: this procedure is done by appointment with the Administration Unit. Appointments can be made by telephone or e-mail (see below).  

Bear in mind that:

• If both parents have refugee status, the application must be submitted directly to the CGRS.
• If the mother has refugee status and the birth certificate does not mention a father, the application must also be submitted directly to the CGRS.

Contact:

FR : asile.administration [at] ibz.fgov.be () 
Tél : 02/793.97.16

NL: asiel.administratie [at] ibz.fgov.be
Tel: 02/488.90.71

Your child was not born in Belgium:

You must go, together with your child, to the Immigration Office (Boulevard Pacheco/Pachecolaan 44, 1000 Brussels (Cube)) to lodge an application for

A person who flees his country due to a fear of persecution or a risk of serious harm, can obtain international protections within anoter country's borders. The person must ask  for asylum in this other country.

on behalf of the child. It is important to bring all the documents you have concerning the child and your procedure.

Please note: If both parents are in Belgium, they must both be present, or the parent present must be in possession of an authorisation signed by the other parent.

Your child was born in Belgium:

You must register the birth with the municipal administration. This administration will register the child in the national register and on your

Document certifying the introduction of an international protection request on the territory. This document is not a proof of identity or nationality.

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Document certifying the introduction of a subsequent international protection request on the territory. This document is not a proof of identity or nationality.

(surname - first name - national number). The birth certificate will be sent by the municipal administration to the Administration Unit of the International Protection department. The Administration Unit will make the necessary changes to the national register and will notify the CGRS or the Council for Alien Law Litigation, depending on your procedure.