Newsletter: Amendment to the regulations on labour migration in the Walloon Region

Dear reader, 

On the Belgian labour market, companies have been facing a shortage of employees for several years. This labour market shortage combined with increasing globalisation are at the root of an increased recruitment of employees from outside the European Union. 

However, employees who are not nationals from an EEA Member State or Switzerland (“third-country nationals”) cannot automatically be employed on the Belgian territory. For a third-country national who wishes to be employed on Belgian territory, an authorisation to work – in the form of either a work permit (stay of less than 90 days) or a single permit (stay of more than 90 days) – will have to be applied for by the employer (or a proxy holder) with the competent Region, unless the person can legitimately claim an exemption. 

The Walloon Region has recently made some changes to its migration policy, which will affect future applications for work permits, as well as for single permits. 

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