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Professional card in Brussels, Wallonia and the German-speaking community

Region issues professional cards

As a foreign national, you can work as a self-employed person throughout Belgium if you are in possession of a professional card. It is, however, the Flemish, Walloon, Brussels-Capital Region or the German-speaking Community that decides on your application.

The Flemish Region decides about your professional card, if:

  • the address of the establishment unit (operating address) of your self-employed professional activity is in the Flemish Region
  • and is registered (or will be registered) as such in the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE).

If your company has several branches in different regions and/or the German-speaking Community, your application will be assessed by the region or the German-speaking Community in which the registered office of the company is situated.

If you received a professional card for the Flemish Region, then the principle of ‘mutual recognition’ applies and you may provide your services in the Walloon Region, the Brussels Capital Region and the German-speaking Community, without having to apply for an additional professional card. This principle also applies vice-versa.

Authorised service in Brussels

Do you have any questions about the issuing of the professional card by the Brussels-Capital Region? If so, contact the authorised service in Brussels.

Brussel economie en werkgelegenheid
Directie Economische Migratie
Sint-Lazarusplein 2
1035 Brussel
E-mail: beroepskaarten@gob.brussels(opens in your email application)

Authorised service in Wallonia

Do you have any questions about the issuing of the professional card by the Walloon Region? If so, contact the authorised service in Wallonia:

Direction générale de l’Economie, de l’Emploi et de la Recherche
Service Public de Wallonie
Département de l’Emploi et de la Formation professionnelle
Place de la Wallonie 1
5100 Jambes
E-mail : professionalcard@spw.wallonie.be(opens in your email application)
Website(opens in new window)

Authorised service in the German-speaking community

Do you have any questions about the issuing of the professional card by the German-speaking Community? If so, contact the authorised service in the German-speaking Community:

Ministerium der Deutschsprachigen Gemeinschaft, Abteilung Beschäftigung, Gesundheit und Soziales,
Gospertstraße 1,
4700 Eupen,
Tel: 087 59 64 86, fax: 087 55 64 73,
http://www.ostbelgienlive.be