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Single Permit Processing Time - 2023

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LarMai

I have created a new forum for you to share your dates for the Belgium single permit procedure for 2023.


Please follow these guidelines when posting your information:


  • Region: Specify the region where the permit is being processed.
  • Country of origin: where are you from
  • Work field: Mention the work field or industry related to the permit.
  • No-reply Email date
  • Work permit date of reception or status
  • SP date of reception or status


Thank you

eshtaranyal

@LarMai

Flanders

India

Research

10 Nov NR mail

26 Nov SP Mail

junaydcheriti

Hi all,


For udpadte:

No reply mail 06/09

WP: 06/11

RP: 28/11



Good luck to all

mugeebilgen

@LarMai


Region: Brussels

Country of origin: Turkey

Work field: Engineering (at university)

No-reply: 27/10/23

Admissable: 06/11/23

Additional doc request: 06/11/23

Additional doc provided: 08/11/23

Work permit: waiting

Residence permit: waiting

Hiba Fathima P. S

Region: Brussels


Country of origin: India


Work field: Industrial Electrcian


No-reply: 26/09/23


Work permit:27/10/23


Residence permit: waiting

Sarah Smaili

Region: Flanders


Country of origin: Algeria


Work field: PhD student at university and researcher at a laboratory ( engineering)


No-reply: 21/09/2023


Admissable: 30/11/2023


Work permit: waiting


Residence permit: waiting

TracyTracy

@Sarah Smaili Hi, I was wondering what Admissable means? Is it another email besides the No reply? I have never heard from anybody else about this

Sarah Smaili

@TracyTracy the HR received a document from the department work & social economy saying that my application is now admissable and that they will now be evaluating it and a decision concerning my single permit will be taken within 90 days.

leftbrainstuff

    Region: Flanders


    Country of origin: Australia


    Work field: Engineering


    No-reply 13Oct2023


    Work permit waiting


    SP date waiting

ippscorp

@Sarah Smaili

Such a long time just to be admissible!

It is typically within a few days but in your case very long

Zoe Run


    Region: Flanders
Country of origin: Algeria

Work field: PhD student at university and researcher at a laboratory ( engineering)

No-reply: 21/09/2023

Admissable: 30/11/2023

Work permit: waiting

Residence permit: waiting
   

    -@Sarah Smaili


So, it will take 5 months at the most in total to get the SP?

sahosseiniee


        Region: Flanders Country of origin: AlgeriaWork field: PhD student at university and researcher at a laboratory ( engineering)No-reply: 21/09/2023Admissable: 30/11/2023Work permit: waitingResidence permit: waiting        -@Sarah Smaili

So, it will take 5 months at the most in total to get the SP?
   

    -@Zoe Run

In Sarah Smaili's case, yes. but in general it seems we cannot be sure unfortunately.

Before this, I thought receiving the no-reply means  one is admissible but now, we understand that it is not. Apparently, there is another step in which one case is declared admissible and after that, the authorities have to respond to the application in 4 months for  applications such as high-skilled(in this case, their application is for a research job and it takes 3 months apparently.)  It is disappointing that examining a case for admissibility could take so long and in my opinion it nullifies the point of assuming a deadline for decision making on WP and SP as it seems the authorities are just buying time for themselves by holding the applications in this stage unless there was considered a deadline for this step too.

Anyway, as I have read the timelines of other people in this forum, it seems that except one or two exceptional cases most of people have received their SP in less than 5 months, so I hope and think that Sarah Smaili will receive their SP much earlier than the 3 month deadline.

Sarah Smaili

@Zoe Run yes seems like it 😅 I am such weird case 🤣😂

Sarah Smaili

@sahosseiniee

Yes I also thought that having the no-reply meant that it is admissable and I had not seen anyone talking about this admissible phase so I was kind of confused 😅 I don't know why my application took that long to be admissible but,  still happy that I got an update.


At least now I know that it is gonna take 3 months to have an answer concerning the SP.

Hml89

Hello, good morning.


Any updates this week? ðŸ™

LarMai

No Updates for me:


Region: Flemish

Country of origin: Tunisia

Work field: Consulting

No-reply Email: 12/10

Work permit: Waiting

SP : Waiting

leftbrainstuff

    Region: Flanders

    Country of origin: Australia

    Work field: Engineering

    No-reply 13Oct2023

    Work permit 5Dec2023 (53 days or just under 8 weeks)

    SP date waiting

TracyTracy

@leftbrainstuff congrats! Did your employer inform you?

leftbrainstuff

@TracyTracy


Informed by company immigration lawyer

john Paul8

Hello please anyone help me with immigration lawyer.  I live in antwerp and I am in urgent need of a lawyer to help me with appointment in durne. Please

Sarah Smaili

Update


Region: Flanders




Country of origin: Algeria




Work field: PhD student at university and researcher at a laboratory ( engineering)




No-reply: 21/09/2023




Admissable: 30/11/2023




Work permit: 07/12/2023




Residence permit: waiting

mugeebilgen

Hello everyone!


Did anybody receive any updates recently? (especially in Brussels region)

sahosseiniee

I also finally have an update to share!


Region: Flanders


Nationality: Iranian ( I am currently out of Europe too)


Field of work: Electrical Engineering


No-reply email: 28 Sep


WP: 11 Dec


SP: waiting


Good luck to everyone. I hope people who got their WP recently, get their SP even before the new year. please keep sharing your updates with us. Based on the updates you provided last week, I expected to receive my WP this week and it really happened.

LarMai

Thank you for sharing your updates !


Looking at the dates, the average time for WP now is 10-11 weeks.


I don't see updates for SP, unfortunately.

Zaza00

I'm rather late with sharing mine, but here it is anyways!


Type: Renewal of Single Permit - Highly Qualified


Region: Brussels


No-Reply email: 09/10/2023


Work permit approved: 13/10/2023


RP: 25/10/2023

buddha.jpeg

Region:  Flanders

Citizenship: British


No reply email: 24th August


WP: 9th November


RP: waiting


Reading older posts in this forum RP takes around 8 weeks.

Zoe Run

Hi, did any one receive the SP after gotting WP in Nov?

LarMai

New Updates:


Region: Flemish

Country of origin: Tunisia

Work field: Consulting

No-reply Email: 12/10

Work permit: 14/12

SP : Waiting

rohitbhowal02

Region: Brussels

Country of origin: India

Work field: Postdoctoral Researcher

No reply Email: 11/09

Work permit: 13/11

Single permit: Waiting


It has been 95 days since the No-reply email. Is there any hope of getting SP anytime soon because of the upcoming Christmas & New Year festivities.

buddha.jpeg

@rohitbhowal02


I doubt any movement of file will happen between 20th December and 2nd January.

rohitbhowal02

Region: Brussels.


Country of origin: India


Work field: Postdoctoral Research.


No-reply Email: 11/09/23


Work permit: 13/11/23


Residence Permit: Still waiting


SP date:

N_I

Region Flemish

Work Field: Engineering

No reply Email: 2/10/2023

WP: 12/12/2023

RP: Pending

SP: Pending 

mhmd zalzali

Region: Flandres

Country of origin: Lebanon

Work field: Business Intelligence

No-reply Email date: 31/10/2023

Work permit date: 18/12/2023 (informed by employer)

SP date: pending

TracyTracy

@mhmd zalzali is it first time application?

mhmd zalzali

@TracyTracy yes , I'm surprised with the timeline

Rebeccalai

@mhmd zalzali


Thanks for sharing! May I ask the work permit you applied for is high-skilled working visa or researcher ? Thanks!

mhmd zalzali

@Rebeccalai high-skilled working visa

fetouhimed33

Region: Flandre


No-reply Email date: 27/10/2023


Work permit date: wating


SP date: wating

rohitbhowal02

What is the probability of getting Single Permit during the upcoming Christmas week festivities.

TracyTracy

Region: Flemish


First time application in Flanders


Private company


No-reply Email:  Oct 10


WP: Dec 14 (just under 10 weeks)


  • Also another document shows my application was admissible on Dec 06


SP: Waiting

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