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What happens if you register at an address but you have to move out before you get your ID?
I came here as an au pair on the 1st of August but the family and I aren't a good match afterall and I think after this month (or soon) I will have to move out. I already filled in my application at the city hall registering at their address and I think I'm supposed to have a meeting there in September(?) - but what happens if I won't be living at this address anymore?
I would still like to remain in Belgium/Brussels for personal reasons so I imagine I still need the ID because I would like to get a job (which is hard in the first place without speaking much French) I'm not entirely sure if I can get that if I have to couch surf/workaway the first month or two.
I am very confused as to what I should do. Thanks for the help!
Maria
but if you came as an au-pair and you are choosing to quit the au pair work, then you will not get the id, because from what you are saying, the AU Pair work is the basis of you getting your id, and that family that hired you are the ones supporting your stay.
Indeed, you lose your entitlement to stay in Belgium (after 3 months IF you are an EU citizen, immediately otherwise) and if you don't leave Belgium voluntarily they will deport you.
> I am very confused as to what I should do
Go home and look for a job from there.
If you have a place to stay in Belgium for 2-3 months, you can look for a job from there first.
Belgium does not "deport" EU nationals or even "remove" them for failing to exercise their treaty rights after 3 months. The exception is public policy/security. Getting a job/studying/investing will get you your treaty rights.
If you are a non EU national who came as an au-pair, you no longer qualify to be in Belgium and you'll have to look for another au-pair job or consider other possibilities, but you do indeed risk being served illegal entry papers if you do not act fast.
If you are a non EU and also visa national, then the situation is more grave.
Without more information and intentions, no-one would be able to advise you further.
Belgium DOES remove EU nationals who, after 3 months stay, do not have sufficient income or capital to support themselves. If you look hard enough on the internet you will find the figures which are published annually - they are in the low thousands and, interestingly, many are Dutch.
they do not remove them, they are administrative removals, not forced, done on paper.
If a Dutchman were determined to live in Belgium illegally, what on earth would the point be in physically removing him when he can walk back in ten minutes later? The reality is there is nothing much the State can do about those who choose to live here illegally when physical deportation would be pointless, other than make some aspects of life awkward.
No eID card DOES make life awkward here. No car ownership, no simple access to health care, no bank account and if you are "controlled", show your passport and it is checked then the fact that you have been told to leave Belgium means that you will be removed, probably after being fined. So OK it is possible to live illegally here but you would only have a "half-life".
Bank account, no problem. A Dutch account will do fine for the Dutchman. No car? Many people do not need a car, particularly when public transport is cheap. Health care? Well, the ones I know here living illegally don't seem to worry, because for one they are young and healthy and for two, you can't get blood out of a stone when the person cannot pay their bill. For two, they cannot be forced to pay the bill when they cannot be found, because they are not registered. And again, when caught, what is the point of deportation when they can get a train back? The control freaks really like to think they have it all covered, but the truth is very different. Oh, and property to rent where registration is not allowed is an absolute bargain.
According to you Becasse, Dutch people are deported though so wouldn't be here illegally?
Deportation is the reserve of criminals or those undesirable on public policy grounds and even then, deportations between EU countries tend to be between one custody to another these days.
