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A bill that would impose a "nationality test" on immigrants seeking to obtain Belgian citizenship is currently under consideration.
Of the 38,342 foreigners to obtain Belgian citizenship last year, the highest proportion were Moroccan, according to the latest report from the Federal Migration Centre.
Since the UK’s withdrawal from the EU at the end of 2020, Britons face a raft of changes to their lives in Belgium.
Another change is coming to Belgian ID cards for citizens: The birthplace will be removed from the front of the card.
Belgium is rolling out new identity cards that include the cardholder’s fingerprints.
The Brussels municipality of Etterbeek invites EU citizens to test the pilot version of its web pages at two info sessions at the Senghor Cultural Centre on Thursday, 7 November.
If you wish to apply for Belgian nationality, this is the declaration procedure based on five-year residence.
Nearly 3,500 Brits have become Belgian citizens since the UK decided to leave the European Union in June of 2016.
For Estonian Kadri Soova, becoming a campaigning activist in her Schaerbeek neighbourhood was new and unexpected but, in the end, it was “just like falling love… you have no choice”.