Intra-corporate transferee
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | Binnen een onderneming overgeplaatste persoon / Personne faisant l'objet d'un transfert temporaire intragroupe as of 2026-06-24[1][7] Dutch and French; the Aliens Act chapter is headed 'Transferts temporaires intragroupe'. |
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| Official name (English) | Intra-corporate transferee as of 2026-08-13[7] The Flemish administration uses the English term directly as its category name. |
| Legal basis | Loi du 15 decembre 1980, art. 61/32 to 61/49 (Titre II, Chapitre VIIIter); Cooperation agreement of 6 December 2018, art. 36; regional employment rules as for the single permit as of 2026-06-24[1][7] Chapter VIIIter distinguishes the ordinary transfer permit (art. 61/34) from long-term intra-EU mobility (art. 61/45); both carry their own contribution-fee line in art. 1/1, para 2. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-13[3] |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | EU, EEA, EFTA as of 2026-08-13[7] |
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| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-08-13[7] A criminal-record extract for applicants over 18, legalised and translated; documents may be no more than six months old at filing. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | up to 3 years as of 2026-08-13[7] Flemish Region: the work authorisation is issued for the duration of the posting, to a maximum of three years for a manager or a specialist, and the employer may apply for the full three years at once. For a trainee-employee the maximum is one year. The bound marker records that three years is a ceiling, not a fixed grant. |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the assignment |
| Renewable | No as of 2026-06-24[1][7] Not renewable beyond the maximum: Aliens Act art. 61/44, para 2 and the Flemish administration both state that once the maximum duration of the transfer is reached a new application under art. 61/34 or 61/45 may only be made after a three-month interval. Extension within the maximum is possible; renewal past it is not. |
| Maximum total duration | up to 3 years as of 2026-08-13[7] Three years for managers and specialists, one year for trainee-employees, after which a three-month cooling-off period applies before a further transfer application. |
| Work rights | own activity only as of 2026-08-13[7] The authorisation covers the transfer to the named Belgian entity for the named function; it is not general labour-market access. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
| Counts toward permanent residence | Not established from a qualifying source[1] |
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Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-08-13[7] A transfer within one group of undertakings, evidenced by the assignment; the Belgian entity applies. |
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| Labour-market test | No as of 2026-08-13[7] No labour-market test is stated for the transfer categories. |
| Qualification requirement | none as of 2026-08-13[7] No diploma condition is stated for managers or specialists; the category test is the function and the three months' prior service with the sending undertaking, with the salary presumption below carrying the seniority test. |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-08-13[7] |
| Paid in-country | No as of 2026-08-13[7] A transferee is posted on the foreign contract; the Flemish rule tests the income against comparable Belgian functions rather than requiring Belgian payroll. Recorded false on that basis; the point was not separately verified for Brussels or Wallonia. |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2026-08-13[5] As for the single permit generally. |
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| Statutory processing time | Not established from a qualifying source |
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Physical presence
| none stated | to keep the permit as of 2026-08-13[7] No minimum presence or absence ceiling attaches to the permit. What does condition it is the prior relationship: the transferee must already have been employed without interruption by the sending third-country undertaking for three months before the transfer. |
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Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Yes as of 2026-08-13[1][6] Family reunification runs off the general regime of Aliens Act art. 10bis, para 2, not off this instrument: the holder of a limited-duration residence title is a sponsor within that provision. The conditions – stable, regular and sufficient means at 110% of the guaranteed average minimum monthly income plus 10% per additional dependant, sufficient housing meeting the legal safety and health criteria, and health insurance covering all risks in Belgium for the sponsor and the family – are recorded on be-family-reunification-limited-stay-sponsor. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, registered partner, minor child, adult dependent child as of 2026-08-13[1][6] Aliens Act art. 10bis, para 2 admits the family members listed in art. 10, para 1, al. 1, 6, a) to e): the spouse and the registered partner, both at least 21, their common minor children, the minor children of either where parental authority and custody are held, and an unmarried disabled child over 18 who produces a certificate from a doctor approved by the Belgian diplomatic post. adult_dependent_child carries that last limb; the vocabulary has no narrower value for it. |
| Family may apply at the same time | Not established from a qualifying source |
| Family members' work rights | Not established from a qualifying source |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 8 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 8 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-06-24 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-13 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-17 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Loi du 15 décembre 1980 sur l'accès au territoire, le séjour, l'établissement et l'éloignement des étrangers — consolidated text (Justel), updated to 24 June 2026
Service public fédéral Justice (Moniteur belge / Justel) · statute · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-24 · Accessed 2026-08-13 - [2] Remuneration minimum – permis unique
Bruxelles Economie et Emploi / Brussel Economie en Werkgelegenheid, Service public regional de Bruxelles · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-19 - [3] Contribution fee
Immigration Office (Office des Etrangers / Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken), FPS Home Affairs · fee schedule · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-13 - [4] Contribution fee indexation
Immigration Office (Office des Etrangers / Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken), FPS Home Affairs · official guidance · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-13 - [5] Single permit
Immigration Office (Office des Etrangers / Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken), FPS Home Affairs · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-13 - [6] Work – third-country nationals
Immigration Office (Office des Etrangers / Dienst Vreemdelingenzaken), FPS Home Affairs · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-13 - [7] Een buitenlander in Vlaanderen tewerkstellen: intra-corporate transferee
Government of Flanders (Vlaamse overheid), Department of Work and Social Economy · official portal · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-13 - [8] Autorisations de travail et permis de travail B : seuils salariaux a respecter par les employeurs
Service public de Wallonie – Emploi et Formation professionnelle · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-08-10 · Accessed 2026-08-13