Immigration and Foreigners’ Law

Immigration and Foreigners’ Law is the area of law governing the legal status of individuals in a country of which they are not nationals or citizens.

This field covers all issues that may arise when a foreign national enters or remains in Belgium without authorisation to stay and comes into contact with the authorities responsible for regulating the situation of foreign nationals.

This may concern, for example, a student wishing to change their residence status or an employee holding a work permit who has failed to renew their residence authorisation.

Immigration and foreigners’ law can be divided into several areas:

• Protection
  • Asylum and subsidiary protection procedures
  • Refugee status
  • Subsidiary protection
• Residence
  • Applications for regularisation
  • Applications for medical regularisation
  • Family reunification
  • Student residence
  • Exceptional residence permits
• Employment
  • Employees
  • Self-employed workers
  • Researchers working for an accredited research organisation
  • Trainees hosted by the European Commission or the European Parliament

CAUSA lawyers specialising in immigration and foreigners’ law can answer your questions and assist you in resolving contentious situations in this constantly evolving field, which changes with successive governments and increasingly restrictive policies regarding the admission and residence of foreign nationals.