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Government & administration
Direction Générale de Migration → OE + Administration communale
DGM, Migration générale
1 → 2 split
In Belgium
Two offices, and the one you speak to is not the one that decides. You hand papers to the commune; a national office rules on them. A refusal at the counter is a message, not a decision made there.
1 → 2 split
Who does what
Office des Étrangers (Immigration Office)Immigration administration
Administration communale (Municipal administration)National identity card issuance · Civil registration (birth, marriage, death) · Address registration
Main similarities
- Immigration administration
Main differences
- Address registration → Bureau de l'État Civil
- Border control
- Civil registration (birth, marriage, death) → Bureau de l'État Civil
- National identity card issuance → Office National d'Identification de la Population
- Passport checks at entry points
- Passport issuance
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01 · Immigration administrationDirection Générale de Migration → Office des ÉtrangersClose
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