Welcome to Parentia Brussels: Start your new life in Belgium
This page gives you an overview of all the important information and useful links to assist families that move to Belgium from another country. Everything you need, clearly put together in one place.
Integration and registration in the municipality
Surf to Bewelcome.brussels for more information
Social help
OCMW-CPAS, for financial support and other types of assistance:
Brussels:
- OCMW-CPAS Brussels:
Central reception:
Rue Haute 289A, 1000 Brussels
Telephone: 02 543 60 00 - Other offices (antennas) in Brussels:
- Antenna Anneessens
Rue de Dam 14, 1000 Brussels
Telephone: 02 563 25 12 - Antenna Artois
Rue d'Artois 4, 1000 Brussels
Telephone: 02 563 91 01 - Antenna Béguinage
Rue de Béguinage 5, 1000 Brussels
Telephone: 02 563 19 01 - Antenna Bollen
Rue Jan Bollen 33b, 1020 Brussels
Telephone: 02 563 92 01 - Antenna Haren
Rue de Cortenbach 8, 1130 Brussels
Telephone: 0490 68 61 12 - Antenna Miroir
Rue de Miroir 7, 1000 Brussels
Telephone: 02 563 91 41
- Antenna Marolles
Rue Notre Dame de Grâces 1, 1000 Brussels
Telephone: 02 563 00 61 - Antenna Moorslede
Rue de Moorslede 56-58, 1020 Brussels
Telephone: 02 563 27 30 - Antenna Neder-Over-Heembeek
Rue du Wimpelberg 2, 1120 Brussels
Telephone: 02 563 92 40 - Antenna Nord-Est
Rue Van Campenhout 16, 1000 Brussels
Telephone: 02 563 90 30 - Antenna Saint-Roch
Chaussée d'Anvers 35, 1000 Brussels
Telephone: 02 563 90 02 - Antenna Stéphanie
Rue Stéphanie 27, 1020 Brussels
Telephone: 02 421 63 10
- Anderlecht
Avenue Raymond Vander Bruggen 62-64, 1070 Anderlecht
Telephone: 02 529 41 20 - Ixelles
Chaussée de Boondael 92, 1050 Ixelles
Telephone: 02 641 54 59 - Etterbeek
Avenue des Casernes 29, 1040 Etterbeek
Telephone: 02 627 22 57 - Evere
Square Servaas Hoedemaekers 11, 1140 Evere
Telephone: 02 247 65 65 - Ganshoren
Avenue de la Réforme 63, 1083 Ganshoren
Telephone: 02 422 57 57 - Jette
Rue d'Église Saint-Pierre 47/49, 1090 Jette
Telephone: 02 422 46 11 - Koekelberg
Rue François Delcoigne 39, 1081 Koekelberg
Telephone: 02 412 16 52 - Auderghem
Avenue de Paepedelle 87, 1160 Auderghem
Telephone: 02 679 94 10 - Schaerbeek
Boulevard Reyers 70, 1030 Schaerbeek
Telephone: 02 240 30 80
- Berchem-Sainte-Agathe
Avenue de Selliers de Moranville 91, 1082 Berchem-Sainte-Agathe
Telephone: 02 482 13 00 - Saint-Gilles
Rue Fernand Bernier 40, 1060 Saint-Gilles
Telephone: 02 600 54 11 - Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Rue Alphonse Vandenpeereboom 14, 1080 Molenbeek-Saint-Jean
Telephone: 02 412 53 11 - Saint-Josse-ten-Node
Rue Verbist 88, 1210 Saint-Josse-ten-Node
Telephone: 02 220 29 11 - Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Rue de la Chareette 27, 1200 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
Telephone: 02 777 75 15 - Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Drève des Shetlands 15, 1150 Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Telephone: 02 773 59 00 - Uccle
Chaussée d'Alsemberg 860, 1180 Uccle
Telephone: 02 370 75 11 - Forest
Rue de Curé 35, 1190 Forest
Telephone: 02 349 63 00 - Watermael-Boisfort
Avenue du Souverain 24, 1170 Watermael-Boisfort
Telephone: 02 663 08 00
Financial
CHILD BENEFIT, financial support in case you are a parent
Got children? Apply for child benefits, afterwards you will receive your benefits automatically every month
Pregnant? Apply for your maternity allowance (a one time premium at the birth of your child), afterwards you will automatically receive your monthly child benefit.
Health
HEALTH INSURANCE, for reimbursement of medical expenses.
Join one of the following health insurance funds:
- Partenamut
- Solidaris
- CM-MC
- Neutraal Ziekenfonds - La Mutualité Neutre
- Liberale Mutualiteit - Mutualité Liberale
- Hulpkas voor Ziekte- en Invaliditeitsverzekering (HZIV) - Caisse Auxiliaire d'Assurance Maladie-Invalidité (CAAMI)
Where to get medical assistance?
- Find a General Practitioner in Brussels: surf to famgb.be
- Find a General Practitioner on call
- Telephone: call 1733
- website General Practitioners on call duty: surf to www.gbbw.be
- Maisons Médicales (Health care center where people can go for accessible multidisciplinary care. This often includes General Practitioners, nurses, Gynecologists, midwives, physical therapists, social workers and sometimes psychologists).
Find a Maison Médicale
Employment
ACTIRIS, for assistance with finding a job
Day care and school
- Day care for children of 0-3 years old?
- Education for children of 3 to 18 years of age: preschool , primary and secondary education:
- Enroll your children in school:
- Enrolment in Brussels (NL) (Don't speak Dutch? At the bottom of this page you will find information brochures in different languages. Maybe your language is one of them
- Enseignement.be (FR)
- Maybe you're entitled to a scolarship
- Learn Dutch fast:
- Enroll your children in school:
- Higher education (18-25 years old):
Apply for a scolarship via Scolarship and study grants | Brussels Capital Region