Formalities
Change of address: who to notify and when?
Moving also means a series of formalities. Here are the organisations to notify, in the right order.
The municipality
In Belgium, you register your new address with your new municipality within 8 working days of moving. A local police officer then checks your residence. Your address is updated in the National Register, and your identity card must be updated.
Energy and water
- Take meter readings on moving day, in both the old and the new home, ideally with the owner or the new occupant.
- Fill in the energy takeover form and send it to your supplier.
- Notify the water company for your municipality.
Other contacts
- Bank, home and car insurance, health insurance fund.
- Employer, payroll office, school and childcare.
- Internet, phone and TV: plan ahead, installation lead times can be long.
- Subscriptions, deliveries and residents’ parking card.
- Have your mail forwarded through bpost’s forwarding service.
While you handle the paperwork, our crews take care of the move.