riogrande
Indian expat in Belgium
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Lives in Leuven
Registration: 14 June 2013
Indian dress shops in Brussels/Antwerp
Hi. Are there places where one can buy Indian dresses in Brussels or Antwerp areas please? Read More
Driving license for an Indian by allwyn
Hi all. I am from Mumbai, India. I have an Indian driving license and an International Driving Permit (IDP) issued in India. Now, I am moving to Brussels in April 2014 on a Work Permit and am getting a Company Car on arrival. The question is : ...
I guess you can get the most update information by calling the Brussels city hall or another alternative would be to callone of the car rental agencies located at BRU: Sixt, Europcar, Avis, hertz and ask them if you can rent a car using an Indian ... Read More
Driving license for an Indian by allwyn
Hi all. I am from Mumbai, India. I have an Indian driving license and an International Driving Permit (IDP) issued in India. Now, I am moving to Brussels in April 2014 on a Work Permit and am getting a Company Car on arrival. The question is : ...
Yes with your International driving permit you can drive immediately on arrival but I would seriously recommend sitting with someone for a couple of days and get familiar with the driving pattern as guenetteworks mentioned. Read More
Driving license for an Indian by allwyn
Hi all. I am from Mumbai, India. I have an Indian driving license and an International Driving Permit (IDP) issued in India. Now, I am moving to Brussels in April 2014 on a Work Permit and am getting a Company Car on arrival. The question is : ...
Update: With an IDP you can drive immediately. See para 2. http://www.expatica.com/be/leisure/travel_tourism/driving-in-belgium.html Read More
Driving license for an Indian by allwyn
Hi all. I am from Mumbai, India. I have an Indian driving license and an International Driving Permit (IDP) issued in India. Now, I am moving to Brussels in April 2014 on a Work Permit and am getting a Company Car on arrival. The question is : ...
I think after you arrive in Belgium you need to first get ure residence card and after that u can exchange ure Indian driver's license for a Belgian one. So yes you can drive but not RIGHT AWAY. However if u've never driven on the left hand side, I ... Read More
Where can I buy an Access Point or Extender to improve the wifi?
aldi/lidl was selling one recently. most likely they would be sold already but maybe check again, u might be lucky. Read More
Hi.
Assuming you get a relative annual pay of 70K euros, you will end up getting only half of it due to 50% tax. Read More
Looking for Apartment/Studio to live in Brussels near Scharbeek
Check immoweb.be. It has an english option as well. Read More
Hello. I am soon to be "new" in Brussels. Can you help?
Hi William, Once you've exhausted options in Brussels, try Leuven. There are many who commute between Leuven and Brussels on a daily basis. In Leuven you can try the language teaching institutes of CVO, CLT and Group-T. Hope this helps. PS: So ... Read More
Escaping Belgium by Tadamczuk
Dear all, I have a bit of a dilemma and was hoping someone can help me out. 聟 here goes I have a great job offer in Poland and need to start in September. The problem is that notice periods in Belgium are very specific. If I give my notice now, ...
Sometimes if you can find a replacement then landlords might consider. Check the feasibility with him/her. Read More
Residence Permit A to Long term residency B
Thanks Jigarshah005, Yeah, I'll keep my fingers crossed as there is a lot of confusing information out there about the duration towards a long term residency. Txs again. Read More
Residence Permit A to Long term residency B
I have been here more than 2 years on the annually renewed work permit B? Any one has an idea if it takes 3, 4 or 5 years for a non-EU citizen to get the 5 year residency permit Read More