Leaving
Town hall, bank, health insurance.
When you leave Belgium, you have to inform (see details below):
- Town Hall.
- Bank.
- Health insurance company.
- Other companies with which you are in contact.
In the situation in which you are certain that you will come back soon in Namur, you can keep your bank account and eventually your health coverage, but you have to inform the Town Hall.
To be sure that your mail will follow you to your new address, the Post organises a specific service: Do My Move (http://www.bpost.be/site/fr/recevoir/absence-et-demenagement/demenagement).
Town Hall
Required documents:
- Residence permit.
- Passport or national identity card.
- 1 passport-sized picture.
- Your address of residence in the country of destination.
Bank
You can manage with the bank to close your bank account later, from abroad. Never forget that, even if you do not use your bank account anymore, you pay for it!
In the event that you have emptied your account without closing it, the bank will have continued to charge bank fees. You will then be liable for these fees to the bank before you can open an account at the same bank again.
Health insurance company (mutuelle)
Ask them to cancel your coverage at the date you will leave Belgium (and not the day you go there): you must be covered until the end of your stay!
If you neglect to unsubscribe and return to Belgium, you will be liable for the contribution for the entire period since your departure. To avoid having to pay this amount, you will have to prove that you were outside Belgium (for example, by the entry and exit stamps on your passport).
