Do I have to participate in the programme?

I have received (or I’m going to receive) my residence permit

Have I already gone to the Regional Centre for Integration(CRI)?

Réponse

If it has been more than a month since you received a positive response regarding your application for residency in Belgium, go to your communal administration

A residence permit is an electronic card that you receive at the commune once your application has been accepted

Obtain details about the Regional Centre for Integration (CRI) of your municipality.

At the Regional Centre for Integration (CRI), I met someone with whom I performed a social review?

Social review

What?
Analysis of your situation and identifying your needs and/or difficultés.

How?
Maintenance of the individual, in the form d'échanges.

Who?
With a social worker from the Centre Réregional Intégration (CRI)

I signed an agreement with the CRI?

An agreement is a document that you sign and by which you commit to abide. Here this commitment is established between you and the Regional Centre for Integration. It defines the integration programme stages that you need.

I did a test to assess my level of French?

The French assessment test is conducted at the start of your programme. A validation test can be conducted in the course of the French language course and/or at the end of your course. Achieving level A2* releases you from the obligation to attend a French course. If you do not achieve level A2, you are not sanctioned but you will have to prove that you have attended 400 hours of training. 

I attended an information session on “rights and obligations”?

rights and obligations information

What?
To understand how Belgium functions and your rights and obligations in terms of daily life

How?
Collective or individual session, in French or in your contact language.

Who?
With a social worker from the Regional Centre for Integration (CRI) and an interpreter if necessary.

I attented 60 hours of a citizenship course

Citizenship

I attended a minimum of 400 hrs of a French course?

French lessons

What?
Understanding, speaking and writing in French. 

How?
Group classes (evaluation before and after).

Who?
Organisations recognised by the Walloon Region.

I have a certificate proving that my level of French is A2 or above?

French lessons

What?
Understanding, speaking and writing in French. 

How?
Group classes (evaluation before and after).

Who?
Organisations recognised by the Walloon Region.

I attended 4 hours of guidance towards a Socio-Professional Integration (ISP) scheme?

Socio-Professional Integration

What?
Job assistance. 

How?
Information session and/or individual appointment.

Who?
FOREM and/or CRI.

I have a certificate proving that I’ve been released from guidance towards an “insertion socio-professionnelle - ISP” (Socio-Professional Integration) scheme?

Réponse

The étapes that are not validées by a green point are those that’it remains for you to do before you can receive your final statement. You can make contact with your référent the course in order to take stock of your situation. Contact the CRI corresponding to your commune.

Socio-Professional Integration (ISP)

What?

Job assistance. 

How?

Information session and/or individual appointment.

Who?

FOREM and/or CRI.

I received a final attendance certificate issued by the CRI?

Congratulations, you have completed your integration programme!

The stages that are not validated by a green point are the ones left to complete before receiving your final certificate. You may contact your programme advisor in order to review your situation. Contact the CRI corresponding to your commune.

When your programme has been completed you will receive a certificate that proves your participation in the integration programme. The certificate, which is transmitted to the commune and the CPAS –Public Centre for Social Action  (if you receive an income from CPAS), can also serve you in procedures to apply for nationality and to extend your residence permit, among others. Keep it safe!