Nationals of countries outside the EEA or Switzerland

Who can join?

If you are a national of a country outside the EEA or Switzerland, you can also join the Belgian Overseas Social Security. The condition is that you work for the Belgian state, regions or communities, or for a company that has its registered office in Belgium.

Levels of affiliation

There are three possible levels of affiliation for you:

• 17: full affiliation. You pay the full contributions.
• 18a: 9/10 affiliation. You pay 9/10 of the full contributions.
• 18b: 8/10 affiliation. You pay 8/10 of the full contributions.

We offer the partial formulas 18a and 18b because the basic package 17 has three limitations for you as a foreign national:

• Retirement pensions are not indexed, except when you are residing legally in a member state of the European Union (Denmark excluded).
• For widows and orphans, pensions are only indexed when they:
  • are a national of a member state of the EEA or Switzerland, or
  • reside legally in the European Union (Denmark excluded).
• You will only receive your sickness and disability benefit and your entitlement to deferred insurance for medical care if you are legally residing in a member state of the European Union (Denmark excluded).

As such, choose the formula that best suits your situation:

The 'Supplementary Pension' is a compensation you receive because your pension is not indexed.