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Hi, very sorry to hear about this unfortunate outcome. I would advise that you wait for a few weeks and see if the commune or ministry will send a letter that stipulates the reasons for rejection. If you do not hear anything from them in the next two weeks, I would suggest that you go to your commune and ask. They will probably be in a position to explain why. You can re-apply again once you have a clear idea why your application was rejected. Really sorry!

@Kitah

Thanks for the reply.

I will go to the commune.

not local contract ?

Hello,
I have been working for 5 years.
I applied for the L card but I got response after 3 months that it has been rejected.
I am yet to receive the reason of rejection.
What are the options I have? - @PseudoName1

Wait to hear what reason they give, then people with be able to give you what options you have.

@PseudoName1

I'm sorry to hear about your situation.

To better assist you, could you please provide a few more details about your case?

1. When did you start working (month and year)?
2. What types of work permits have you held since then?
3. Were there any interruptions during the five-year period?

The more information you can share, the easier it will be for us to offer accurate advice and guidance.

The annexe 17  gave the reason that I was a detached worker for 1 year  and should apply next year.

What other options I do have now?

Now i have learned another thing.

Previously in this forum has been told that :

If you have any gap between jobs within the 5year period, the clock resets from day one, and a new 5-year counting period begins.

According to the OP, a 1  year gap within the 5 year period can be compensated by working additional days equivalent to the number of missing days.

Interesting.

@maharaji1984

Thanks for sharing — I bet few people know this. So it means that the clock doesn’t necessarily reset to zero when one comes back to the Kingdom? That’s really useful to know.

@PseudoName1

I  guess you’ll have to comply with that decision for now. Just apply again next year — you’ll be 100% sure to get the L card then

@Mu Jaycee

i am not saying so. Its what OP says.

I even didnt give one day off between my different jobs in 5 year to gain L card.

If the rule is how OP saying, then people work as they wish and once complete 5 years working days in xxx years after gains the right.

Sounds doesnt makes sens to me.

Isn’t the requirement 5 years of uninterrupted rule about maintaining  legal residence for L card application?

The 5 years uninterrupted work rule applies to one of the paths for citizenship (naturalisation process) ?

lol you knew exactly the rules and that it will be rejected …

@Elena Igor

The answer of your second question is NO if person already did inburgering/intégration civique.

Sincerely i didnt see any source that obligates uninterupping of 5 years working requirments to get L card.

Source that i read only says that : You have to reside in Belgium 5 years uninterrupted except a few moths in some conditions.

And study counts as half. Thats all.

I wonder if anyone get the L card uniterruped reside in Kingdom 5 years but not worked uniterruped.

I believe you shared the same source that i am reffering. (i cant see at this moment as  link still under review)

@maharaji1984

There’s many people who move for work and then change status to F card after marriage for example, and receive L card without working the full 5 years

@Elena Igor

Family reunification and EU citizen cases are execption. I am asking about those who hold A card from day 1.

@maharaji1984

People lose their jobs, and find one within a couple of months and start working again, they still qualify after 5 years of legal residence if the jobs they worked in were local contracts.

@maharaji1984

In my case the one year detached period  was the initial one year.

The past 4 years were local contract.

They gave me the reason based on Eu-richtilijn 2003/109/EG.

@PseudoName1

Did you receive an annex 16ter? 

@maharaji1984

No I received Annexe 17

Its just a bad luck. You should have gotten the L card.

1 year working as a detached employee -- paying all taxes but not social security

4 years -- paying all taxes and also social security.

May I ask since when you are registered in Belgium and which area (Flanders/Brussels)?