I am on a dependet Visa, as my husband works here. We would be staying in Belgium for another year or 2 .?

Question

I am an HR proffessional. and I want to find work or a parttime job, Is there an option or some creteria by which I can get a job.I also understand as I am not a EU citizen I might not be preffered.

Answer 1

You would have to change your visa status, which would be difficult.  Therefore, I think that you are out of luck.

Answer 2

Check job offers on www.leforem.be or www.actiris.be or www.vdab.be and apply through the internet. Also on www.monster.be

You might also contact directly some interim agencies like Randstadt, Vedior, etc.

There are some job offers in the English-speaking monthly, The Bulletin.

Maybe your husband's country embassy or consulate could employ you.

Your potential employer would do the necessary steps to get you a change of visa and you might be lucky. Also if you have unusual abilities (like speaking an unusual foreign language) it will be easier to find legal employment.

Answer 3

Forget it.  If your husband's work visa, therefore the dependent's visa, expires in another year or so, don't bother trying to get work authorization.  Job preferences are Belgians, then other EU workers, so you have little chance of getting employment.  Furthermore, if you really are an HR professional (and if you were, you would know the answer to the question!), you have to know Belgian & EU employment regulations, work visa requirements, etc.  Therefore, you are not at all qualified to do the type of work you want. And finally, by the time you got authorization (if you could), and actually found a job (if you could), your husband's visa would expire and you have to return to your own country.

Given the state of the job markets worldwide, you had better start looking right away for a job in your own country to start upon expiration of your husband's visa.  He needs to start looking pretty soon, too.  It is no longer unusual to spend 9 to 12 months in an intensive job search to find a job.