Equivalences obligatoires

The file may be submitted at any time of the year, providing that a proof is enclosed that the application has a completely different objective than continuing higher education.

- First option: Send the file by post (the postal stamp is proof).
Address:
Service des équivalences de l'enseignement obligatoire Rue A. Lavallée, 1
1080 Brussels
Belgium

- Second option: Bring the complete file to the offices of the Equivalence department of secondary education, only by appointment. Only the complete files (both in content and format) will be accepted at the counter during an appointment.

You can make an appointment:

• on our website: Online form

• by telephone on 02/690.86.86

Advice
- We strongly recommend to send all the documents together by registered mail.

1) Your Baccalaureate certificate and the associate summary of marks.

These 2 documents must be submitted as certified copies. To establish that certified copy, you can go:

• to the Town Hall, the only competent authority recognised by our department. The French municipalities are obliged to issue certified copies destined for use abroad (Circulaire Sapin October 2001).

• the equivalence department by presenting your original documents.

• the municipal administration of the municipality where you live in Belgium if you hold a certificate of a French school established outside of France (except Belgium): you can establish the certified copy at the French embassy established in said country.

For the holders of a Professional Baccalaureate, the application files for equivalence present certain particularities that require a specific treatment. We therefore invite you to submit your file as soon as possible

2) A document that proves that the purpose of your application is a search for employment, enrolment in vocational training or a return to secondary education

An ORIGINAL and nominative proof that your application is submitted in view of:
-    finding employment (ONEM registration, Actiris...)
-    obtaining self employed status (certificate of a guichet d’entreprise (company counter)...)
-    registering for vocational training (social promotion, FOREM...)
-    enrolling in secondary education (certificate issued by the school)

3)    A copy of your identity card or of an excerpt of your birth certificate

4)    A covering letter or justification form

A letter drawn up in French and signed with your names, first names, address and the purpose of your application.

5)    The ORIGINAL proof of payment of the administrative fee.

The administrative fee for an equivalence application of the Baccalaureate amounts to 200 €.

You can pay the administrative costs online. Please print the proof of transaction and enclose it with your letter for equivalence application.
 
If you don’t pay online click here.

The file may be submitted at any time of the year, providing that a proof is enclosed that the application has a completely different objective than continuing higher education.

If you deposit your file at our office after making a previous appointment, your file will only be accepted if it is complete. If necessary your equivalence will be supplied immediately.

You can send us you file by post, the Equivalence Department. will give you:

• if your file is complete: your equivalence decision.

• if it is not complete: a request for additional information to complete your file.