The term ‘place of origin’ means the declared location from which an employee of an EU institution formally is relocating to her/his ‘place of employment’. The ‘place of origin’ is used for calculating an official’s entitlement to the annual travel grant (the amount depends on the distance between the declared ‘place of origin’ and ‘place of employment’) as well as a number of other allowances.
Can I receive expat allowance if I have been living in Belgium for less than 5 years at the moment…