Professional cards are issued to self-employed non-EU/EEA/Swiss nationals. All three Regions issue professional cards on the basis of the relevance of the project to the Region. Certain categories of foreign workers are exempted from obtaining a professional card. Flanders introduced conditions related to an initial capital for a self-employed activity with an economic added value (at least 20,058 euro) as well as a requirement to have stable, sufficient and regular financial resources to cover own needs and those of family (as a reference: 120% of the income support) and a diploma of at least qualification level 4 (VKS 4).