ZazaBE
Serbian expat in Belgium
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Immigration lawyer fees by kosanne
Hello, I applied for my belgian nationality, but it was not accepted. So I have appealed and I am looking for an immigration lawyer for my case. How much will it cost me? Anyone who has worked with an immigration lawyer before?
ALTEA lawyer firm should be very good, specialized in immigration law, they advised me for my case, though I did not need to hire them further. Did they reject you for some minor issues, or it is a bigger deal? Read More
Belgium Nationality waiting period by Lucky and Lucky
hi to all Is it true that after submitting declaration to be a Belgian, and you don鈥檛 receive any letter from brussels within the 4 months waiting period. It should be considered a positive result? thanks
Hiii good morning I have applied for my belgium nationality on 9 april they send my file to prosecutor on 15 avril i have not recieved any decision yet Civil officer told me to just waitThere is a deadline on how long they have to decide. If ... Read More
Family Reunification Visa Rejected. How long does an appeal take? by yourbroUK
Hi, I'm a Pakistani in Belgium now for 4 years. I've been working for almost 2 years now. My spouse's family reunification visa application was rejected due to incomplete documents. So it probably doesn't make sense to appeal that ...
You can always apply again with complete documentation this time, right? Or add the missing documents into the appeal? In any case, I always think the appeal is worth doing. Read More
Family reunification denied, partner already working. by MaryRead
Hello! I am an EU member trying to get an F card for my non EU partner (we have been together 7 years). Already did the whole family reunification process and we have our appointment for the result soon. What would happen if it were to be denied? ...
Does he have a work permit or he is working on his orange card? I don't get these processes so well, so maybe the question is silly. If he has his work permit, this should be non-related to his F card application, then he has the right to be ... Read More
EU Blue Card VS Single Work Permit by lebimmi
Hello Guys, I tried to research the forum to understand the difference between those 2 options (EU Blue Card and Single Work Permit) - I signed a contract with an employer in Belgium and as I understood, they are currently preparing my Single Work ...
If you don't manage to find answers otherwise, I would advise you to contact a lawyer (ALTEA lawyers are good) specialised in immigration law. They will charge you a consultation, but will give you the proper info. Other option is to contact ... Read More
Employee wants to fire me because of the long wait for new work permit by Cindy Botha
Hi there I have been in Belgium for 2 years and recently accepted a new job with a new employer. I was very excited because this is a company that I really wanted to work for. They are a consulting company and I would work for them full-time. Of ...
I completely understand your stress. Problem here is whichever new employer you find you might have the same issue with paper work, in other words, every new employer will have to wait for you to get that bijlage before you can start working. ... Read More
Process to change Dependent status to Independent by Guest6893
Currently working on dependent visa and my new employer is ready to initiate single permit so I just want to know the overall procedure of changing status to independent during this pandemic situation.
Normally, it does not matter from which status you change to which. You can combine all your residence cards as long as there is no break between them. I faced a similar issue recently and had to go to the commune 4x because they were convincing me ... Read More
New rules for Permanent Resident by Alpaci
Hello Everyone Can someone please explain the amendment in Belgium rule for getting Permanent Resident in 2020? Is it not possible to get Permanent Resident under limited contract even if we completed 5 years ?
exactly, I learnt that the hard way, asking at the office = asking several times at the office and to several people, if there is 1 constant is that everyone has different responses (I'm talking about "official" channels). It's ... Read More
New rules for Permanent Resident by Alpaci
Hello Everyone Can someone please explain the amendment in Belgium rule for getting Permanent Resident in 2020? Is it not possible to get Permanent Resident under limited contract even if we completed 5 years ?
Thanks for the response! I did not ask for the responses related to my situation, but was rather curious how does this work. From my experience, one gets different answers depending where you ask, which is why one should always ask more sources ... Read More
New rules for Permanent Resident by Alpaci
Hello Everyone Can someone please explain the amendment in Belgium rule for getting Permanent Resident in 2020? Is it not possible to get Permanent Resident under limited contract even if we completed 5 years ?
I am also wondering about this, though this does not concern me atm. According to the Belgian law, working day is any day you worked and payed full social contributions (you don't need to pay taxes to be considered as a "worker", only ... Read More
Sell/throw out furniture - leaving Belgium by Revanth123
Hello all, Could anyone let me know where I can throw/sell off all the furniture, I have ? The landlord doesn't want to keep it in his apartment, after I vacate. Thanks and Regards, Revanth
You should be able to leave it at the kringwinkel's that normally sell old furniture (better call first to check), or I guess you can post online on FB pages where people sell different things furniture included. Read More
Student D Type Visa for Phd studies by zeeshanakram219
Hi, I am Muhammad Zeeshan from Pakistan. I applied for Student (D Type) visa on 15 April 2021 in Lahore VFS global. I am enrolled in University of Liege and selected in European Commission H2020 MSCA research project. This project offers a handsome ...
I think it should be enough, but I don't know the regulations on this or how strict they are. In the meantime, if you sign your contract and are still waiting, best would be to contact the embassy again and send them this contract too. What you ... Read More
Student D Type Visa for Phd studies by zeeshanakram219
Hi, I am Muhammad Zeeshan from Pakistan. I applied for Student (D Type) visa on 15 April 2021 in Lahore VFS global. I am enrolled in University of Liege and selected in European Commission H2020 MSCA research project. This project offers a handsome ...
I believe that you are experiencing difficulties because you are applying from your home country and not from Belgium. Hosting agreement is indeed given only to "employees" (you don't have to be a postdoc for this). For PhD I submitted ... Read More
From F card to citizenship - not possible before 5 years expires? by ZazaBE
Dear All, I have been wondering if some of you can give me advice or share their experience on how and if I can acquire BE citizenship. According to the Belgian government web-site ...
Yes, they gave me this confirmation on the spot, I hope that I will get a positive response. Keeping my fingers crossed for myself. :) Read More
From F card to citizenship - not possible before 5 years expires? by ZazaBE
Dear All, I have been wondering if some of you can give me advice or share their experience on how and if I can acquire BE citizenship. According to the Belgian government web-site ...
Small update on this topic, today I declared my Belgian nationality in the Ghent city hall. This time I faced no issues. It is yet to see will I get it or not, but in any case I did submit my declaration and indeed there was no issue in combining ... Read More
From F card to citizenship - not possible before 5 years expires? by ZazaBE
Dear All, I have been wondering if some of you can give me advice or share their experience on how and if I can acquire BE citizenship. According to the Belgian government web-site ...
Dear All, Just a small update here. It is indeed possible to apply for the BE citizenship by combining different residency cards, as long as your stay in BE is officially uninterrupted. So, the clerk in the commune who told me otherwise was wrong. ... Read More
Belgian citizenship and AI(Orange card) by Edigj
Hello, I came in BE in 2015 as Non-EU student. I was issued and 1 year A card. I renewed the card twice in 2016 and 2017. In 2017 I applied to changed the status to F card (Belgian spouse). Status F(family member ob Belgian was approved after 6 ...
Many thanks for your response and advices! In certain moment I mixed up my responses between 2 posts, but I posted an original question related to my situation here: /forum/viewtopic.php?id=925001#5065625 Indeed, I am ... Read More
Belgian citizenship and AI(Orange card) by Edigj
Hello, I came in BE in 2015 as Non-EU student. I was issued and 1 year A card. I renewed the card twice in 2016 and 2017. In 2017 I applied to changed the status to F card (Belgian spouse). Status F(family member ob Belgian was approved after 6 ...
I lived in 3 countries so far and administration is annoying everywhere! I hope you will get your BE nationality! Read More
Belgian citizenship and AI(Orange card) by Edigj
Hello, I came in BE in 2015 as Non-EU student. I was issued and 1 year A card. I renewed the card twice in 2016 and 2017. In 2017 I applied to changed the status to F card (Belgian spouse). Status F(family member ob Belgian was approved after 6 ...
The new amendment, if I understood correctly, actually will also count months spent on the orange card towards citizenship (bellow)! "De lijst waarvan de wijziging wordt beoogd, houdt voortaan rekening met alle verblijfsdocumenten die worden ... Read More
From F card to citizenship - not possible before 5 years expires? by ZazaBE
Dear All, I have been wondering if some of you can give me advice or share their experience on how and if I can acquire BE citizenship. According to the Belgian government web-site ...
Wow, sounds horrible, this for the lawyers I mean! Thanks a lot for sharing this outlook, it will make me more careful indeed! If I knew this is gonna be what they change in the law, I might have stayed on my card A and never switched to F! :D If ... Read More
From F card to citizenship - not possible before 5 years expires? by ZazaBE
Dear All, I have been wondering if some of you can give me advice or share their experience on how and if I can acquire BE citizenship. According to the Belgian government web-site ...
Many thanks for the response, perhaps indeed lawyers are the good solution on navigating the pits of Belgian immigration laws... :) Read More
From F card to citizenship - not possible before 5 years expires? by ZazaBE
Dear All, I have been wondering if some of you can give me advice or share their experience on how and if I can acquire BE citizenship. According to the Belgian government web-site ...
Think I will at least have a talk with a lawyer. I think waiting is ok, but the thing is that I would need to wait for 4 years in my case. Until then, they can again change something for worse. Also, since F card is conditional, if anything goes ... Read More
From F card to citizenship - not possible before 5 years expires? by ZazaBE
Dear All, I have been wondering if some of you can give me advice or share their experience on how and if I can acquire BE citizenship. According to the Belgian government web-site ...
I am wondering if this can be circumvented though. In the law explanation page it says the main difference is that now Orange card does count towards citizenship. They stated that the categorisation into 4 groups on how you prove your stay in only ... Read More
From F card to citizenship - not possible before 5 years expires? by ZazaBE
Dear All, I have been wondering if some of you can give me advice or share their experience on how and if I can acquire BE citizenship. According to the Belgian government web-site ...
Thanks for your response! Is it indeed some new regulation they implemented previous year? Read More
From F card to citizenship - not possible before 5 years expires?
Dear All, I have been wondering if some of you can give me advice or share their experience on how and if I can acquire BE citizenship. According to the Belgian government web-site ... Read More
Belgian citizenship and AI(Orange card) by Edigj
Hello, I came in BE in 2015 as Non-EU student. I was issued and 1 year A card. I renewed the card twice in 2016 and 2017. In 2017 I applied to changed the status to F card (Belgian spouse). Status F(family member ob Belgian was approved after 6 ...
Hello, Did you manage to solve your problem? I am currently in a similar situation. I switched from A to F card more than a year ago, and will soon have 5 years of uninterrupted stay in BE. I never got an orange card since my previous A card was ... Read More