Mia0210
Dutch looking for information about Cape Verde
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Seeking advice on F to F+ Card by nikwan92
Hi everyone,I’d really appreciate your advice or insights on my situation.I’ve been living and working in Belgium for 6 years now. The first 3 years were on an A card, and then I got married to an EU citizen (Czech). She held an E card ...
Also, I’d like to ask:How long did you wait for the decision about the F+ card before you got the rejection?Did the full 5 months pass, or did you get an answer earlier? Read More
Seeking advice on F to F+ Card by nikwan92
Hi everyone,I’d really appreciate your advice or insights on my situation.I’ve been living and working in Belgium for 6 years now. The first 3 years were on an A card, and then I got married to an EU citizen (Czech). She held an E card ...
@nikwan92Hi,I’m not very familiar with cross-border residency rules, so I can’t really comment on that part.But regarding the rest:To get the F+ card, the law says you must create a family unit for 5 years in order to receive unlimited, ... Read More
L Card Application Antwerp by dakbak
Hello All,I have completed 5 Years on Feb 27 and submitted my L card application Online on 2nd May. I live in Antwerp.I got to know that Ususally it wll take 5 months plus 1 day we can expect the approval status ( though there are cases where it is ...
@dakbakYes, I understand you and feel sorry. This situation is fundamentally wrong, and I honestly don’t understand how such a huge backlog is possible. If there’s a staff shortage, they could just hire more people — so it’s ... Read More
Married to a Belgian citizen, my orange card expired by reduxhominy8i
I have a huge problem and I thought maybe someone here can help me.I came to Belgium since 3 years and half I married with a Belgium girls and I’m 3 years married with her now my kids born 6 mounth ago they give me orang card ...
@reduxhominy8iHi, There is something in your story that doesn’t make sense. The orange card can only be renewed once, and only for 3 more months (so 9 months in total). They cannot keep extending it forever without making a decision.Most ... Read More
Belgium increases nationality fee starting July 2025 by Mia0210
Belgium has officially decided to raise the fee for applying for Belgian nationality — from €150 to €1,000. The change is supposed to start from July 1, 2025, but only if the Senate approves it before their summer holidays. If not, ...
@maharaji1984 Wow, that's crazy! I am shocked. You definitely need to send them an email, this is not normal in ieder geval Read More
Belgium increases nationality fee starting July 2025 by Mia0210
Belgium has officially decided to raise the fee for applying for Belgian nationality — from €150 to €1,000. The change is supposed to start from July 1, 2025, but only if the Senate approves it before their summer holidays. If not, ...
@maharaji1984 I don't know what commune you live in, but I just randomly checked 2 random Brussels communes (Etterbeek and Saint-Giles), Bruges, Oostende and Hasselt - all of them had an appointments available not later than mid June. So I recommend ... Read More
Belgium increases nationality fee starting July 2025 by Mia0210
Belgium has officially decided to raise the fee for applying for Belgian nationality — from €150 to €1,000. The change is supposed to start from July 1, 2025, but only if the Senate approves it before their summer holidays. If not, ...
@ailukebreishUnfortunately, I don't know. In theory, it could work. But in practice don't know. They might accept the application under the old fee. Or they might ask you to pay the difference. Or even refund the €150 and require you to reapply ... Read More
Belgium increases nationality fee starting July 2025 by Mia0210
Belgium has officially decided to raise the fee for applying for Belgian nationality — from €150 to €1,000. The change is supposed to start from July 1, 2025, but only if the Senate approves it before their summer holidays. If not, ...
@maharaji1984 Sounds like a joke to be honest. Can't be so long. Or can? I guess I am too spoiled, in my commune nearest option is today 15:10... Now it's 13:30 Read More
Belgium increases nationality fee starting July 2025 by Mia0210
Belgium has officially decided to raise the fee for applying for Belgian nationality — from €150 to €1,000. The change is supposed to start from July 1, 2025, but only if the Senate approves it before their summer holidays. If not, ...
@maharaji1984 Then I guess you can pay June 30, but you need a proof that there is no available slots so that you can explain that your intent was to apply before 1st of July. Are you sure there are not slots? It's May now. Read More
L card after 5 months waiting period by Blueskii
Hi everyone,I reached the end of my 5-month waiting period for the L card earlier this month. As many of you probably know, in most communes, once there’s no objection within those 5 months, the L card is considered automatically approved, and ...
@ievgenfeldmannNo, you should not just wait. When you do that, you are lowering yourself in front of the officials, acting as if you have no rights or value—as if they are above you, and you are nobody.It’s exactly because of this kind ... Read More
L card after 5 months waiting period by Blueskii
Hi everyone,I reached the end of my 5-month waiting period for the L card earlier this month. As many of you probably know, in most communes, once there’s no objection within those 5 months, the L card is considered automatically approved, and ...
@BlueskiiHi,I'm really sorry you're going through this—sadly, it's something that happens way too often with communes in Belgium.You're right: when it comes to the L card, the law clearly says that if no decision is communicated to the commune ... Read More
Belgium Nationality 2024 by Nothing_serious35
Hello,I'm living and working in Antwerp, Belgium for 6 uninterrupted years. I've applied for a permanent residency 5 months ago and have an appointment to get the result in a month. Considering it'll be approved, I wanted to apply for citizenship ...
@Acylou I have received the email from the CommuneCongrats! Commune really did send email or did you mean eBox? Read More
Belgium Nationality 2024 by Nothing_serious35
Hello,I'm living and working in Antwerp, Belgium for 6 uninterrupted years. I've applied for a permanent residency 5 months ago and have an appointment to get the result in a month. Considering it'll be approved, I wanted to apply for citizenship ...
@Acylou HiYes, but if you can see you nationality certificate already in Mijn dossier/Mijn burgerprofile, then you can go to the commune and ask for ID/passport immediately. Read More
Annex 15 and expired residence permit by dambada
Hello everyone;My husband came to Belgium at the beginning of this year with a family visa. I am a student and my husband needs to renew his resident card depending on me. In September 24, we applied for a extension of residence card that will ...
@User9495Unfortunately, there are no fortune tellers on this forum who can guess under which procedure you applied for permanent residence, which country you are a citizen of, what type of residence card you had before, and why you waited until it ... Read More
L card - 5 years requirement by Stranger_F
Hello,I live in Brussels/Schaerbeek. One of the requirements for L card is "justifier d'un séjour légal et ininterrompu en Belgique au cours des 5 ans".Do you know from which date those 5 years are calculated? For instance I have three ...
@Stranger_FAnnex 46 = authorization to work while waiting for your residence card/your physical arrival in the KingdomResidence card (date of issue) = start of your wettig verblijf = start of the 5 years for L kaart.When you received the Annex 46, ... Read More