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Appiah63
Ghanaian expat in Belgium
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Registration: 25 April 2023
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Do FWO years count towards permanent residency? by GuestPoster7710
Dear all,I now live and work in Belgium with F card, since I got married to a Belgian. Before that I also did a PhD through a scholarship from FWO. That was for 4 years. Therefore I have been living in Belgium for about 4.5 years. Four as PhD paying ...
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@Max7710 As far as I know, your 4 years of PhD research will count as two years of work. There was a similar conversation on this topic and you can find it using the link below.https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=937018 Read More
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Family reunification by Abena ne
Hello everyone, Anyone filed in march ? Any updates
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@Abena ne Great to see you got your application updated. On your last sentence, it means that when a decision is made in Belgium, it is sent on the same day to Abidjan but it may take several days before they or you are notified Read More
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Belgium family reunification art 40 by GuestPoster347
Hello everyone, i would like to ask some few questions, i recently applied visa d on 17th march and till todah never heard anything from the embassy nor vfs , anytime i track on vfs it says application is under processing at visa application centre, ...
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@Tachelle McCarthy Hopefully Read More
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Belgium family reunification art 40 by GuestPoster347
Hello everyone, i would like to ask some few questions, i recently applied visa d on 17th march and till todah never heard anything from the embassy nor vfs , anytime i track on vfs it says application is under processing at visa application centre, ...
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@Tachelle McCarthy No not yet. Same tracking status as yours Read More
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Belgium family reunification art 40 by GuestPoster347
Hello everyone, i would like to ask some few questions, i recently applied visa d on 17th march and till todah never heard anything from the embassy nor vfs , anytime i track on vfs it says application is under processing at visa application centre, ...
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@Tachelle McCarthy The only thing we can do now is to be patient. Let's keep ourselves updated in case the tracking status changes Read More
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Belgium family reunification art 40 by GuestPoster347
Hello everyone, i would like to ask some few questions, i recently applied visa d on 17th march and till todah never heard anything from the embassy nor vfs , anytime i track on vfs it says application is under processing at visa application centre, ...
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@Tachelle McCarthy My partner also applied at VFS Ivory Coast in the last week of March and the status is the same as yours. I thought something was wrong but then seeing your post makes me think it could be something normal. Read More