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2023 Visa D Family Reunification Timeline

Last activity 12 June 2023 by Zaza00

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Zaza00

Hello everyone, here is my Visa D timeline for myself under a single permit and for my husband for family reunification.


25 January 2023 - Single permit approved (Annexe 46)

1 February 2023 - Visa D application submitted and application package mailed to the Consulate in Montreal.


Application package includes (note that I erred on the side of over sharing and added more documents than what I saw was required. I marked with an * those documents that were required as part of the application):


For me (I already received my Annexe 46 single permit

*Two (2) completed Visa D applications

*Copy of Annex 46

Proof of sufficient lodging - 30-day reservation at a hotel

Dummy Flight booking

Proof of financial means - credit card

*Proof of the payment of the administrative fee (which was paid in September when my employer applied for the single permit)

*Postal Money order for the consular fees.

*Two (2) passport pictures

*Passport


For my husband for a family reunification

*Two (2) completed Visa D applications

*Copy of Zaza's Annex 46

*Marriage Certificate (duly legalized)

*Medical Certificate (duly legalized)

*Health insurance - Attestation from a mutuelle

*Criminal Records (duly legalized)

*Proof of sufficient lodging - 30-day reservation at a hotel

*Proof of significant means - Zaza’s work contract showing that "le regroupant dispose d’au moins 1.969 euros (€) net/mois."

Proof of significant means - credit card

Dummy flight booking

*Proof of the payment of the administrative fee to the Immigration Office in Belgium

*Postal Money order for the consular fees.

*Two (2) passport pictures

*Passport


I also had seen that a "déclaration & intégration" might be needed. There does't seem to be a document available yet on the Office des Etrangers website, but just in case we added the following language in a cover letter to the application and had my husband sign it - Je comprends les valeurs et les normes fondamentales de la société belge et j’agirai en conformité avec celles-ci. Je suis également informé du fait que mes efforts d'intégration dans la société belge seront contrôlés par l’Office des étrangers.

Zaza00

Hello everyone, here is my Visa D timeline for myself under a single permit and for my husband for family reunification.
25 January 2023 - Single permit approved (Annexe 46)
1 February 2023 - Visa D application submitted and application package mailed to the Consulate in Montreal.

Application package includes (note that I erred on the side of over sharing and added more documents than what I saw was required. I marked with an * those documents that were required as part of the application):

For me (I already received my Annexe 46 single permit
*Two (2) completed Visa D applications
*Copy of Annex 46
Proof of sufficient lodging - 30-day reservation at a hotel
Dummy Flight booking
Proof of financial means - credit card
*Proof of the payment of the administrative fee (which was paid in September when my employer applied for the single permit)
*Postal Money order for the consular fees.
*Two (2) passport pictures
*Passport

For my husband for a family reunification
*Two (2) completed Visa D applications
*Copy of Zaza's Annex 46
*Marriage Certificate (duly legalized)
*Medical Certificate (duly legalized)
*Health insurance - Attestation from a mutuelle
*Criminal Records (duly legalized)
*Proof of sufficient lodging - 30-day reservation at a hotel
*Proof of significant means - Zaza’s work contract showing that "le regroupant dispose d’au moins 1.969 euros (€) net/mois."
Proof of significant means - credit card
Dummy flight booking
*Proof of the payment of the administrative fee to the Immigration Office in Belgium
*Postal Money order for the consular fees.
*Two (2) passport pictures
*Passport

I also had seen that a "déclaration & intégration" might be needed. There does't seem to be a document available yet on the Office des Etrangers website, but just in case we added the following language in a cover letter to the application and had my husband sign it - Je comprends les valeurs et les normes fondamentales de la société belge et j’agirai en conformité avec celles-ci. Je suis également informé du fait que mes efforts d'intégration dans la société belge seront contrôlés par l’Office des étrangers.
-@Zaza00


update

7 February - status of the application in visaonweb updated from "Submitted" to "Imported"

GuestPoster347

@Zaza00  and any updates?

EUROPEAN Connection

Theoretically it should have been issued by now

if not you might need the assistance of the attorney, or consultancy firm

Zaza00

Yes sorry everyone, the visa D was released within a out a week from sending in the application. Glad to have finalized that process.

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