Belgium Nationality 2024

@ARMaliq Yes I called them several times and sent emails as well. They just say I need to wait haha! but Im not sure if according to law they are allowed to take more than 6 months. Molenbeek commune! the worst commune for paperwork lol

@drkhangholi

Thanks, I applied in Antwerp 3 weeks ago, so far didn't get any letter or police visit

I went today to the city hall and asked them what the response is. They initially said that they havent received anything, but then they went to check further and apparently they received the letter and the woman said I am belgian since 30th of April!!!! but strangely I havent received any response and she said its positive but its the task of Bevloking/Population service to do the rest of the work. I think there is bad management in the city hall so they haven't been communicating with each other which I dont understand. anyhow, she said I need to wait 2/3 more weeks to be able to apply for the Belgian ID card.

Dat of application: 16 november 2023

Date of approval: 30 April 2024

@drkhangholi

Did you have police verification? If yes how soon they came?

@drkhangholi

congrats!

Hi @here

its been 4 months and a few days , so according to the paragraph in the there's no more time

for a negative answer form the parquet , right?

i sadly lost my current ID and tomorrow im

going to the commune hoping they can allow me to apply for the new ID and not current one.

schaerbeek somehow says 5 months which i dont understand why

@vaibrasil

Which commune are you in? have you had a police visit?

@vaibrasil You cannot apply for new ID unless there is a positive feedback or it has been 4 months from the moment the file has been transferred and commune agrees to register you as new citizen. May be one extra month from commune is for administrative work.

Hi, I recently gotten my B card and i would like to know with B card, can i already apply for Belgian nationality or should i go throught the L card and so forth.

Note: I am working and living in Vlaanderen right now.

thank you all.

@jesswcp With B card, you are eligible to apply for nationality given that you fulfill other conditions.

Dear expats, I would like to know if its possible to apply for the Belgium card and passport at the same time once nationality is approved? And also can you request in advance once the nationality certificate can be downloaded?

@Blinxx For your first question, Yes you can.

Second question: Only if commune agrees.

@ARMaliq

Many thanks for your response. Do I need to do it at the same counter for the appointment or different appointments on the same day?

For those who scheduled an appointment with the police - how did you do it?

I talked now with the commune in Antwerp and he said it's not possible and also that if the police will come when I'm not there, they won't leave a note, because they want to come in surprise.

Also, he said there are many nationality requests at the moment and that they come randomly and might not come at all. Is that true? Has anyone in Antwerp had a case where the police didn't come at all and you still got nationality approval?

@ARMaliq how do you know your application has been transffered? where to check ?

@Nothing_serious35

I did get approval without a police verificaition in Antwerp

@Anjali4455 Normally, you should receive a letter from the commune after a few days. But sometimes, you get the confirmation of the transfer of a file on the spot if the commune has already checked it.

@vsarchu congrats. How did you get informed? It seems quite fast for you. Did they send you an email or did you receive a letter from the commune? Or if you saw your approval in terms of nationality certificate on mijndossier website?

    @ARMaliq how do you know your application has been transffered? where to check ?        -@Anjali4455

check on mondossier. You  will see your nationality certificate tab uploaded. Once uploaded you will recieve the letter in few days

@vsarchu

Thanks for your response, so I guess they either don't come atm in Antwerp, or come randomly as they said in the commune.

For some reason I can't access Mon Dossier with the card reader, will the birth certificate also appear on https://www.vlaanderen.be/uw-overheid/m … gerprofiel ?

    Dear expats, I would like to know if its possible to apply for the Belgium card and passport at the same time once nationality is approved? And also can you request in advance once the nationality certificate can be downloaded?
   

    -@Blinxx

Yes, it is possible to apply both Belgium ID card and passport at the same. As per my knowledge, this is possible in Brussels as I did that recently. For your second question, this is also possible. You can ask for your ID card and passport as soon as you know that your Belgium nationality is approved. No need to wait for the letter from the commune.

Hope this helps.

@Nothing_serious35

Hi, you can definitely find your birth certificate on vlaanderen - burgerprofiel if they have already transcribed it. In my case it was transcribed about a month after submitting the declaration.

For accessing mijndossier, sometimes I can't access either, and it lasts for a day or two. I have no idea why it happens. But you can use eID viewer to validate your log in certificate and check if it has been revoked.

@ARMaliq

I got a letter in the post..

@vsarchu Ok. can you post your complete timeline please. I mean when did you received the letter. Was it from the commune. DId you checked if you already had access to nationality certificate on mijndossier before you received the letter? Thanks!

@ARMaliq

Hi Basically I had applied on the 19th February 2024 . I got a letter of approval around 13th May 2024

@vsarchu which is in 2 months, 24 days. That should be a record. Seems like your case must be super straight forward.

@NKtgx

Thanx for the feedback.  I recieved the letter couple of days after seeing my nationality cert and made both appointments same day 🙏

I applied on 27th feb at deurne, Antwerp and still waiting for letter and also no police verification untill now.

@AshwinInBelgium

Thanks,

For me, it's six weeks since I applied in Antwerp, There has also been no update and no police yet, at least not that I know about.

This police verification without a notice is so annoying, I'm already trying to minimize the time out of the house and also wanted to travel, but I'm afraid they will come in this time.

@AshwinInBelgium

btw, did you see your birth certificate being uploaded at any point?

@AshwinInBelgium Its past 3months. more likely to be approved from now till end of month. Did they print out a declaration for you on the day of application?

You can also check on mondossier if your nationality tab is active. Normally  you will see updates on your file on mondossier. 

@BMM996210

Hi,

You were right.

Yesterday, I tried to log in to Mondossier but couldn’t log in. Until 12th June, my birth certificate is also not uploaded.

From Burgerprofiel, I tried to download the Nationality Certificate, and yes, since June 13th, my nationality has changed to Belgian.

Do you have any idea if I have to wait for a letter from the city hall, or can I make an appointment to get my new ID card?

@shambhu45

Hi, Congrats...

You can just go and apply for the new card and if needed your travel passport.

I did the same... I got my nationality status updated and only got the document from the cityhall after a month. By this time I already applied and received my ID card and passport.

@BMM996210

Thank you. I applied today for a new ID and passport for both myself and my son. I didn’t know that my 4-year-old son was also granted Belgian nationality. I thought I needed to apply for him separately after my application was approved.

Hey everyone,

I have finally received my Belgian ID and passport. I will share the procedure that i went through as it might help someone:

The documents that I submitted:

1. Language Certificate (B2 Dutch from CVO)
2. Economic participation ( although I have the pay slips for several years, but the clerk at the city hall only took the ones from 2021 and 2022, here he mentioned that my PhD degree will be considered as 265 working days or something like this... you can find this information on the official government website)
3. Social Integration: I gave my PhD certificate as a proof of social integration. The diploma that i submitted was the Dutch version, however the language of the phd program was in English and it was mentioned on the 2nd page of my certificate. Later on I found out that the language should be one of the three national languages. However they accepted mine and I had no issues with that. But just in case if you are scared you can always take the integration exam.
4. Birth certificate: This was translated in my home country, legalized by the foreign ministry and then legalized in the Belgian embassy. eventually the Belgian embassy uploaded the legalized certificate online and I could download it. (This all has been done through a friend as I couldnt do)
5. Proof of payment, just do it through Myminfin and download both receipts.

I submitted my application in Nov 2023 in brussels, and only received 1 month later a letter of confirmation that they sent it to the federal Parket . I did not have any police visits. But the procedure took really long. I didnt recieve anything for 6 month although i called and emailed the city hall. it was only on 14th of May when I went there in person that they checked better and told me that I am Belgian from 30th of April. and on 14th of may they told me you still need to wait to be registered on the system. Make sure you go there in person, eventually I had a small fight with them after 7 months and 3 weeks, and 2 days later I saw my Certificate of Belgian nationality online on Mondossier.

I hope this helps you all.

I applied couple of months ago. All documents were okay. I have A2 level dutch and have been working for 6 years and have done the integration course.

But my police visit did not go well.

The police was nice but he expected me to communicate fully in dutch. I was not able to. I answered some in broken dutch and some in English. The person told language is very important for nationality and wrote it in the feedback he was taking in his tab.

How likely is my application going to be rejected.

@lalfiner

when you applied you applied with that A2 certificate or base on uninterrupted work?

Also where have you applied if I may ask?

@Nothing_serious35 I applied in Ghent. I gave them A2 as language proof. i also gave payslips for 6 years for proof of work/economic integration.

@lalfiner

It's hard to tell because some people said that the police just talked in English with them and with some, they insisted on Dutch.

It might be related to what they consider the language proof in your file. 

I hope it will be approved, but if not, I think you should be able to appeal to court.

@drkhangholi congratulations. Did you checked how many times your profile was consulted on mijndossier? and by who?