Belgium LOng Term Visa

Depending on the nature of the document, the local authority can differ. Normally it is the home ministry of the state in India, from which the document is issued. The whole process is called 'state attestation', which is a pre-requisite for MEA attestation (apostle).


By the way, VFS provides state attestation and apostle services:
http://www.vfs-be-in.com/additionalservices.htmlhttp://www.vfsattestation.com/attestation.asp


And December -- you are very optimistic

Hi Anees,
All documents are ready except with attestation/Apostille.
Looks like it takes 25- 40 days to get state attaestation and MEA Apostille.
Earlier I planned to take family end of dec, now it may extend due to this Apostile work.

BTW, Do you know all VFS service branches provides state attestation.
Basically am from Tamil Nadu. My wife planning to apply Visa either Bangalore or Chennai VFS.

Hello Anees,
How long does it take to get a visa D for my spouse if she has all the documents with her?

** First of all My name is Aneesh

For Belgium visa application, it is VFS Bangalore.

For attestation, you can find VFS website, get their number  and give them a call to check if they can handle it from Chennai.

About timelines, nowadays Belgian consulate in India is sending almost all spouse visa applications to the foreign ministry in Belgium, for verification. If your wife's file is sent to Belgium, it may take 2-3 months or more for the ministry to make a decision.