Bring Indian Wife on Visitor VISA

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Tubeloid Active member

Member since 20 January 2015

TubeloidActive member20 January 2015 11:06:13

Hello,

I am getting married in May 2015 and my fiance is Indian. I have been in Belgium since 2012 on work permit. I plan to bring my wife on visitor visa after marriage. I guess the period of stay would be 3 months only. Then she would have to go back and apply for a family reunification visa (for long stay). My question is does bringing her to Belgium for 3 on visitor visa would potentially create any problems in applying for long stay visa later (like after she goes back to India ?) is there a clause that will prevent her from applying for long stay- just because she was in Belgium on visitor visa earlier -- there have been some rumors that technically she will not be able to apply for the next 6 months or so after she returns to India ! I could not find such things, but being a novice I would like to take some expert opinions in this matter

mchattha Member

Member since 07 January 2015

mchatthaMember20 January 2015 12:38:29

Hi,

I would not like to mislead you , not sure if there is something specific to Belgium. But technically it would be possible to apply for both short term and Long term visa at the same time. When she would return back after staying for three months her long term visa would be close to approval.

Shaazia ViP

Member since 01 July 2012

ShaaziaViP21 January 2015 05:40:12

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Hello Tubeloid,

Welcome to Expat.com

There are some threads on the Information on visas in Belgium forumwhich might provide you with some information while you wait for some more precise answers from the other members. There are the links to some of the threads below.

https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=432703 https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=429173 https://www.expat.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=419273

Shaazia
Expat.com Team

rohitk2 New member

Member since 01 January 2015

rohitk2New member21 January 2015 12:47:18

Hi Tubeloid,

As far as I know there is no rule which states that she cannot apply for a long term visa after returning to India from a short term visit to belgium.

Also, it is not possible to apply for long term and short term visa at the same time for Belgium. Only one application is allowed when applying for the visa.

It is better to apply at least 4-5 months before the planned date of travel.

Cheers.

Tubeloid Active member

Member since 20 January 2015

TubeloidActive member27 January 2015 11:34:02

Thanks for the response !!

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