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Last activity 24 September 2023 by sivadanamreddykumar

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expat2021
Hi there,
I Have been in Belgium for 6.5 years. I acquired card D followed by Belgian nationality. Hence myself and my two minor kids (<12 years old) are Belgians. One of our two children is born in Belgium.

My wife currently holds card A. She has finished her 5 years of stay and her card À expires in 2024.

I understand that if she applies for card b, they likely to reject it because her current card is valid until 2024. I have seen these kind of cases on forum.

She worked for 1.5 years and paid taxes.

She can not apply for card D as she doesn’t have 5 years of pay slips ( salary slips).

She got an offer form a company and she will be starting to work again from next week in IT sector.

Question:
) is there any way she can get other PR cards that will allow her to apply for Belgian nationality ?

However, commune says to submit application for card B by submitting the pay slips of 1.5years and the offer letter from current job offer. 

I thank you in advance for your attention.
VermaRam
Well she can apply for card B without the payslips as card B only requires 5 years of continuous living with or without a salary.

I haven't got a lot of clarity of application of card D for dependants under family reunification. My commune told me that the person under family reunification cannot apply for card D even if he/she have a job in Belgium
Kdeepak
If you got your nationality then your wife can switch to F-card. Best option
expat2021
@VermaRam
These days card B application is not considered if their existing card A has validity.

Card D can be applied if the spouse has work contract.

This is my view.
expat2021
@Kdeepak

Do you think we çan apply for nationality with card F ?

Or F+ is necessary to apply for nationality ?

If so, from F to F+ the spouse has to spend 5 more years.
Kdeepak

@expat2021 you can do it with F card. I have applied mine before my Fcard is about to expire. So yes ypu can apply directly with f card..

Edigj
As said above best is to apply for F Card and after she gets it in 6 months then she can declare the Nationality. F card is enough no need for F+
expat2021
I see. Thanks for your clarification. This forum is more useful than officials as a whole in wallonia administrative or web pages or approaching them by email.
I asked the same question. They told me to pay 150 and submit the docs. Then only they answer my question. :)
expat2021
A question on card F: is it a illimité card ?
Can it be issued if the spouse is already in Belgium and on card A?
Is F card a resident du long durée ?
expat2021
I observed that neither in Namur nor in liege ville webpages they mentioned the types of cards that are acceptable or nationality. However on agii webpage these cards list is explicitly defined.
expat2021
Best image from Charleroi commune about ways to acquire nationality :

expat2021

We are able to submit the Nationality application with F card.


however , we realise that the application was submitted under article 2. After 1 month of submission, we received a letter saying she has to submit 5 years pay slips.


at this point I understand the difference between article 2 and article 3 ( citizen wife, 230 days working).


we responded by post and email to the commune saying we need to apply via article 2. But no response since 1 month.


i have to wait and see how it goes and when this process will come to an end.

sivadanamreddykumar

Hi @everyone

Why Evere commune asking for 5 years tax paid documents though finished of living in belgium more than 7 years for applying PR?


Some communes  asking for 1 year tax paid documents in the whole 5 years.


Will it not be same case for evere commune?

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