Family reunification visa - legalized documents required

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tabunamaActive member23 June 2022 08:29:05

Dear friends,

Today I received the following email from the Embassy

Madame,

Les documents suivant sont requit de vous pour votre demande de visa :

Acte de mariage original + légalisation des autorités compétentes belges

Traduction de l´acte de mariage + légalisations des autorités compétentes belges

Assurance maladie privé valable pendant au moins 90 jours après l´entrée sur le territoire belge et couvrant minimum 30,000 euro pour l´épouse et l´enfant

Contrat de bail + preuve d´enregistrement OU réservation d´hôtel , pour toute la famille, de minimum 30 jours à partir de la date d´arrivée en Belgique

Pour l´enfant :

Acte de naissance original , légalisé par autorités compétentes belges + sa traduction, légalisé par autorités compétente belges

Salutations Cordiales,

Google Translate:

Mrs,

The following documents are required from you for your visa application:

Original marriage certificate + legalization from the competent Belgian authorities

Translation of the marriage certificate + legalizations from the competent Belgian authorities

Private health insurance valid for at least 90 days after entering Belgian territory and covering a minimum of 30,000 euros for the wife and child

Lease contract + proof of registration OR hotel reservation, for the whole family, for a minimum of 30 days from the date of arrival in Belgium

For the child:

Original birth certificate, legalized by the competent Belgian authorities + its translation, legalized by the competent Belgian authorities

Cordial greetings

I have submitted marriage certificate n baby birth certificate at the beginning of visa application 25 march 2022.

Kindly advice me regarding what they mean by legalized documents by Belgian authorities.

As well for other documents any advices.

Thank you in advance,

Taher

Sami NajiMember23 June 2022 08:39:01

Legalized means you have to certify them in the embassy of Belgium. These documents need to be stamped by the ministry of foreign affairs (your country) and then sent to the embassy .

nisafathima939New member23 June 2022 08:42:13

@tabunama Did you get both your marriage certificate and birth certificate 'apostille'?

Have you received the response from embassy in your home country or IBZ (Belgium)?

I have applied for my children and the file has reached IBZ on 08th April, desperately waiting for the response.

MJVssNew member23 June 2022 08:43:19

@tabunama Interesting to know that they are accepting hotel reservation in lieu of lease contract. Which one did you send?

nandhaselvakumarNew member23 June 2022 08:46:41

Is the Birth certificate and Marriage certificate in English and appostiled in india?

Did you applied VISA together or your husband is already living in belgium before Marriage? (If he is already living here, then his Resident card and registered rental contract should be fine if he is already living in a place where he could accommodate the dependents)

tabunamaActive member23 June 2022 18:17:35

@nisafathima939 i only apostilled the police clearance for my wife as requested by TLS contact in South africa.

I submitted certified translation of marriage certificate and birth for the baby.

tabunamaActive member23 June 2022 18:19:52

@nandhaselvakumar i am applying from south Africa.

i submitted 3 visas together 24 march 2022:

Husband work visa

wife and baby as family reunification

tabunamaActive member23 June 2022 18:20:47

@MJVss i sent hotel reservation back end of march when i firstly submitted the applications but already expired.

tabunamaActive member23 June 2022 18:22:25

@Sami Naji thank you for your answer.

How to certify from the embassy. are there any authentic translators by the Belgian embassy.

nandhaselvakumarNew member23 June 2022 18:44:48

#10

@tabunama Then regarding the housing, you can book hotel (reservation to be submitted), and regarding the marriage and birth certificate, they needs to be in English and apostilled as well

tabunamaActive member23 June 2022 19:07:43

#11

@nandhaselvakumar where to apostille them, cause both are not from the country i currently live in.

Marriage n birth certificates from Palestine and I live in south Africa.

AlexFromBelgiumAnimateur Belgique EN/FR23 June 2022 19:18:36

#12

1739

Every single official document with a stamp + signature must be legalized / apostile.

You must go to the foreigner ministry or at least the embassy of each country your document are coming from + translation in FR/NL/EN

LauB72Member26 June 2022 12:00:13

#13

I have a further question then please - sorry to jump onto the back of this thread, but it is related. We are relocating to Belgium on a Family reunification and did not know that we could provide a hotel reservation instead of a lease (this will be more difficult and we don't know where we are going to stay, based on work, etc) ... please can someone confirm that hotel or AIRBNB reservations will suffice for our arrival ?

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