Can anyone suggest a Belgian immigration lawyer? Thank you.
J
You'll have to ask the commune on that one. Not something I've come across.
My local commune told me exactly which boxes of which procedure I matched best and which process I should follow. No extra cost. I'd suggest you do that and see if they can help.
Sep 6, 2016 22:45
becasse
But he doesn't have a commune - he doesn't live here, just owns property (and a child apparently - although I wonder how the child can be Belgian if he isn't?)!
Sep 7, 2016 00:12
Albert Gomperts
I can suggest Law firms in Antwerp if that 's any help. As a professional translator (Vertaalbureau Van Lokeren) we come across any number of complicated situations and there are quite a few lawyers who specialize in sorting this kind of thing out.
Sep 7, 2016 22:01
P
Becasse: the wiki link in English - ie the one I referred to - uses the word "or", not "and" which led me to believe that any one of the options listed were feasible, not all. However clearly the integration requirement is the one hampering this.
I lived in Belgium previously and my wife is Belgian (therefore Belgian children) and I speak French.
Albert Gomperts, thank you. If you wouldn't mind suggesting one or two who may be able to advise on this?
Sep 8, 2016 08:36
becasse
Your children would only have taken your wife's nationality IF they were unable to take your's (for example, if you were British but born outside the UK to parents neither of whom were Crown servants at the time).
Children born in Belgium take the nationality of the father, or, failing that, the nationality of the mother, or finally, failing either, Belgian nationality by reason of place of birth. Where the mother's home country permits it, a child can acquire the mother's nationality also, Belgium does not normally permit it.
Sep 8, 2016 10:10
P
As an aside my children did take Belgian nationality. I asked the woman in the commune at the time of registering their births and she was adamant that as they were born to a Belgian mother on Belgian soli they were Belgian.
Sep 9, 2016 09:22
glendsky
Hello,
I have recently received a negative advise about my nationality application. I have been living here for 15 years, holding an F+ card with my British/Irish husband and daughters. I failed on contributing to the society/integration as I have never worked being just a housewife. I now have 15 days from receiving the letter to appeal and I don't know what to do. I am a dependent of.my husband and have never claimed benefits from the government. It was a personal choice we made as we had no relatives
here. Prior to my application I volunteered to a charity shop to prove that I can do it. My commune advised me to join book clubs or anything to fill up the hole in my application. But I cannot prove that I was a member of anything, even though I joined workshops years ago, was/and still a bit active in my kids' schools activities or parents/teachers meetings or gatherings. Can someone give me a sound advise please. Do I need a lawyer to appeal on my behalf? Many thanks in advance.
You'll have to ask the commune on that one. Not something I've come across.
My local commune told me exactly which boxes of which procedure I matched best and which process I should follow. No extra cost. I'd suggest you do that and see if they can help.
But he doesn't have a commune - he doesn't live here, just owns property (and a child apparently - although I wonder how the child can be Belgian if he isn't?)!
I can suggest Law firms in Antwerp if that 's any help. As a professional translator (Vertaalbureau Van Lokeren) we come across any number of complicated situations and there are quite a few lawyers who specialize in sorting this kind of thing out.
Becasse: the wiki link in English - ie the one I referred to - uses the word "or", not "and" which led me to believe that any one of the options listed were feasible, not all. However clearly the integration requirement is the one hampering this.
I lived in Belgium previously and my wife is Belgian (therefore Belgian children) and I speak French.
Albert Gomperts, thank you. If you wouldn't mind suggesting one or two who may be able to advise on this?
Your children would only have taken your wife's nationality IF they were unable to take your's (for example, if you were British but born outside the UK to parents neither of whom were Crown servants at the time).
Children born in Belgium take the nationality of the father, or, failing that, the nationality of the mother, or finally, failing either, Belgian nationality by reason of place of birth. Where the mother's home country permits it, a child can acquire the mother's nationality also, Belgium does not normally permit it.
As an aside my children did take Belgian nationality. I asked the woman in the commune at the time of registering their births and she was adamant that as they were born to a Belgian mother on Belgian soli they were Belgian.
Hello,
I have recently received a negative advise about my nationality application. I have been living here for 15 years, holding an F+ card with my British/Irish husband and daughters. I failed on contributing to the society/integration as I have never worked being just a housewife. I now have 15 days from receiving the letter to appeal and I don't know what to do. I am a dependent of.my husband and have never claimed benefits from the government. It was a personal choice we made as we had no relatives
here. Prior to my application I volunteered to a charity shop to prove that I can do it. My commune advised me to join book clubs or anything to fill up the hole in my application. But I cannot prove that I was a member of anything, even though I joined workshops years ago, was/and still a bit active in my kids' schools activities or parents/teachers meetings or gatherings. Can someone give me a sound advise please. Do I need a lawyer to appeal on my behalf? Many thanks in advance.
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