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Hi all,
sorry to bother you with another citizenship question, but I need some advice so any thoughts on this would be appreciated.
I have applied for the Belgian citizenship at the end of May, on basis of my marriage with a Belgian. They told me the waiting time is 4 months, and if you don't hear anything after 4 months it means you've got it. September is the 4th month, so at the end of this month, I should be getting it, unless they decide to reject it.
I've been working in Belgium for 3 years, and constantly lived here since beginning of 2009. My question is, if my request for citizenship on basis of marriage is rejected, can I apply for regular naturalization (or declaration?), and how does that work? Are chances hight to get the citizenship or slimmer after you've been rejected once?
Again, thanks for the time you've put in reading my post.
Basically the answers you need can be given to you from your commune.
They are the people who will process your application; they hold your history; they know whether you qualify to apply though, obviously, not whether an application will be approved.
Have you any specific reason for thinking that your application on the basis of your marriage might be refused or are you simply wondering 'what if'?
There is an increasingly close examination throughout the EU as a whole of all applications to marry between one EU and one non-EU partner and you will be refused permission to marry if there is a suspicion that the marriage is simply a means for someone to get EU citizenship.
If you have been through that test and your marriage was approved or, if you married outside the EU, your marriage has been recognised then there seems no reason why your application for naturalisation will be refused.
