Dependent visa

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pdesai84 Member

Member since 30 June 2015

pdesai84Member30 June 2015 20:01:47

Hi All,

I am an Indian citizen and living and working in Belgium company in Ghent, Belgium since Mar-2015. I am getting married in this Jul month and so I was planning to apply for dependent visa for my spouse after the marriage. But when I checked the required documents then I got confused on "Live together" requirements which is specified on their immigration website. We haven't lived together yet but obviously after the marriage. So if I apply for dependent visa within a few days after the marriage then I don't know what type of proof they are asking for and how many months long minimum ?

Thanks in advance.

// Prashant

Tubeloid Active member

Member since 20 January 2015

TubeloidActive member03 July 2015 11:10:11

Hello

You need to apply for family reunion visa. You need to get a marriage certificate and get that document apostilled from MEA. This proof should be sufficient

schandank New member

Member since 17 December 2011

schandankNew member06 July 2015 10:38:43

You also need a invitation letter signed from town hall, they have standard form for that..
in past they also asked for leglaized Birth certificate which has been issued not more than 6 month old..i think they still ask for it...if you have old certificate you can just get it stamped at the issuing authority with current date and then legalized...
Processing time聽 can be sometime longer (6-8 weeks or even more) if they send visa file to brussels ministry...

casperisk Member

Member since 10 July 2015

casperiskMember10 July 2015 18:51:08

The 'lived together' clause is generally for registered partners and people who are in long term relationships (but unmarried). This is asked to make sure that the relationship is genuine and not faked for visa purposes. It could be asked if a marriage is suspected to be a 'marriage of convenience'.

In your case, and as in most cases - just apply with your apostilled marriage certificate. Send your certificate to the MEA delegated VFS office in Nehru Place in New Delhi. This VFS office charges a fee and gets your certificate apostilled in a day or two.

pdesai84 Member

Member since 30 June 2015

pdesai84Member16 July 2015 11:55:03

Thank you so much for the clarification. Yes, as you suggested I will apply for it, once I receive the marriage certificate and then will apply for the dependent visa.

Thank you much once again

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