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Family reunification

maharaji1984

@Sk2025

Min Fin :  Ministerie van Financiën = Ministry of Finance

When you officially registered and rental contract is registered, then your rental contract will be visible in MijnMinFin online portal.


Mijn woning/Mijn geregisteerde contracten


And then , you should extract the document : Bewijs van registratie


good luck

saad.s

@Sk2025

Download from myrent.be

Shubham Dhokale

Did anyone got new updates or approvals in the month of april?

Abhimanyu_143

@Shubham Dhokale

Mine still not registered not sure how it works? Do they follow sequence of application dates?

aakriti1

i applied 3 feb

got registered 7 march

now waiting .

Tonne85

Reunification visa . Husband applied Jan of this year, Embassy sent application in March. As of today haven’t hear anything not even anything into the website to follow.   Hard to not know anything. 

aakriti1

@Tonne85

isnt it registered?

Tonne85

@aakriti1    I was given a 4 digit nummer and the long nummer starting w VO…………….    Not sure if that is what your referring to    Thanks

Abhimanyu_143

@Tonne85

You must have received one letter where they mentioned that using given number you can track application. and also how to track application.

Tonne85

@Abhimanyu_143

Yes we got that from the visa dept in Embassy where we applied.   However when inputting the info.   It gives the answer no result

Abhimanyu_143

@Tonne85

It's quite strange that the application not registered yet as you applied in January.You should call them and ask for update.

aakriti1

yes contact them.

Babitha De Ruyter

It takes 6 to 9 months

Tonne85

@Abhimanyu_143

We called but are referred back to the website… a recording as no one answers

Abhimanyu_143

@Tonne85

try sending email if not done already.

Sk2025

Hi All,


Finally after 6 months we got the approval and received passports on May 6th.


Here is my timelines


Aplied for visa on vfs:  oct 28th

Registered in ibz on : nov 26th

Status changed in ibz: April 5th (asked for additional documents)

We submitted the docs on May 2nd and got

Visa approval: may 5th


Thank you.

Abhimanyu_143

@Sk2025

Congratulations 👠👠 what additional documents they have asked?

Sk2025

@Abhimanyu_143

Rental agreement and travelling insurance and for kids they asked medical certificate

Tonne85

@Abena ne

I got an answer back on my inquiry I made via email.   I’m in disbelief .


Our service has not yet received or processed and scanned the paper file, which means you cannot track it online.

This will be possible as soon as our service starts processing the file.

For this type of request, you should expect a processing time of 9 to 15 months.

With kind regards,

Morgana1354

Hi All,


A bit late to share my timeline, but better late than never smile.png


Both my spouse and I are NON-EU.


Diplomatic Post:    Moscow

Date of visa application:    Nov 26, 2024

Date of registration of the visa application by the Immigration Office:    Jan 9, 2025

Decision:    ACCORD

Date of decision:    Apr 24, 2025


I want to share a tip that I realized only after getting ACCORD. If you are constantly checking your visa status, you can just stop. Their system updates only super early in the morning of the NEXT day (I'm not sure when exactly). For example, if you get your visa today, you can only see it tomorrow morning. This is what happened to me—the date of decision is indicated as Apr 24, 2025; however, I only saw it on the website on Apr 25, 2025 (I checked the visa web page like 10 times on Apr 24 smile.png))


Regarding VPN, previously visa status checking page was working from everywhere, but then it stopped. I bought a subscription to Nord VPN, because they have a server in Brussels, and I did not have a single problem accessing the status website, no matter where I am.


Also, I would like to suggest that if you are waiting for too long, write them an email instead of calling them. It looks like email may help you somehow, because I called them in total like 6-7 times (over all the months of waiting), and their replies were not the nicest.... Then I wrote an email, and we got a visa in like a week after sending the email. Maybe it is a coincidence, maybe not - who knows....


UPD: Grammar

Puneet07

@Abhimanyu_143

Primary Work Permit Holder should earn more than 5000 Euros in order to process family visa with themselves, thats the new rule otherwise wait till 6 to 9 months

kyle78

The most useful information for people to share is when your application was registered with the Immigration Office. Since this is a queue system, if people can report their "Date of registration of the visa application by the Immigration Office", then we'll be able to get an idea of where the queue is up to.


Date of registration of the visa application by the Immigration Office: Feb 19

Babitha De Ruyter

@Tonne85

it takes 6 to 9 months.

E bayat

Hello everyone,




I have a job position in Belgium as a highly skilled job. My wife and I are non-EU citizens. My wife has an Italian residence permit and Schengen Visa from Italy that will expire by the end of August.




My question is that whether my wife can come to Belgium and apply for family reunification within Belgium. Is it possible?

ievgenfeldmann

@E bayat

No of course not , she can apply from Italy yes unless her residency is finished… for the day of visa approval she would have to show valid residency in Italy …

Expactbelgium

Hello all,


Is there any recent approvals ?

Applied in January still no update

aakriti1

nope applied 3 feb nothing.. idontknow whats wrong

kyle78

Good news. My partner's visa was just approved.


We are both non-EU.


Date of visa application:    Jan 14 2025

Date of registration of visa application by the Immigration Office:    Feb 19 2025

Additional documents requested: Jul 8 2025 (MyRent certificate)

Date of decision/Status of file:    Jul 11 2025


Best of luck to everyone else.

Abhimanyu_143

@kyle78

Congratulations finally someone from January month

bulubusra

@kyle78 so happy for you 🎉I hope everyone who's waiting gets good news.

abhijeet banarse

@kyle78

Congratulations ! and thank you for posting here !!

Expactbelgium

Hello everyone,

I had submitted my marriage certificate to the embassy earlier for family reunification, but it didn’t have the venue of marriage and place of birth translated into English (its available but in native). Now I’ve got an updated version where that missing info is translated, and it’s also apostilled.


Just wanted to ask  should I submit this updated version to IBZ? Or is this a minor thing that won’t cause any issues later? Really looking for some honest advice here so i can act accordingly. Thanks in advance!

Kitah

Hi. Yes, you can certainly send the document to IBZ. What you need to do when sending the email is to state your viza application number, the place you applied for your visa,  and date of application. You can request that they add it to your file. I made a request to add new documents when I applied for a family reunification visa for my family 2 years ago and it was not a problem at all.

Expactbelgium

Thank you Kitah for replying. I’m just a bit worried they might question why I didn’t submit the correct version earlier so thought to check here. I will send them updated version.

Kitah

I understand. You can simply state that there was an error in the one you already submitted and that they should consider the updated version. If the visa is for your spouse, indicate his/her name, visa application number, place of application,  and date of birth. All the best!

Kitah

Just to add: In my case, I wrote a letter to explain in detail why I was adding an extra document. You could do that as well.

Mert AKEL

@Kitah

When you did that, did you get any response from them other them automatic replies? I sent them some documents twice, but they didn't return to me other than auto replies.

Kitah

@Mert,

This was in 2023. I got automatic replies, but later an email confirming that it has been forwarded to the relevant department.  I later called IBZ just to be sure and it was indeed included in my file. I applied for a family reunification visa for my wife and son in July 2023 and it was approved in December 2023. It took about 5 months. Good luck!

@Osis1829

Hello everyone,


Has anyone applied for the Belgian Family Reunification visa in January 2025 and received approval already?


Our visa dates:

Location:                                                        Amman, Jordan

Applied:                                                         23 January 2025.

Transferred to Brussels:                             02 March 2025.

Registered at the Immigration Office:         17 March 2025.


We’ve been waiting and trying to understand typical processing times

Has anyone had their file sent to Brussels around mid-March or later and already gotten approval?

How long did it take for you to get a decision?


Thanks a lot in advance for sharing your experience!

bulubusra

our visa timeline


location:  istanbul, turkey

application: 20 Feb

ibz registration: 18 March


we are still waiting.


As far as i understand from the other platforms (facebook etc) now they are investigating the applications from at the and of the Feb. We may get a feedback soon. I will glad if you share with us when you get a respondðŸ™ðŸ»


@Osis1829