Reader question: How do I bring my Thai girlfriend to Belgium for good?

It's simple yet difficult.
First of all, they both have to present themselves for an interview at the embassy in Bangkok after they have submitted all the documents. This includes a document from his spouse with an official statement of his marital status, a document with his family composition, proof of sufficient income from Mr. (tax assessment is usually good) I always added proof of good behavior and good manners.
If you've done a Buddhist wedding with photos and such to prove, it usually doesn't pose any further problems. The interview is special and don't be alarmed by the questions - what does the brother call him/her. What is her mother's name, ... The answers are compared left and right and then usually follows the visa. That you are going to live together or get married should normally no longer make a difference for the Belgian state, although the embassy sometimes does that when there are huge age differences. Then there will be a visa for a limited time and upon arrival in Belgium you must go to the town hall within 3 days I think to have you both registered as a smanenwound or married. If you got married in Thailand for the Amphoe, that of course gives more probative value to your words, but then you have to have those documents translated by a translation agency near Phloen Chit, but you can find that address on the website of the embassy. I also spent many days on it and there was always a hair in the butter, especially since the Thai counter clerks are not really characterized as sympathetic.
YEARS ago I had an advantage: the visa officer lived right next to me and I could ask for information and even then I was more at the embassy than at work.
Remember that once in Belgium you can be summoned by the judicial police for another interview and that the local police do indeed come by a number of times to verify that you both live there…. and that is unannounced.
However, there is a custom that someone who stays over a longer period of time tries to obtain a visa for his girlfriend, which can also mean proof of a closer bond and people are inclined to tie the knot anyway. That doesn't happen in Bangkok, by the way, but at the Ministry of the Interior in Brussels (Foreign Affairs Department) DVZ, but you absolutely NEVER get hold of them (a bit of the KGB of Russia) They then send it back to the US after about 30 days by diplomatic mail Embassy and they will inform your wife.
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