How can I bring my Thai girlfriend to Belgium?
I have a girlfriend in Thailand and we talk on chat every day. She is the niece of a friend's girlfriend. We love each other and I want her to come to me in Belgium and marry her. I have my own house and no criminal record. How can I let her come here to me?
Issuing Schengen visas in Thailand under scrutiny (2017)
Every spring, EU Home Affairs, the Home Affairs department of the European Commission, publishes the latest figures on Schengen visas. In this article I take a closer look at the application for Schengen visas in Thailand and I try to provide insight into the statistics surrounding the issuance of visas to see if there are any striking figures or trends.
Belgium and Thailand celebrate 150 years of friendship
If you follow Belgium in Thailand a bit via social media, for example through the Facebook page of the Belgian embassy in Bangkok, then you know that Belgium and Thailand are celebrating the fact that both countries have been friends for 150 years.
How can I recover the VAT paid in Belgium?
I have been deregistered in Belgium and registered in Thailand. As a result, I am no longer subject to VAT. If I were to make a purchase in Belgium, I can recover the VAT. Until now this was never really worth it as I only made smaller purchases on my annual trip to Belgium. However, on my next trip I want to buy a new laptop in Belgium. A new laptop quickly costs € 1000, so a VAT of about € 200 is interesting.
Am Dutch, live in Belgium and stay in Thailand, have questions about health insurance and travel insurance
As a retired Dutchman, I live in Belgium and am affiliated with the Liberal Mutuality as far as Mutuality is concerned. I stay in Thailand for a large part of the year and I have taken out a continuous travel insurance for that. I just received a message from the Mutuality that given my status as a retired non-taxable person in Belgium, there is no need to be a member of the Mutuality. However, in order to be able to take out continuous travel insurance in Belgium, I had to prove that I was affiliated with a health insurance fund (as a Dutch citizen living in Belgium, I cannot take out continuous travel insurance in the Netherlands?).
I have been living in Thailand for 11 years and have deregistered in Belgium. I have to fill in a tax form because my income comes from Belgium, which I think makes sense. So I pay taxes in Belgium. What I don't find logical is that I still have to pay municipal tax in Belgium. Are there any of you who are in the same situation?
Moving from Belgium to the Netherlands with my Thai wife
I have a Dutch passport and have been living in Belgium since 2004. In 2013, in Belgium, I entered into a cohabitation agreement with a Thai woman with Thai nationality. In 2017 we entered into a legal marriage in Belgium. My wife has been in Belgium for over 5 years, her current ID expires in November and we have now applied for the F+ card which we expect to receive in October. During her integration in Belgium, she met the conditions and is in possession of certificates 1.1 and 1.2. Now we have decided together to return to the Netherlands from the beginning of next year.
Thai woman in Belgium, what about taxes?
After 6 years, my Thai wife finally came to Belgium via a d-visa. Already registered in the population register and now holder of an f-card. We were already married since 31-1-2012 in Bangkok. So now also a proof of family composition brought in at work.
Reader question: I would like to hear from one of the members what I have to do to have my Belgian pension transferred to my Thai bank account. I have already sent several e-mails to the pension service in Belgium, but I just don't get an answer there. I do receive a read receipt of my email but that's it.
Reader question: After a long journey through Southeast Asia, I met the love of my life in Thailand. I've decided that I really want to be with her, and even though I'm personally not much of a believer in marriage, I suppose this is our only chance to really be together. I myself am 26 years old, she is 44. She has an excellent resume, but isn't she too old for the Belgian job market?
Reader question: A friend of mine, yes she is a katoey, would like to come to Belgium to study and work. But what steps should be taken for this? On the internet I find so much information (also often disinformation) that I can no longer see the trees for the wood. Where can she take Dutch lessons and can she work there? Can she then start studies at the university? What about health insurance and residence? Can we live together? Getting started as a working student is normally not a problem in Belgium, but this is all new material for me as well.
On holiday
Finally back home. Sweetheart and The Inquisitor spent three long weeks in Pattaya, like real holidaymakers. That 'leave' had been arranged long ago, De Inquisitor had arranged it in February. For one reason or another he wanted to stay longer in the infamously famous seaside resort, and that is why he chose a hotel that was almost unknown to him. The private hotel.
Am planning to settle in Thailand in 2019 as a retired state civil servant from Belgium. What about annual taxes? I currently live in Spain and pay my taxes in Belgium every year as a non-resident. What about when I will live in Thailand, will I have to continue to pay my income to Belgium (pay about 54% in taxes)? By the way, we are in first place when it comes to taxes or will I have to pay my taxes in Thailand from now on?
See Belgium play football in Beer Republic Bangkok
Message from the Belgian embassy in Bangkok: “11 million Belgians will stand as one man behind our 23 Belgian Red Devils during the 2018 World Cup in Russia. A small part of these Belgians will do that here in Bangkok.
My future wife and I plan to get married here in Belgium in the not too distant future. Now one of the many requirements of our municipality, before I can make a marriage declaration, is this: if one of the spouses does the declaration: a legalized power of attorney showing that the other spouse agrees with the marriage declaration. My question, because I don't find much specific about this, how do we draw it up, or what are the requirements regarding this document?
Belgian fries campaign in Southeast Asia
“It should be over with the misleading name “French fries”, because fries are not French, but Belgian”.
My wife and I received our electronic identity card from the Belgian Embassy for the first time. However, the certificates associated with the cards cannot be activated at the Belgian Embassy in Bangkok. Since we both wish to use these functions, we must address ourselves to a Belgian municipality or to certain embassies and consulates. Has anyone already used the latter in Thailand, please let me know by return?