Belgian Citizenship
Aug 18th 2017, 5:27 pm
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Belgian Citizenship
Just curious if anyone knows if I can claim my Belgian citizenship through my Grandfather.
My dad was born in the UK but my Grandfather was Belgian.
My father is doing some investigation. He's trying to find records of his Dad's birth certificate.
We have his Belgian passport.
Can it be passed down to me if my Dad manages to get his Belgian citizenship through his Dad?
My dad was born in the UK but my Grandfather was Belgian.
My father is doing some investigation. He's trying to find records of his Dad's birth certificate.
We have his Belgian passport.
Can it be passed down to me if my Dad manages to get his Belgian citizenship through his Dad?
Aug 18th 2017, 11:17 pm
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Re: Belgian Citizenship
I looked into this a few years ago for a friend. From memory you can no longer apply from outside Belgium so you would need to move to Belgium, albeit temporarily, in order to apply.
Aug 20th 2017, 4:16 pm
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Re: Belgian Citizenship
Oct 31st 2017, 6:47 pm
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Re: Belgian Citizenship
Just stumbled on this if it helps...
Belgium - About nationality from the official diplomatie.belgium
Pinch of salt as always, but the links seem to work.
Belgium - About nationality from the official diplomatie.belgium
Pinch of salt as always, but the links seem to work.
Last edited by BEVS; Nov 1st 2017 at 8:09 pm. Reason: Correcting the link for BuckinghamshireBoy as requested
Nov 2nd 2017, 9:14 am
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Re: Belgian Citizenship
The original link (via another link) didn't quite end up in the right place, to my mind.
And we can now ignore my 'pinch of salt' comment.
