Hello to everybody.
I am Allwyn from Mumbai, India. I have just received my D-type visa for long stay.
My issue, nowadays, is about a Birth Certificate. How crucial is its requirement for a Family visa for Belgium ?
My wife does not have a birth certificate since her's was a home birth in a village in Karnataka, India before 1971.
Those days, births were not registered and the Baptism Certificate from the Church was sufficient for all official work. So, as of now, her birth was never registered in a municipality office.
Her visa application is on hold due to missing birth certificate. We had been advised to just furnish a self-affidavit for birth legalized by an apostille for the dependent spouse visa. But now, the consulate is asking for a Non-Availability Birth Certificate from her hometown legalized by an apostille in addition to the self-affidavit.
This is an awkward development since it means a visit to a different state and visiting various government offices with a new Baptism extract. So, that's another 15 days. The date of travel looms near, and my family doesn't have a visa.
My query is : Does a dependent spouse, who will not work, need the Birth Certificate or the NABC (Non-Availability Birth Certificate) for the visa ? This demand by the Consulate does put my travel plans go for a toss. Since it is asked, I will have to give it ? But why this stringent requirement when it has not been asked for in previous D-type visa applications ?
Any answers, anyone ?
I have posted earlier in the School section and the Transport section. And the responses have been illuminating.
Hoping for replies,
Regards, Allwyn.