DOCUMENTS TO BE PRODUCED WHEN APPLYING FOR A VISA
FOR FAMILY REUNION (students)
1) A valid passport: To be obtained from the local Public Security Bureau.
The passport should be valid at least 3 months after returning to China and should
contain at least 3 empty pages when applying for the visa.
Please provide two copies of your passport (the empty pages don’t need to be copied).
2) Four application forms signed and dated by the applicant. These forms are to be
completed in Dutch, French or English. On each form, a 2-inch recent passport size
photographs should be affixed.
3) Two copies of your Chinese identity card (1).
4) In case the applicant is older than 18, a notarized certificate of good conduct together with a translation. This document has to be certified by the Shanghai Municipal Foreign Affairs Bureau or the relevant provincial Foreign Affairs Bureau. It is valid only six months from the date of issue. In case you resided in a foreign country during the latest 5 years, you should moreover submit a certificate issued by the relevant authorities of that foreign country.(*)
5) Your marriage certificate (spouse) : i.e. a true certified copy in the notarized form of your red marriage booklet.(*) or birth certificate (children)(*), establishing the kinship between the applicant and the student.
6) The proof that the student has an accommodation, sufficiently large to accommodate the family members that joining him. This can be proven by a certificate issued by the authorities of the spouse’s/parents’ place of residence in Belgium or by a copy of his / her lease contract which describes clearly the premises rented.
7) Proof of sufficient means :
By letter of guarantee:
A letter of guarantee (in the prescribed form – annex 32) by your guarantor residing in Belgium or abroad. This document can be obtained from the guarantor’s municipality in Belgium (or from the Belgian Embassy or Consulate General in the guarantor’s place of residence) and has to be certified. A guarantee by the student himself in not accepted.
Accompanied by :
_ Proof of the solvency of the guarantor (tax paper/ salary sheet / bank account statement). (Monthly income should be at least 750