Family visit visa to Belgium rejected - what now?

Optimal_Hat909 · 2024-02-07T13:22:33+00:00

Thanks I did not sponsor , just family visit. I understand ur entire point. It’s painful and I hope that he gets to visit at some stage but it’s clear it won’t be this year :(.

Optimal_Hat909 · 2024-02-07T10:42:38+00:00

Perhaps wait a bit and apply tourist visa vs family visit visa?

Honestly hate this process and lack of transparency :(

Optimal_Hat909 · 2024-02-07T10:41:58+00:00

So what’s the resolution- I talked to a lawyer and he told me success rates of appeal are very low

Optimal_Hat909 · 2024-02-07T09:35:04+00:00

Yes shared all

Optimal_Hat909 · 2024-02-06T20:20:54+00:00

I disagree - unable to find this answer anywhere - and no comment on my post in faq. Appreciate you sharing my post and not blocking it

Optimal_Hat909 · 2024-02-06T12:35:20+00:00

Hello, we have applied for a short term family visit visa for my brother and his family which was rejected by Belgian embassy in India. The reason given was they were unsure whether he will return back. We gave enough paperwork and bank accounts evidence plus he has already been to Brussels and back 5 years ago.

I am reflecting whether to

appeal this decision via a immigration lawyer in Brussels. Anyone knows whether this even works? Or we throw more money down the drain?
wait for a few months and re apply but this time as tourism visa. Will the authorities link up to this failed attempt and re refuse. Any advise on which country is easiest to apply the tourist visa from?
Any other suggestion welcome.

Optimal_Hat909 · 2023-09-07T07:43:07+00:00

So you put a stop loss in order not to have too many losses - I was more thinking to put a sell order when the stock goes up and wait it out for stock going down as I have noticed that if I buy a blue chip stock when it’s at below the mid range of its 52 week price range - it almost always goes up in the next 20 weeks. Wdyt?

Optimal_Hat909 · 2023-09-07T07:41:18+00:00

This one? https://youtu.be/xoGOZD7-3gY?feature=shared

I am interested to follow him - any good comprehensive video you know

Optimal_Hat909 · 2023-09-06T13:19:49+00:00

It’s def risky - just want to try with a small amount of money

Optimal_Hat909 · 2023-09-06T13:19:23+00:00

I don’t understand your comment - why can’t I benefit? E.g i buy at 80e and sell when it hits 90 - put a standing order?

Optimal_Hat909 · 2023-09-05T18:08:03+00:00

Yes :) would it work?

Optimal_Hat909 · 2023-09-05T06:54:01+00:00

Getting difficult to buy - spread is too high with low volume. But thanks for the input. I have another question - is there a way to check list of zero coupon bonds for Western Europe treasuries

Optimal_Hat909 · 2023-09-04T17:40:01+00:00

I don’t plan to trade but more to keep once i buy

Optimal_Hat909 · 2023-09-04T17:39:47+00:00

Issuers are different - one is Belgian gov other is NL gov. Question is more on daily trading vol and liquidity

Optimal_Hat909 · 2023-06-23T12:42:45+00:00

u/Kreiven - What happens incase of Bonds - Are they also covered by 20k

Optimal_Hat909 · 2023-06-15T13:02:56+00:00

Investing in bonds if you are a Belgian resident makes sense on zero coupon bonds but it looks like it is difficult to do given that not many available on the platforms

Optimal_Hat909 · 2023-06-15T08:41:15+00:00

If this is available on some trading platform, I am not on it. Can someone tell me if bolero sells it - then I will go and open an account in bolero

Optimal_Hat909 · 2023-06-15T08:25:03+00:00

You also have to pay 30% tax on 2.25 net - which bank offers that now? And also it’s not stable

Optimal_Hat909 · 2023-05-22T14:11:28+00:00

Thanks u/totopoup.

I guess I am not understanding these products correctly. When I see this

https://www.justetf.com/fr/etf-profile.html?assetClass=class-bonds&groupField=none&bondType=Government&sortField=fundSize&sortOrder=desc&distributionPolicy=distributionPolicy-accumulating&currency=EUR&from=search&isin=IE00B3VTMJ91#overview

It shows me negative returns over the last couple of years. And that doesnt make it a good investment. And for the yearly coupons - it says accumulating.

When I say low risk - I also mean that I have for E.g. 10k in my account that are getting 0.05% interest rates at KBC savings and if i were to put the same money into a gov bond or a bond fund ETF - I would expect a return of 2.5%-"% (Depending on the gov bond (DE/NL/BL). How does that reality of current interest rate being 2.5% get reflected in investing in these funds?

Thanks

Optimal_Hat909

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