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May I know why your resident permit took 8 months? Can your wife apply for Schengen visa/Tourist visa? I have friend came with Schengen visa, and applied Resident permit in Belgium.

@Algolimit unfortunately visa application really takes time. As far as I know there is no way to speed up process unfortunately.

Your chance is application was from Istanbul. Otherwise from other cities agencies waiting for gathering all applications  / sending to İstanbul and waiting for return.

This recently took 2.5 months for one of my friend.

@Hanney Bustami may I ask when/from where  your friend came with this type of  visa and applied for residence permit and which province?

@Hanney Bustami I have moved to the city Hasselt. The municipality explained that I will need to come after 8 month (if all the checks were done, such as checking whether you actually live at that address) to pick up my residence permit. It is a residence permit called EU-card.

@maharaji1984 I believe that the Type C visa is a Schengen Visa type for Short Stays (< 3 months). That is what we want to do as well.

Technically I could bring my kids here, and then apply for my wife, which I believe will be an urgent application in that case. But I am not willing to play like that.

@maharaji1984 She and her Ducth husband, She came with 90 days schengen Visa, and and they both move to Belgium and they apply the resident permit at the same time in belgium , city Lanaken / Near Maastrict border, her husband got the job 2 weeks later in Maastrict ( 1 year contract) 6 months later she and her husband receive the resident permit. Some or other friend , they were trying to have resident permit thru IND Nederland, got rejected, so they found a house in BE and move in, and apply for resident permit  while her visa schengen 2 weeks nearly to the end at the time they apply the resident permit. and they stays together in BE after they apply, Her husband work near the border and still work there, in 3 months, they are both got their permanent resident permit , city Ravels..

@Algolimit my Husband is Dutch too, and he is also applying Resident permit, The police had came to his address and , he was told to give pending documents ( 3 month pay slips, Birth Certificate ) later in Sept. You can apply EU Reunification directive 204/38/EC visa for your wife. and that is 90 days Visa ( C type)  , and renewable . This is the information we received from Jakarta Belgium embassy. Since you are already had the Belgian Resident permit, The Directive 204/38/EC visa should only take 3 weeks. You can ask the Belgium Embassy in your wife country for this information. You can google this type if Visa , is purpose use for EU member who want to join their spouse in other EU member country.

@maharaji1984 my friend from Jakarta- Indonesia, they apply Schengen Visa (tourist )thru NL embassy..