Hello - both parents and two siblings were born in Belgium and immigrated to the USA. Parents became citizens before I was born in the USA. Can I get a Belgian passport as an adult? Can I get along term visa to live there perhaps?
There are work permits if you have a Belgian job offer or a business, but there is no ancestry route for your case unfortunately. If you live on passive income, you could look a France, which is not far by train to Belgium.
That would be fine as well as I speak French and Flemish! And you have confirmed my research as well. People keep saying I can get a passport but my research says when my parents became citizens of USA I lost that option due to Belgian rules.
Yes your research is correct here. I would look at France for residency, and you can always get the passport by naturalization after spending few years in France. Takes longer, but at least there is the option. And residency itself is already powerful.
Hello - both parents and two siblings were born in Belgium and immigrated to the USA. Parents became citizens before I was born in the USA. Can I get a Belgian passport as an adult? Can I get along term visa to live there perhaps?
There are work permits if you have a Belgian job offer or a business, but there is no ancestry route for your case unfortunately. If you live on passive income, you could look a France, which is not far by train to Belgium.
That would be fine as well as I speak French and Flemish! And you have confirmed my research as well. People keep saying I can get a passport but my research says when my parents became citizens of USA I lost that option due to Belgian rules.
Yes your research is correct here. I would look at France for residency, and you can always get the passport by naturalization after spending few years in France. Takes longer, but at least there is the option. And residency itself is already powerful.