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Why a municipality asks for more documents in Belgium

An additional request is not always a whim. It is often the sign that a link is missing between the main record, identity and the concrete use.

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Clarify the request for additional documents

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Ask for a written list of missing documents, the file reference and the date by which they are expected. Clarify whether a new document, fuller version, translation or explanation is needed. A request for more information does not by itself establish that your translation is wrong.

Respond document by document

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Prepare a cover list matching each request to its file. If a record cannot be obtained in time, notify the service and ask which alternatives it can consider, without assuming an extension. Retain proof of the additional submission and the versions sent.

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Official sourceFPS Foreign Affairs - Civil statusOpen the official source Official sourcee-Justice portal - Public documents in the EUOpen the official source Official sourceHCCH - Apostille ConventionOpen the official source Official sourceFPS Justice - National register of sworn translators and interpretersOpen the official source Official sourceFPS Justice - Legalisation of sworn translationsOpen the official source

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