Good day to everyone) Thank you in advance for your replies
My question will be about the family reunification visa to Belgium. My story started in summer 2015 when I was married with the Georgian man (but he has unlimited Belgian residence) in Prague. Then I made a multi tourist visa through Holland and came to Belgium. In local commune I was said that I could stay in the country unless our marriage would been recognised by the Belgian authorities. During next 10 months we had 2 interviews in order to prove our (not fake) marriage. Finally, our Czech marriage was recognised by the Belgian authorities. But at the same time my family reunification process in Belgium was rejected due to the fact that by that time my tourist visa had been expired and I was advised to come back to my home country and apply for this type of visa. I was also given the paper to leave the country within 30 days. We hired a lawyer. We were waiting for the decision from the court for 5 months. The decision was again negative. So my visa was expired for almost 1 year. I left the country with the expired visa without any sanctions and fine.
I have applied for family reunification visa on the 20th of July 2017. I am waiting for 9,5 months. All the documents are ok except the expired visa. Could it be the reason to rejection?
P.S The Embassy asked me by phone about the reasons of staying illegal in Belgium. The reasons were 2 interviews and waiting for the decision from the court.