How to get citizenship for Belgium or France for an Indian.

[Arpan]

Hello Sir,
I am Arpan Goenka from India. I am a emplyee. I know french and english. I want to settle down in Belgium. Could you please tell me if I marry a french girl in France then after how long I will get citizenship and will I be able to work in any EU country?

[gani999]

Hello Sir,
I am Arpan Goenka from India. I am a emplyee. I know french and english. I want to settle down in Belgium. Could you please tell me if I marry a french girl in France then after how long I will get citizenship and will I be able to work in any EU country?

That is indeed, a VERY shady way to try and get a citizenship!

Assuming you can find a French Girl who can marry you, it will take you at least three years of continuous cohabitation before you can apply for a citizenship based on your marriage.

[John]

Arpan wrote :-

if I marry a French girl in France then after how long I will get citizenship and will I be able to work in any EU country?

You do actually ask two questions there. Firstly citizenship ... you will need to check the laws of the country in which you will be living.

Work in any EU country? Well actually any EEA country? Assuming the marriage is real .... not a marriage of convenience .... you might be entitled to an EEA Family Permit and that gives you the right to live and work. So, for example, you marry your French fiancée and the two of you live in Belgium. Your wife (as she will be) is exercising her treaty rights to live and work in another EEA country. You have the same rights as soon as the marriage happens, but need an EEA Family Permit in your passport to prove it.