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Traffic violation - Nationality

Hi Everyone,


I have been in Belgium for 3 years, last year I had an unfortunate situation in traffic. I summoned to court and got some fines. The reason was child seatbelt. Now this is a record in my clearence report.


My question is, do you know or heard anythin about, how this record can affect my natioanlity application in the future.

To be honest Belgium is not a good country for expats since high taxes, multiple language requirements and low market capacity. So if there is a high possibility of rejection I dont want to waste 2-3 more years here and started to think relocate.


thanks in advance for yout opinion and answers

See also

If you want to move to a country of course you will be expected to learn the language of the country you move to.


A one-off traffic fine for a child seatbelt violation will not result in an automatic rejection of your Belgian nationality application.


Blockages or rejections for citizenship are legally triggered by serious intentional crimes, tax or social security fraud, or offenses carrying significant prison sentences.


Minor traffic offenses (even those handled by a Police Court due to a summons) do not compromise public order. Rejections based on driving records are typically reserved for severe, repeating offenses such as multiple drunk driving charges or hit-and-runs.

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