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1 hour ago, Confuscious said:

1. She had no income when we married.

2. The taxing system in Belgium is following:
    Tax is being levied in the income, folllowing a scale system.
     Each step on the scale is divided by 3:
   a Living alone (Celibacy) = FULL taxes on that income scale
   b Living together with a somebody (family member; girlfriend/boyfriend; etc.) = deduction on that scale.
     The deduction depends on weither the member has an own income or not and how much income he/she has.
     Living together with children: deduction on that scale a ratio from amount of children and age of the children.
  c Married = lowest taxes

In my case:
1. Taxes were calculated on "Married" + "No income", which resulted in a tax reduction of 20% (about 150 Euro).
2. Pension for "Married" + "No income", which was about 250 Euro/month extra.

HTH
 

Interesting, thanks for this detailed answer!

On 4/21/2022 at 11:44 AM, Confuscious said:

A few days after I married my girlfriend in Thailand, now almost 2 decades ago, I went to the Embassy to ask if I needed to regularize my marriage in Belgium.
The answer was "Yes"and they gave me a list of documents that I needed to bring to the Embassy.
Make copies of a lot of documents, legalize and certify the copies at Chang Watthana, translate the copies by a certified translator, etc.
A lot of money spend only on certifications and translations.
A few weeks after the regularization of my marriage, my wife went to visit her mother.
At the house of her mother (my wife still had her address with her mother)  an assigned letter from Belgium had arrived.
It was a letter from my Bank in Belgium, who send a Credit Card and all the details of my bank account.
Luckelly, I could intercept that Credit Card in time and detroy it before anybody else could use it.
Later I asked the bank why they had send a Credit Card to my wife without telling me and the answer was: "You are married to "Ms. xxxx" now and according to the Belgian law your wife has full access to your bank account now (Share of belongings)".
 

Did she have an income? And if so, did this affect your tax return in Belgium?

7 minutes ago, aussiexpat said:

When was your test done, that is what is supposed to be within 72 hours, not when "test certificate was issued"

No, it says issued:

My covid test certificate was issued on February 25 at 11:49 PM, my departure to BKK is scheduled for February 28 at 7:10 PM.
I'm within the 72-hour limit, but there's not much margin. Does anyone have experience with this? Can I get in trouble?

4 hours ago, tingtongtourist said:

Theres things you must know NOT to expect from Thai lady.
if you are ok with these things and the good outweighs the bad then its ok.

If you cannot accept, then its best to walk cos otherwise you get a world of hurt that leave you broke and alone.

1. they will never apologise..even when they are clearly wrong and behaving disgracefully (which in their mind actually they are never wrong anyway because its always your fault for making them angry)

2. you will get no thanks..for money, support or anything given..ever.

so dont expect it.

3. know and be prepared to walk away at ANY time..and leaving all the stuff you paid for.
this could happen anytime, even when things seem good.

4. It is you who will always have to make the compromise to make it work..they wont..ever!

True a lot of these things can be said of all females everywhere.

The violent thing as you know, you will get with Thais, very much more so if its Isaan lady.

 

In my age i learned to accept and not be angry, rather feel a bit sorry for them because they are the product of the greedy society they learned from and had to try to survive under. that is really what created the monster.

Over the years they do get better with age,
the big trouble with that is once a farang start buying them cars..giving money, helping family...
how long can you keep that up before you go broke!!??

Its a shame if 95% of time might be good, but the few crazy days now and again can really weigh you down.

 

As for this no contact stuff you talk about..

give up the thought you can change or discipline or teach them tricks like some poodle. its not gonna happen!

(depending on age) if she is no good now, theres a good chance she never will be.

 

Trying to cut off the money is also a bit silly,

that will probably only end up in something of your own bodily pieces getting cut off!

 

Theres things you must know NOT to expect from Thai lady.

1. ...

This is not true. My girlfriend do apologise, even if she don't need to, like in case of a misunderstanding due language issues.

2... 

This is not true. I don't support her or send her money, but do I get a geniuine thank you if I buy her a gift.

4....

This is not true. She always insists to talk about our issues and always ask me to tell her about my concerns, so we can clear this out.

And yes, she's a Thai lady too.