Altea Avocats Lawyer Avocaten

At the Altea firm , you can find a lawyer specializing in immigration law who will advise you on all your questions related to immigration to Belgium. These questions may concern access, stay, establishment or removal of foreigners, but also the possibilities of requesting or recovering Belgian nationality or any question of international family law (for example in connection with a marriage, divorce, adoption, etc.).

We can also often give you advice or help you with more specific questions, such as those related to driving licenses, certain social security issues, etc.

In the sub-sections of this page, you will find examples of matters that we usually deal with within the "immigration" team of the Altea law firm . For foreign law , this includes your relations with the Foreigners' Office, visas, family reunification, marriage and legal cohabitation, humanitarian or medical regularization, asylum, studies, work permits or professional cards, etc.

The law on foreigners is vast. It sometimes involves procedures before the Council for Foreigners' Litigation, but also, depending on the case, before civil courts up to the highest national and international levels. This matter thus falls under both administrative law and private law.

A lawyer specializing in immigration law will not necessarily advise you to initiate a procedure that could be lengthy and costly. Depending on your best interests, he may simply provide you with advice during a single consultation. Altea lawyers will inform you if you are eligible for free legal aid.

A lot of useful information on immigration law is already available on the Altea law firm website, particularly through the regular news that we publish on various topics in immigration law (family reunification, adoption, legalization, international divorce, nationality, etc.). You can register via this link if you wish.

Altea  offers you expert legal advice tailored to your situation.

Contact  Céline Verbrouck , lawyer specializing in immigration law  and  private international family law , approved by the Brussels Bar Association.

Given the complexity and diversity of procedures, a family law attorney  can  help you resolve a family conflict, guide you through the many legal issues that a separation raises and its human implications. The advice of a lawyer specializing in family law is useful. If possible, your attorney will also be an accredited mediator.

The search for amicable solutions is in line with the values ​​of the ALTEA law firm . They allow us to better meet the interests of the parties and the children.

Among the methods of amicable conflict resolution, there is one in which the role of the lawyer can be essential: family mediation.

The mediation process cannot be improvised. It complies with strict rules including the neutrality of the mediator, the confidentiality of the mediation, the possibility of intervention by experts, etc.

Several lawyers in the office are trained in mediation, collaborative law, non-violent communication, etc.

In addition to purely legal skills, we are continually training to offer you the best possible coaching in your mediation.

Our work as a lawyer specializing  in family law also consists of helping you before, during and after a mediation process.

Before :

• In advice, guidance, explanation of the process, choice of mediator, as well as in contacting the mediator and the other party.
• We can also direct and guide you towards other complementary and combinable approaches to mediation: negotiations, procedures, conciliations, etc.

During :

• The family law attorney can accompany you, if necessary, to the installation meeting with the mediator and to any other meeting during the process if appropriate.
• Regardless of physical presence at meetings, the lawyer will continue to be your resource person in terms of ideas for resolving the conflict, identifying possible blockages in the mediation and their causes.
• Although mediation suspends ordinary enforcement measures, it may sometimes be necessary to introduce precautionary judicial measures (e.g. a divorce petition, a request for maintenance, etc.). This is permitted, and a lawyer will be able to take care of it.
• It is also our responsibility to give you the legal advice that the mediator, who is neutral, cannot give you himself.

After :

• If family mediation is successful, it is often also up to us to draft the agreement obtained.
• If mediation fails, we can help you consider other ways to resolve the conflict, including legal proceedings.

Altea offers you advice from a lawyer specializing in family law , trained in the techniques of mediation, reasoned negotiation and other alternative methods of conflict resolution.

Contact  Céline Verbrouck , lawyer specializing in immigration law  and  private international family law , approved by the Brussels Bar Association.