Visa and residence permit

VISA AND PERMITS

Most students who live outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland need a visa and/or residence permit to study in the Netherlands.

In the Netherlands you are not allowed to apply for your visa yourself, your educational institution is obliged to do it for you once you are enrolled in a specific program and it usually takes about four to six weeks.

Students from Ukraine:

Ukrainian students are allowed to stay in the Netherlands for 90 days or longer if needed. This means that you as a student can apply for a study and apply for the visa after you arrive in the Netherlands.

DO I NEED A VISA AND/OR RESIDENCE PERMIT?

Do you need a visa or residence permit for your stay in the Netherlands? In the table below you can find out whether you need a visa and/or residence permit for your studies at Haarlem Campus.

STUDENT VISA/RESIDENCE PERMIT APPLICATION PROCESS

1. Get admitted to a full-time study programme at Haarlem Campus

2. Proceed with the payment of your tuition as well as visa fee (450€) via flywire or other payment options and send us the confirmation/proof

3. Demonstrate sufficiency of funds for your first year of study (see more information below)

4. Send us the required documents for your visa application (find the list of required documents below)

5. We will check all the documents and in order then forward your application to the Dutch Immigration Department (IND).

6. The application will be reviewed and – if approved – sent to the desired embassy address within 6 weeks from the day of request.

FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS

What are the financial requirements?

When applying for a student visa/residence permit you will be asked to:

Demonstrate that you have sufficient funds for both living expenses and tuition fee for your first year of stay. The required amount is €11.500 (or €960 per month for the first year).
According to recent updates from IND students in Bangladesh, Nigeria, India, Nepal, and Pakistan need to not only pay their tuition fees but also their living costs. That amount is 12.000 euros and covers your rent and health insurance. Through our experience with the first intake, October 2022, we now understand that the amount you will need in the first year is around 16.000 euros so please make sure you have enough funds before you arrive in the Netherlands. We do not ask you to transfer the full 16.000 euro amount, only the 12.000 euro amount, this is just to inform you that 16.000 euro will probably be needed.
Pay the visa/residence permit application fee of €450.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

The list of required documents will be sent by us to you, after the successful completion of your payment. You will get the following documents:

Signed antecedents form
A scan of your passport
Signed tuberculosis declaration (check if you need to undergo a tuberculosis test via this link based on your country of origin https://ind.nl/en/Forms/7644.pdf)
Signed & filled in financial statement
If you will be sponsored*

*If your tuition fees are being paid by someone other than yourself.

Sponsors are usually a family member, an employer, a government body, a charity or non-governmental organisation (NGO), not a relative who’s paying your costs (unless they are paying through their business).

APPLICATION DEADLINE

The deadline for submitting your visa and/or residence permit application to Haarlem Campus is:

30th of June: Programmes starting in September*
1st of November: Programmes starting in February*

*Please do not hesitate to even apply on the last day of September/January.

We will give you the opportunity to start your studies online and to join us on campus once your visa has been approved.

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER I SUBMIT MY APPLICATION?

We apply for your visa permit and let you know about the date we did so.
After 1-2 weeks we will receive a confirmation from IND (Immigration Department in the Netherlands) that they have received the visa application and withdrew the amount needed for the visa. We will send you a scan of that letter.
After 1-2 weeks we will receive a negative or positive reaction from IND which will enable you to book an appointment with your preferred Dutch embassy in your preferred country. We will provide you with a scan of that letter.
You need to book your embassy appointment immediately. The appointment consists of a document screening process together with an interview. Please ask the embassy what documents you need to bring with you for your appointment.
After 1-2 weeks you will receive a positive a negative reaction from the embassy on whether or not your screening and interview was successful. If it is successful you are ready to pick up your stamped passport from the embassy and book your tickets to the Netherlands.
You need to book a biometrics appointment in Amsterdam to go through your final screening process and get your final stamp.
Book an appointment here.
After that, you are able to go to the Municipality where you live in The Netherlands and get your residency number BSN.
If during steps 3 or 5 you receive a negative response from either the IND or the embassy we cannot continue with your visa application and we will reject your study offer and start our refund procedure which follows our policies.

STUDENTS REQUIRING A RESIDENCE PERMIT ONLY

Similar to the Visa application, we will as well apply for the residence permit for you.

Please find all the information needed in this regard HERE.

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Thanks for your interest in the Haarlem Campus!

I´d be happy to answer any question you may have regarding the admissions process, study life in Haarlem, and why you should join our beautiful campus.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you soon!

Until then,

Finn Fess