Immigration

CSA will submit your application for your residence permit and/or entry visa (VVR and/or MVV procedure).

Our university of applied sciences can only apply for a student residence permit for those coming to study at our university, not for spouses/partners and/or children. If you want to come to the Netherlands with your family, you will need to arrange their visa and/or Dutch residence permit yourself. You can find more information on the Dutch Immigration Office (IND) website. Note: most student housing associations do not allow children.

You can, indeed, pick up your entry visa (MVV) in the European country in which you currently reside. Remember you will also need to send your residence permit of the country where you currently reside when you register for your programme. 

That is correct. The MVV sticker is a temporary entry visa that’s valid for three months. It’s purpose is to let you to travel to the Netherlands. Once your arrive in the Netherlands, you’ll need to collect your residence permit within 90 days of the MVV being issued (check the date on the sticker). Your residence permit will then cover the full duration of your studies – as long as you continue to meet the necessary conditions.

You have to pick up your entry visa at the Dutch embassy in your home country or the place where you live (provided that you have a residence permit for that country.) You can check here where you can pick up your visa: Applying for an MVV visa sticker for the Netherlands. Choose your country. | NetherlandsWorldwide

We (CSA) will email you this information as it can vary depending on when your studies start.  

We (CSA) will email you this information as it can vary depending on when your studies start. 

Some nationalities need to take a tuberculosis test (TB) in order to obtain or keep their residence permit. The TB test needs to be done within the three months of your arrival.  If your nationality is not on this Tuberculosis exemption list, then you need to take a Tuberculosis test in the Netherlands.

Please take the following with you to the Dutch Embassy:

• The visa approval letter (you will receive this when we have applied for your visa)
• The completed MVV issue form (download the form here: MVV (Long stay visa) Issue Form (netherlandsworldwide.nl)*)
• Your valid passport with at least two blank pages
• A new (never been used) passport photo. See for examples this link

*) you need the MVV Issue Form to apply for the sticker in your passport. Please note that this process may take 2 weeks and you will not have access to your passport during this time. 

Take copies of all original documents with you. The Embassy will need and keep all the copies. Documents in languages other than English, Dutch, German or French need to be translated into one of these languages, certified and legalised. Please check this link for legalisation and translation information if your original birth certificate is not in English, French, German or Dutch. 

Sometimes, when you have your appointment with the municipality, they may ask for your birth certificate to verify some personal details. We advise you bring your legalised birth certificate with you to the Netherlands. Please check the following link for legalisation and translation information if your original birth certificate is not in English, French, German or Dutch. 

No, you have to arrange this yourself. 

No, our university no longer accepts bank statements as proof of sufficient funds. Exceptions may be made if a student receives a scholarship from an educational institution.

Once we confirm that you are admissible for the degree programme of your choice, the invoice and payment instructions will be emailed to you in a Letter of Admission by CSA (Central Student Administration). Please make sure you read the instructions carefully to ensure that our university receives the full payment of your invoice.

You are allowed to work 16 hours a week throughout the year or you can work 40 hours a week during just the summer period, June, July and August. A combination of these two options is not allowed!

If you want to work in the Netherlands, you’re required to have basic Dutch health insurance. This is mandatory and costs at least 130 euro a month. Without it, you risk getting fined.