How to apply for a dutch visa

How to apply for the MVV

As I stated before, just apply for a MVV at the embassy in the country of origin. More information about the procedure on how to apply can be found on the IND website;

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1. Go to the Dutch embassy or the Dutch consulate in your country of origin. They will tell you which documents you need to submit. Sometimes these documents must meet specific conditions.
2. The embassy or consulate forwards your application to the IND in the Netherlands.
3. You must meet all conditions. If you do, the IND will contact your sponsor in the Netherlands for information and documents.
4. If the IND approves your application for an MVV, you must contact the embassy or consulate in your country of origin to collect the MVV.
5. You will not be issued an MVV if you do not meet the conditions, or if your documents are invalid, incomplete or incorrect. You may submit an application for review with respective to a negative Decision on your application.”

That’s not much of a help, so what do you need to bring to the embassy ? We needed to bring the following documents;

• Photocopy of all pages of the host passport
• Your passport
• Proof that you passed the dutch civic integration test
• Legalized certificate of non-marriage
  The dutch embassy in Manila may ask for a affidavit bij a notary public.
• Birth certificate
• The form ‘Aanvraag Schengenvisum’ which you can get at the embassy.

If you need help with filling in the “schengenvisum” visa form, have a look on this forum which explains the questions in english. Here is a copy of the Schengenvisum formulier please note that I do not know if this form is up to date. Please get a recent one at the dutch embassy and only use this as reference.

For documents from the philippines such as birthcertificate and non-marriage certificates the dutch goverment requires that these are legalized by the DFA and Dutch embassy in Manila. Obtaining these documents from the NSO can be done online.

After submitting your complete MVV application you will recieve a reference number and IND bankaccount. Before further processing starts you must pay 830 euro to that bankaccount within two weeks. After payment the host will receive a letter from the IND asking for additional documentation.

Update 1-7-2010 from the IND website; http://www.ind.nl/EN/verblijfwijzer/verblijfwijzer_mijnsituatie.asp?proc=halen&procedure=Marriage%20or%20relationship&procedurestapnaam=Conditions&land=Philippines&duur=1&lang=en

Marriage/Relationship

You want to live with your spouse or partner in the Netherlands. The following conditions apply:

• you are married and your marriage has been registered in the Netherlands, in the municipal personal records database [Gemeentelijke Basisadministratie];
• or you are both unmarried and you are able to prove this with official legalised documents;
• you are not a danger to public order
• you are 21 or older. In the case of family reunification, you must be 18 or older;
• you will live with your spouse or partner as soon as he/she arrives in the Netherlands:
  - you are intending to run a joint household;
  - he is going to register himself at the same address as you.
• he/she is required to take the civic integration examination abroad (Caution: he/she is exempted from taking the civil integration test if he/she has the American, Australian, Canadian, Japanese, New Zealand or South Korean nationality).

The following conditions apply to you:

• you are 21 or older. In the case of family reunification, you must be 18 or older;
• you enjoy sufficient income in the Netherlands