Entry visa

Do I need an entry visa and/or residence permit?

Nationality	Entry visa required?	Residence permit required?
EU/EEA, Switzerland	No	No
Australia, Canada, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, South Korea or USA	No	Yes, for stays of 90 days or more
All others	Yes	Yes, for stays of 90 days or more

Chinese Students: NUFFIC certificate

All Chinese students need to submit a NUFFIC certificate for the visa application. Please ask NUFFIC to send the original certificate to International Office. For more information about the NUFFIC certificate please visit the NUFFIC website.

By Dutch law students cannot apply for a visa themselves. All applications and extensions for (entry) visas, residence permits and Change of Purposes are coordinated by International Office (CTW, EWI, GW, MB and TNW faculty), Office Foreign Employees (PhD students) and ITC (ITC faculty).

If you require an entry visa or residence permit you will be contacted by email outlining all necessary procedures. Provided you supply all necessary documents in time, application procedures will take about 3-5 weeks. You are advised to keep up a file with all official documents and letters you receive during your stay in the Netherlands.

On Campus Students

STEP 1: SEND IN BEAF/EAF TO ADMISSION OFFICE

To start your entry visa/residence permit application procedure, return your completed Entrance Acceptance Form (BEAF/EAF) to Admission Office. Exchange students do not need to complete this form; they will be contacted by International Office.

STEP 2: PROOF OF FINANCIAL MEANS

Dutch law requires non-EU students staying in the Netherlands for more than 90 days to provide proof of sufficient financial means for living in the Netherlands. Bachelor/Master scholarships need to prove financial means of € 13,500, whereas exchange students need to prove € 825 per month. To prove your financial means, International Office will request for a (1) scholarship award letter and/or (2) money transfer. Money must be transferred in a single payment.

STEP 3: ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES BY EMAIL

International Office will guide you through the rest of the entry visa/residence permit procedure. Please follow the instructions outlined in the email messages carefully.

Off Campus Students (ITC faculty)

Studying less than three months in NL

Students studying in the Netherlands for less than three months have to apply for a multiple-entry Schengen short stay visa at the Netherlands embassy of his/her country. You will be instructed to visit the Netherlands embassy to collect the visa when receiving your ITC letter of admission. Please note that a short stay visa requires you to leave the Netherlands after its expiration date. It is not possible to extend a short stay visa: Dutch authorities makes no exceptions to this rule.

Studying more than three months in NL

Students studying for longer than three months must have a MVV (Machtiging tot Voorlopig Verblijf) upon arrival. This temporary authorisation for your stay in the Netherlands is needed when applying for a residence permit. As soon as you have been awarded a scholarship or when course fees have been fully paid ITC student registration will apply for the MVV and the residence permit at the Dutch Immigration Office IND.

A multiple-entry Schengen visa allows travel and study related trips to Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.