Reader question: Who has experience with the new rules for an MVV application?

When preparing, it is best to first read the folders, forms and online information carefully. If you still have questions, it is best to e-mail the IND -after which an official will contact you-, you can also call (you will be an externally hired helpdesk) but you often get different answers to a question. The embassy will also know something, for example when it comes to what the foreign national has to hand in at the counter at the embassy, ​​but the ins and outs are of course better known to the IND, which is after all responsible for the entire procedure surrounding MVV and VVR .

For further advice, there is a lot of expertise and experience to be found at the Foreign Partner Foundation (see my message), for example, the IND does not provide good information about the EU route (this is seen by the government as an abuse of EU rights, as a minister stated a few years back). Last year I successfully completed the MVV and VVR procedure and also the short stay visa earlier, this all went well by reading the forms and folders carefully and also thanks to SBP where I have gained many experience tips. The IND and embassy also answered my questions nicely.

Sorry, here are some definitions of commonly used abbreviations:
-MVV: Provisional Residence Permit, this is the entry visa for non-westerners (with the exception of Japan and some other countries).
– VVR: Regular Residence Permit
– VKV: Visa Short Stay (max 90 days), formerly “tourist visa” .
– IND: Immigration and Naturalization Service
– BP: Foreign Partner (Ide ND calls this “the foreigner” and the Dutch partner “the referent”).
– SBP: Foreign Partner Foundation.

The old policy that you must have a lasting relationship with your partner (to be demonstrated by answering a questionnaire and supporting evidence such as photos, receipts/invoices, etc.) is being reintroduced.

The IND announced this on its website at the beginning of January (but people who follow the House of Representatives discussions could already have become aware of this at the end of December, at the IND it takes a few weeks, so it took another month before the IND introduced the new announced empty rates while the minister had already released a letter with the new rates a month earlier):
Intended reintroduction of the partner policy (News item | 09-01-2013):
The family migration measures came into effect on 1 October 2012. (..)
In response to the Coalition Agreement, which stipulates that a long-term and exclusive relationship is sufficient for family reunification and formation, the State Secretary for Security and Justice informed the House of Representatives by letter dated 21 December 2012 that the partner policy as it applied before 1 October 2012 , is re-entered. This requires amendment of the Aliens Decree. The aim is for this amendment to enter into force in the first half of April 2013.
Source: https://www.ind.nl/nieuws/2013/beoogdeherinvoeringvanhetpartnerbeleid.aspx?cp=110&cs=46613
* letter from Teeven, see the attachment in the news item*

But you don't have to wait until April, there are already people who have submitted a request for residence with an unmarried partner after October 1 (including January) and have already received a positive message, exactly as stated in the letter: as a transitional arrangement to the official introduction people who submitted their application after 1 October will also receive a positive decision (provided the other conditions are met).

This new policy is thanks to the PvdA (see also the coalition agreement), on the other hand, it is planned to increase the naturalization requirement from 3 years (married) and 5 years (unmarried) to 7 years for all immigrants. But that proposal has not yet been finalized... I don't know what the plan is for dual nationality, Rutte 1 was working on a ban on this, wanted to change this at the last minute due to protests from, among others, native Dutch expats and international companies so that only people are not allowed to have a DN at the gate, but people who emigrate are... but then the Rutte 1 cabinet fell. There are no agreements on this in the coalition agreement, with the current composition there would not be a majority to limit the DN.

Rutte II's coalition agreement does state:
“Our immigration policy is restrictive, fair and oriented towards integration. (…) Immigration policy will take into account the capacity of society. (…) For all newcomers, command of Dutch means knowledge of the
society and paid work offer the best prospects for successful integration.”

– Partner must be at least 24 years old. <– (this is not allowed due to EU treaties)
– Marriages between cousins ​​are in principle prohibited.
– Family migration concerns the nuclear family: a lasting, exclusive relationship between partners and those who belong to the family household through biological kinship.
– We are tightening up the integration requirements, both abroad and in the Netherlands.
– Preparation for the integration exam is the responsibility of those involved.
– Civic integration must be paid for yourself, but money can be borrowed (as of 1-1-2013, but this must be fully repaid, see http://www.inburgeren.nl)
– Integration efforts are followed consistently and from the start.
– Anyone who does not make enough effort loses the residence permit.
– A period of five years now applies to voting in municipal elections, naturalization and not losing the right of residence when applying for social assistance benefits. This will be extended to seven years.

And why? Because people in The Hague have the idea that tough policies are needed to keep underprivileged people out. Personally, I think that they go too far with their rules and in this way seriously restrict the freedom of many good migrants and their Dutch partners and approach them in a rather patronizing or even disrespectful manner. The fact that they do not want someone to "hand over this immediately after arrival" and not participate in society to the best of their ability is fine and only logical, but the government's policy is particularly cold.

— Both VVD and PvdA (as well as CDA, SGP, D66 and PVV) would like to reintroduce the 120% minimum wage requirement, but fortunately this is also not allowed due to EU legislation. It therefore remains the requirement of 100% minimum wage and sustainable (i.e. guaranteed by means of a contract for the next 12 whole months at the time of application OR having met this in the past 3 years).

Finally: this summer there will be even more changes, the "modern migration policy law" will then come into effect, which will change various rights/obligations (responsibilities). A request for advice is then no longer possible, both the sponsor and the foreign national can then submit a direct application to the IND or the Embassy respectively. For more information and updates, keep an eye on the IND website (news updates).