If you have a Thai partner and you would like to bring him or her to the Netherlands, there are conditions attached.
If your Thai partner is coming to the Netherlands for the first time, you must opt for a so-called short stay. Your partner may then stay here for a maximum of 90 days. After that he or she has to go back to Thailand.
If you want your partner to come live with you permanently, you can opt for the procedure that comes with a long stay. That is not easy and takes a lot of time because your partner must first obtain an MVV (authorisation for temporary residence). Thai people who come to the Netherlands for family reunification must first pass the basic civic integration exam abroad. Only then can they obtain an MVV. They must have basic knowledge of the Dutch language and society before they can settle in the Netherlands. This way they can integrate faster.
If you want to bring a Thai partner to the Netherlands, there are two options:
- Short stay in the Netherlands (up to a maximum of 90 days).
- Long stay in the Netherlands (longer than 90 days).
In both situations, both you and your partner must meet several conditions. In this article you can read which conditions these are.
Short stay
If you want to bring a Thai partner to the Netherlands for a stay of up to 90 days, your guest must apply for a visa. This visa is called Short Stay Visa but is often referred to as a Schengen Visa.
Conditions for a short stay in the Netherlands
If your partner wants to apply for a visa for the Netherlands (short stay), he or she must meet the following conditions:
- Be in possession of a valid travel document (e.g. passport). This travel document must be valid for a period of time. The travel document must be valid for 3 months longer than the end of the visa period and may not be older than 10 years.
- Your guest must not pose a threat to public order, national security or the international relations of one of the Schengen countries. A threat to public order is understood to mean, among other things, a threat to illegal immigration.
- He or she has sufficient means of support. If not, someone in the Netherlands must provide a financial guarantee for your partner. If you have sufficient income, you can be the guarantor yourself.
- Your partner must make the travel purpose plausible. He or she can demonstrate this with an original form 'proof of guarantee and/or private accommodation'. This form must be legalized at the municipality.
- The foreign guest may not be signaled by the Netherlands or one of the other Schengen countries.
- Your partner must have one medical travel insurance possess.
- Your guest must demonstrate that he or she will return to Thailand on time. For example, it is examined whether your partner has a strong social and / or economic bond with Thailand.
You can read more information in our file: www.thailandblog.nl/dossier schengenvisum
Conditions for long stay in the Netherlands
If you want to bring your partner to the Netherlands for a longer period of time or permanently (longer than 90 days), you or your partner must apply for a residence permit to stay as a family member or relative. To enter the Netherlands, a Thai person needs an Authorization for Temporary Residence (MVV).
An MVV is a visa that is issued for a stay of more than 3 months. The sponsor applies for an MVV and residence permit in one go. The sponsor then follows the procedure for Entry and Residence (TEV procedure). The main person with whom the foreign national resides as a family member or relative is the sponsor. When submitting the application, you declare that you are the sponsor. This entails a number of obligations.
Overview of conditions for a long-stay sponsor
As a sponsor, you must meet the following conditions:
- You are unmarried.
- You are a Dutch national or you have had a residence permit for a non-temporary purpose for at least 1 year.
- You are 21 years or older
- A statement has been signed that you are the sponsor.
- There is a lasting and exclusive relationship with your Thai partner.
- You are registered in the Netherlands in the Municipal Personal Records Database (BRP) of your place of residence (municipality).
- You have sufficient and sustainable income. The income that you must demonstrate is a gross monthly amount. This is the amount stated in the employment contract or salary specification (payslip).
- The income must be available for at least 12 months at the time of application.
Overview conditions Thai partner for long stay
Your Thai partner must meet the following conditions:
- Your partner is unmarried.
- He or she is 21 years or older.
- Your Thai partner will start living with you as soon as he or she arrives in the Netherlands. Your partner registers at the same address where you live.
- Your partner has taken the civic integration examination abroad or has an exemption.
- The partner has a valid travel document (e.g. passport).
- The foreign partner does not pose a threat to public order and national security.
- Your partner is willing to participate in a tuberculosis study.
- The partner has not provided incorrect information or withheld any relevant information in a previous application for a residence permit.
You can read more information on the website of the IND
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Hi
so there are still novelties, no.
No relaxations when it comes to the concepts of guest (individual person traveling alone.),
or your partner, with whom you are traveling to Europe together; and who you are or are not married to.
We have been living together in our own house (in her name, of course) for over three years, and are becoming
still shelved with the suspicion that she is unreliable. It is to miss
become. Three times we applied for a “visado” to go to my own house in Spain
to go. Rejected three times for the same stupid reason!
Now all the evidence and other documents have been archived by the high court
Madrid, because she should have responded within five days for arranging a lawyer.
Unfortunately, this notification was stamped in October 2013 and did not arrive until February
2014 in our mailbox in Sattahip.
It remains a Schengen dragon, including arbitrariness everywhere, in the allocation and distribution.
Just take it: “the (Thai) partner must make the destination plausible!”
She can't do that at all. In this case, that is what her Dutch partner does, who takes her to
his house or possibly to a hotel, or to the house of one of his children in Holland,
because he no longer lives there. He arranges everything and also pays for it, because she depends on him.
What else could she look for in Spain or Holland? But she has to be alone in that cabin
behind glass, and she certainly doesn't know what to do with it, because she has me anyway! I'm that one anyway
Dutchman, who takes care of her, and who is now going to Spain alone for a month and a half.
It's really crazy for words. We can go to Thailand for at least a month!
Why isn't there also a super short tourist visa, so that this nonsense is resolved!
If, as an EU citizen, you are married to a non-EU citizen and you are traveling together to a country other than your own country, you should be able to obtain a visa quickly, easily and free of charge:
http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/travel/entry-exit/non-eu-family/index_nl.htm
So if you, as a Dutch citizen, have a Thai married partner (or other minor family members), you should show your marriage certificate (where necessary translated into a language that the relevant embassy can read) and - in the case of a marriage concluded in Thailand - legalized by the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs, registration in the Netherlands is not required with regard to the visa, but of course you have done so per Dutch law, but that should not be relevant for a Schengen visa for a non-EU national on the basis of family connection with EU/EEA citizen.
Unfortunately, the Spanish Embassy in BKK does not seem to be implementing the rule set out in the Schengen Visa Code correctly. For example, they send you to VFSGlobal (incl. service costs) which should NEVER be mandatory and they ask for proof of registration in Europe. Nor required for a visa or EU/EEA family visa.
The basis of your rights and obligations are laid down in the Schengen Code on Visa and explained in more detail in the visa handbook (inc. more information about that EU/EEA family visa), both can be found here: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/borders-and-visas/visa-policy/index_en.htm
Complain to the relevant Ministry of Foreign Affairs (in this case the Spanish), the EU (Home Affairs, consult Solvit) and the EU representation in BKK ( http://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/thailand/index_en.htm ) is also willing to help.
It is a pity that various Schengen embassies, for various reasons, are unable or unwilling to deal with the treaties and implement them properly and do not make it unnecessarily or unjustifiably difficult.
For long stay. You don't have to be unmarried. You can also be married. Of course with the partner for whom you are going to apply for the MVV. (or who requests it himself) Must of course be a legal marriage and you must submit the documents.
Nice detailed explanation of the options and procedures.
I myself have already brought my girlfriend here on a schengen visa and I just went to her for the second time and we are now in the middle of the so-called TEV. Procedure;ie. She still has to integrate and that is the biggest stumbling block.
I find the exam at the embassy an impractical and non-transparent system.
If someone takes this test for 350 euros (!!!), the result will first be forwarded to the embassy in Malaysia and then back to the Netherlands, which means that sometimes things can go wrong. My girlfriend had to pass three parts, viz.
Dutch. Culture. For this she got 93 out of 95 points.
Reading comprehension. For this she got 50 out of 63 points.
Read out. For this she got 25 out of 35 points (26 was the minimum)
So she had dropped to a point and can do everything again.
I have heard this story so often that it is unlikely and the Ned. The government can commit fraud far too easily because no one can check this.
Moreover, this exam is of little to no use.
Someone is only being prepared to pass this exam and once in the Netherlands you don't have to learn anything, why not compulsory further training in the Netherlands and the exam requirements a bit more humane at the embassy.
Hey Michael,
You claim that you don't have to learn anything, but as far as I know, your Thai partner must also go to school and pass the entire integration exam within 3 years. Or am I mistaken?
The basic exam is also what my wife looks up to.
Regards chris
Well my little Netherlands, do you now find words and actions that you were always so adamantly against freedom and equality, for years I was confused as to whether I had really made the best decision when I emigrated, but now I am sure that I would really can't and don't want to live in this discriminating drawer anymore.
Through all my wanderings I've also been lucky enough to be able to go to Thailand for my work and as it happens I got into a relationship that after 15 years is the best thing that happened to me, but the way you do you think surely back to your youth and the years that I lived in the Netherlands have missed it so much, surely I did, but when I now and then read the newspaper again I feel a deep sense of sadness and I am so ashamed of my once so beloved open arms country, there is really nothing left of it and I am now very happy that I made this choice, I am sure that ex-pats can absolutely no longer expect any interest or support from the Netherlands they are us rather lost than rich and PLEASE don't bring any acquaintances or friends of yours.
I was planning to pay a visit to my remaining family but don't know if that's such a good idea, must say that the new zealand government is adopting a much better attitude and m A Thai woman with open arms has accepted with all the support it took and we are quite happy here, still love football more than rugby but I can live with that.
After two years she has a lifelong NZ visa and can get a NZ passport, is happy with the work and the earnings free medical expenses and all social benefits are there for her should she need it.
The Netherlands is now a very cold frog country, thank you, you are going well, but without me and that is fine, but would not go if it were up to me. SK
Dear Khan Peter,
Thanks for the explanation. My girlfriend has passed the MVV and I would like to thank Richard van der Kieft for his efforts, during his course more is discussed than just the parts that appear on the exam and my girlfriend now speaks (try) Dutch with each other.
My girlfriend passed with flying colors on the first try.
Here you will find more information about the school http://www.nederlandslerenbangkok.com
Good luck.
Yours faithfully,
John Hoekstra
hello cris
you are right that you are never finished learning, but my experience is that many people are no longer obliged to learn Dutch, since they already have a residence permit, but I may be wrong.
I also want to join Jan's experience on this one; and richard van der kieft for his good efforts, because after the exam he allowed my girlfriend to continue studying with the group free of charge and he is committed to seeing my girlfriend pass on April 2nd.http://www.nederlandslerenbangkok.com,is highly recommended for anyone who wants to guide their girlfriend well to the exam.
mvg: michael
A few notes:
– Of course you can apply for a visa (VKV) or residence permit (TEV) both married and unmarried. Complete the customer service guide on IND.nl to see which requirements you must meet in your situation. There are also brochures about VKV and TEV. Very useful for a good preparation together with (experience) info here on this blog and elsewhere.
@ Michael:
– You must take an exam at both the embassy (Wet Inburgering Buitenland, WIB) and in the Netherlands (Wet Inburgering, WI). The WIB consists of the 100 questions Knowledge of Dutch Society, the Spoken Dutch Test component and, thirdly, Literacy and Reading Comprehension. You can read more about the WIB at http://www.naarnederland.nl and you can prepare in many ways. There is criticism of the official textbooks, there are better solutions both cheaper and free online and printed textbooks. There are also various courses in Thailand, but also in the Netherlands (for when your partner is on holiday here). On http://www.buitenlandsepartner.nl many experiences are shared. We used - self-study - the cheap (booklet) and many free online materials that you can find on http://www.adappel.nl can find.
For the WIB you must be able to speak Dutch at A1 level, for integration at A2 (integration) or if you want to do so yourself and you can also go higher at B1 and B2 level (Dutch as a Second Language State Examination, NT2).
Official Sites:
More information about the WIB: http://www.naarnederland.nl
More info about the WI: http://www.inburgeren.nl
– The Civic Integration is going to change, at the end of 2014 the Spoken Dutch Test will be replaced by an as yet unknown test. For years there was a lot of criticism of the TGN. See eg The Kassa program at the end of 2012 - was also on this blog, about the Thai Ning that fell again and again in the Netherlands). The KNS will also change a bit in 2015. For a recent letter about the adjustments plus research by TNO, see:
http://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten-en-publicaties/kamerstukken/2014/03/11/kamerbrief-over-inburgeringsexamens.html
Unfortunately the WIB is staying but it's nice (albeit terribly late) that the dredged TGN computer is going to the scrap heap. Personally, I think that you do integration IN the Netherlands, for other countries you can make free (online) material available that contains frequently asked questions and other important information, some videos (youtube) and then they can just do it in a fun and non-binding way. make some basic points clear to the immigrant-to-be. Then you are at least welcome in the Netherlands, aren't you? It certainly doesn't feel that way now!