Does anyone have experience with applying for a residence permit for the sister of your spouse/nut. We live in the Netherlands, my wife has Dutch nationality (and Thai of course), she has a sister with Dutch nationality in our city and also a niece with Dutch nationality. Their youngest sister (35 years old) still lives in Thailand, no friend in NL or so.
Reader's entry: One-way ticket Bangkok – Amsterdam for a fourteen-year-old Thai in 12 hurdles
My girlfriend came to the Netherlands at the end of 2020. The plan was to have her now 14-year-old son come over to study here. He lives with his grandparents and mother and son have daily video contact. While he is attending secondary school in Thailand, she can take the civic integration exams here. She now has a job as a sushi chef and more and more Dutch words are creeping into our English conversations.
I am working on the MVV for the four-year-old daughter of my Thai partner (who already has a residence permit here). Does this daughter also need permission from the Thai government to come here, if the MVV has been granted?
My girlfriend has to have her documents legalized at the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the application of her visa for the MVV.
Perhaps I will come up with a number of questions that have long been answered on Thailandblog. I only found my very special love in Thailand over a year and a half ago when I wasn't looking for it. She is not after Western money and became the surprising happiness in my life later in life. I like to read, and hopefully also young fellow sufferers, about the experiences of people who have already experienced the integration procedure themselves or from the sidelines.
Reader question: Can someone who has a good command of Thai and Dutch teach my girlfriend?
My dear Thai girlfriend took the Civic Integration Examination in October and since then we have to wait 8 weeks for the results.
This takes a long time for both of us and we wonder why the assessment cannot be made within a short period of time. Imagine that high school final exam candidates would have to wait that long too... It's no different, maybe we paid too little for it. But the price was fixed.
Reader submission: Experience with TEV/MVV application (part 2)
On Sunday, August 9, Rob V. asked readers to send in their story about their experiences with applying for and the TEV procedure for the Temporary Residence Permit (MVV). Although the procedure is still ongoing, I would like to tell my story. The application procedure is therefore still ongoing. But perhaps readers of Thailandblog can already take advantage of it. Today part 2.
Reader submission: Experience with TEV/MVV application
On Sunday, August 9, Rob V. asked readers to send in their story about their experiences with applying for and the TEV procedure for the Temporary Residence Permit (MVV). Although the procedure is still ongoing, I would like to tell my story. The application procedure is therefore still ongoing. But perhaps readers of Thailandblog can benefit from it.
I arranged the MVV for my girlfriend myself, and that worked out without any problems. Now, however, a friend asks to help him arrange the MVV for his girlfriend. That in itself should not be a problem. Only she also wants to take her 2 children of 16 with her. And so I have no experience with that.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague has decided that the consular department of the Dutch embassy in Bangkok will be reopened for a number of services from 2 June.
Q&As for long-stay visas (mvv)
The global development due to the COVID-19 virus has far-reaching consequences for the services of the Dutch embassies and consulates-general worldwide, including the external service providers, including the visa agencies. This means that until at least April 6, 2020, no applications for passports, visa applications for short and long stays (provisional residence permit, mvv) will be accepted via embassies, consulates-general and visa offices.
My Thai girlfriend wants to learn the Dutch language so that we can apply for an MVV. She has started some online efforts of her own. I see them struggling with that and also that it is difficult for them to make progress. I would therefore like to have her do a language course. We found two 6-week courses
Schengen visa question: Visa for 5 years in the Netherlands?
My Thai girlfriend has recently been in the Netherlands for about 80 days via a Short Stay Visa C. This was mutually pleasing. We would now like to apply for a visa for 5 years (MVV?) where she can also start working. We do not have a formal relationship agreement (married or contract) but of course she will come and live together at my home address.
Changes in integration in 2020
I have a question, the answer of which may be of interest to many Thai newcomers in the Netherlands. In 2020, things will change with regard to integration. The municipalities will take over much (or everything) from the DUO. I understand this will start on January 1, 2020.
I want to apply for MVV for my Thai girlfriend in September. I also want to apply for a c-visa for 3 months in case MVV is rejected. Can these applications run simultaneously or what is the IND policy on this?
I know that the Schengen visa required me to have a permanent job. This will be no different for the MVV. But if she has received her MVV, and she can therefore stay here for 5 years (taking into account her further integration), do I have to continue to meet these requirements all that time? Because I want to start for myself. And then you no longer have a fixed income. In any case, no permanent contract with an employer. Could this be/become a problem?
Do any of you perhaps have an address that you have already had good experience with to help me further fill in all the papers I already have for applying for an MVV visa. I have already filled in a part myself, but can no longer see the wood for the trees.
My Thai girlfriend is coming to the Netherlands for the 2nd time for 3 months this summer. Now my question is, what do you think is the best (taking into account the costs) way to prepare her here or in Thailand for the “basic integration exam abroad”?
Reader submission: 'The switch to'
Hendrik has to return to the Netherlands. That means saying goodbye to his wife and children who stay in Thailand and that hurts, tears flow.
We have a very sweet daughter-in-law to be, but she lives almost on the other side of the world in Chiang Rai (Thailand). Our son (24) was on holiday in Thailand for a month in 2016 and there was more than just a holiday romance. The couple really love each other and want to continue together.
My question is the following and I can't find any information about this anywhere. Is it possible to apply for a new Tourist Visa for three months after an MVV visa (which has been cancelled)?
Reader question: What does the school cost my Thai girlfriend for integration in the Netherlands?
My girlfriend passed the basic integration exam at the embassy in Bangkok. I hope to get her to the Netherlands soon with an MVV. Here in the Netherlands, too, she must take another exam within three years to be able to stay permanently. My question is what does the school in the Netherlands cost for her?