Immigration requirements are related to your nationality, not to the country in which you live. A non-EU/EEA national living in an EU/EEA country still needs an MVV and/or residence permit for The Netherlands. There is no difference between an exchange and a Bachelor student where immigration requirements are concerned. For instance: a student with an African nationality coming from a partner university in Finland still needs an MVV and a residence permit for the Netherlands.
EU/EEA students
Students with a nationality of any of the countries below do not need to start an immigration procedure, but do need to register as a citizen of Groningen.
Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland or the United Kingdom
Students from Bulgaria or Romania do not need to start an immigration procedure either unless you would like to work next to your studies. In that case you do need a residence permit in order to apply for a work permit.
Non-EU/EEA students
For all other students we need to start an immigration procedure.
In some cases we need to apply for an MVV (study visa) and a residence permit. In other cases we only need to apply for a residence permit. Both procedures need to be started before you come to the Netherlands.
Conditions
Before we can start an immigration procedure we need to make sure that you will be able to meet all enrolment requirements and all immigration requirements on the first day of enrolment (1 September or 1 February).
We need to make sure that:
- you are admitted;
- you will meet all enrolment requirements before 1 September or 1 February;
- you have sufficient money according to the guidelines of the IND;
- you have a room in Groningen;
- you are insured.
What do we need from you?
1. Together with your letter of acceptance, you will receive an ‘Immigration Form’. You need to complete this form and send it to the ISO.
2. You need to transfer a financial guarantee to our bank account.
3. Chinese students need to send us their NESO certificate
4. Copies of ALL pages of your passport
5. A passport sized photo in accordance to Dutch regulations\
Financial guarantee
When Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen starts an immigration procedure for you, we need to prove to the IND that you have sufficient funds to live off. The IND uses the guidelines of the Dutch government and therefore states that a foreign student should have available for his/her studies in the Netherlands an amount of app. Euro 800 per month.
Based on this amount we calculated the amount of a financial guarantee, necessary for an immigration application. The amount we require differs per study programme; the financial guarantee has to cover at least the tuition fees for your programme and initial costs for immigration, housing and insurance.
The financial guarantees for September 2012 intake are (in Euro’s):
Bachelor programmes: 13.000*
Bachelor Prince Claus Conservatoire: 9.700
Preparatory Course: 7.900
Exchange programmes (5 months): 4.500
Exchange programmes (10 months): 9.000
Master programmes:
- MBA: 16.000
- MBA in IB&M: 16.000
- MIC: 16.000
- Master in renewable energy: 9.700
* Please note that this amount does not cover your living costs for the complete academic year. From this financial guarantee you will be able to pay your monthly expenses up until Christmas. From January onwards, you will need an additional amount of Euro 800 per month. You can transfer this to your own account in The Netherlands.
Please note:
- The IND will not accept a financial guarantee if your name is not clearly stated on our bank statement.
- International transfers may be charged with additional costs, make sure the charges are not taken out of the amount.
- If you pay the housing reservation costs yourself, you cannot deduct this amount from the financial guarantee, we always need to receive the full amount!
- What is left from your financial guarantee will not be enough to live off, make sure that you have additional funds.
- A financial guarantee needs to be transferred to our bank account only for the first year. In the years to come, you can transfer it to your own Dutch bank account.
Already in the Netherlands?
Students with a non-EU nationality who are currently residing in the Netherlands, and are admitted to Hanze University Groningen for the first time, need to change their residence permit to the purpose ‘study at Hanze University Groningen’. We as the ‘receiving institution’ need to start this procedure for you.
What do we need from you?
1. Together with your letter of acceptance, you will receive a ‘Change of Purpose Form’. You need to complete this form and send it to the ISO
2. You need to proof having sufficient financial means on your Dutch bank account
3. You need to pay an immigration fee to us
4. You need to hand in proof of sufficient insurance coverage
5. You need to send us a copy of your current residence permit
Exceptions
If either one of the following situations applies to you, we do not need to start an immigration procedure for you.
Stay under 3 months
We do not need to start an immigration procedure for students who are planning on staying shorter than 3 months and have a nationality of one of the following countries:
Australia, Canada, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, Vatican City, South-Korea or United Stated of America
Andorra, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, San Marino, Singapore, Uruguay or Venezuela
Working Holiday Scheme
If you are an exchange student from Australia, Canada or New Zealand, you may apply for a Working Holiday Scheme upon arrival, provided you will stay in the Netherlands for less than 12 months.