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?
- Once you have been accepted to the program of your choice you will receive the following forms which you need to send back to us:
- the immigration form
- the photo card
- the application for a residence permit form called Antecedents Certificate
- You need to transfer a financial guarantee.
- Copies of ALL the pages of your passport.
- A passport sized photo in accordance to Dutch regulations.
- Chinese students need to send us their NUFFIC certificate, you can apply for it here.
Financial guarantee
When Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen (Hanze UAS) 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 815 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; we will take the costs for your insurance (compulsory) and immigration fee (300 euro) out of your financial guarantee. There is an exceptation for the preparatory course, which has a fee of 600 euro.
The financial guarantees for September 2013 intake are (in Euro’s):
Bachelor programmes:
Prince Claus Conservatoire: 9.850
All other bachelor programmes: 13.000
Master programmes:
MBA: 16.000
Master in International Business and Management: 16.000
Master International Communication: 16.000
Frank Mohr Institute (all variations): 9.850
Master of Music: 9.850
EUREC: 9.850
Exchange programmes:
Exchange programmes (5 months): 4.500
Exchange programmes (10 months): 9.000
Courses and Certificate programmes:
Preparatory course: 9.850
Certificate programme (5 months): 8.000
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.
- What is left from your financial guarantee will might 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 UAS for the first time, need to change their residence permit to the purpose ‘study at Hanze University of Applied Sciences, Groningen’. We as the ‘receiving institution’ need to start this procedure for you.
What do we need from you?
In order to apply for a new residence permit send a request to make an appointment with the ISO at iso@org.hanze.nl. When you go to the appointment bring with you:
- The ‘Change of Purpose Form’.
- An original bank statement not older than 3 months and showing your name, the name of the bank and the amount of 7000 euro. The money on your account must be available at all times.
- Copies of ALL the pages from your passport.
- A copy of your current residence permit; front and back side.
- A passport sized photo in accordance to Dutch regulations.
- A copy of your insurance certificate.
- 300 euro to pay for the immigration fee (except for the preparatory course, which has a fee of 600 euro).
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 permit upon arrival, provided you have not applied for this type of permit before, that you are not older than 30 years and you will stay in the Netherlands for less than 12 months.