What are your MVV experiences?
Based from my understanding, you just need to have the form filled up by your doctor and send it together with your application for mvv.

i really appreciate itI would be grateful if you could explain the details of it with me. Many thanks

I am so glad.. thank you for聽 this post that I can sharing and we are all sharing of our experiences.I wish a really best of luck of others that are still waiting or聽 applying.
Btw, we should meet somewhere in Netherlands hahaa it would be fun

<3kt4gever wrote:Finally! I got a positive respond from IND of my second application it took only聽 around 3-4 weeks for the second application to be answered
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I am so glad.. thank you for聽 this post that I can sharing and we are all sharing of our experiences.I wish a really best of luck of others that are still waiting or聽 applying.
Btw, we should meet somewhere in Netherlands hahaa it would be fun
Congratulations!
Finally a new step in your life.
All the best and take care.
Thank you for your reply and the links which is very helpful. I am planning on taking my exam this coming January or early February. Since there is no dutch embassy in the Maldives I have to fly to Srilanka to do the exam. Bummer!
Im studying everyday with my partner. He is a busy man working but still he gives all the time he have to practice with me.

How long did it take for you to get ready for the exam? I started learning end of October and now I am doing pretty good. I am very confident that i can pass the exam. Fingers crossed!
Goodluck with everythingThank you for your help!
Cheers!
Sara
MaldivianMermaid wrote:HI Prav,
Thank you for your reply and the links which is very helpful. I am planning on taking my exam this coming January or early February. Since there is no dutch embassy in the Maldives I have to fly to Srilanka to do the exam. Bummer!
Im studying everyday with my partner. He is a busy man working but still he gives all the time he have to practice with me.How long did it take for you to get ready for the exam? I started learning end of October and now I am doing pretty good. I am very confident that i can pass the exam. Fingers crossed!
Goodluck with everything
Thank you for your help!
Cheers!
Sara
Good luck my friend and hope it works soon for you two ... keep that spirit and keep the practice and you might be ready in no time ... the link below have the actual speaking part questions ..

I am from Mexico and I am also in the waiting period for the MVV.
My husband submitted the papers on September 6 and still we haven鈥檛 received an answer.....
Reading all of your experiences has help me a lot and like you said is matter of time a lotsssss of patience.聽 I feel that here we find other people who can understand our frustration and feelings.
Btw is there by any chance someone who also submitted in September and they already got an answer?
Groetjes!

Welcome to the forum! Please feel free to ask questions if you have any, and all of us here will try our best to answer.
Good luck <3
Its good to read about your experiences...my partner is Dutch & i am from Kenya.We are waiting to hear from the IND.Our deadline is 25th of December馃樂.I hope they give us a nice Christmass gift.
All the best to everyone who is waiting like us.
Joan
When I did an internship in Holland my MVV was approved in 2 to 3 weeks. I was surprised at how fast it was.
Now I am in another situation. My boyfriend and I want to apply for my residence permit as unmarried partners. He doesn't meet the minimum income requirement, studying and working half time but he has savings.
We have called the IND but they haven't given is a clear answer regarding this, some of them were not even aware of this rule on the IND website:
Until 1 January 2018 applies: The income from your own funds is sufficient when 4% of these funds, converted per month, at least equals the income requirement.
QUESTION: We want to know if that means that 4% of his savings should equal one month of salary. Does anyone have experience with this?
Because after January 1st, the law changes:
From 1 January 2018 applies: The income from your own funds is sufficient when the benefit from the base of savings and investments at least equals the income requirement.
Feedback would be very appreciated.
My bf and I want to apply for a partner permit for me. We have been in a relationship for 5 years but currently we are not living together. I am in Mexico.
I was wondering if as a non EU citizen I could apply for a residence permit change within the Netherlands, say I go to there for work reasons and then decide to apply for a change of purpose. Could this process be done while I am legally residing in Holland and also, could I take the civic integration exam there or would I have to return to my country first?
Anyone has any knowledge or experience?
Thanks.
Some of the reasons for refusal can be a lacking document, unlegalised document, insufficient income for the sponsor (based on IND criteria).
The results vary on each person, no application is the same.
Good luck.
How long did it take for IND to send acknowldegement receipt after you submitted your application for mvv?聽 We submitted mine 2 mos ago thru my husband鈥檚 relocation agency in amsterdam but still no acknowldegement or anything at all. We were told they can follow up after 3 mos only. Based on your experiences does it really take that long for IND just to send acknowledgement receipt?
Thanks!
Malaya
We received our acknowledgement receipt after about a week, it also came with a letter for the payment for the whole process. We paid immediately and they sent another letter of the receipt of payment the next day.
heynutzzzz wrote:Hello Malaya,
We received our acknowledgement receipt after about a week, it also came with a letter for the payment for the whole process. We paid immediately and they sent another letter of the receipt of payment the next day.
Mine too . . . within 10 days time
niru2709 wrote:I got my mvv approval in 7 weeks .. would have gotten it earlier but I had to get 2 documents that took 8 days . My basic exams took 6 weeks . So I m happy happy 馃槉. I wish all those who going thru this experience success .
Congratulations Niru and wish you a happy lifetime with your partner
Thanks for sharing
When I took my Basic Civic Integration Exams in Japan, I emailed the consul / the person responsible for the exam in the embassy that I would like to make an appointment and I also indicated when I would like to take the exam. They would then confirm your appointment request if you could take your exam at that time and date, if not, they would give you an optional date and time. Most of the time, they would make time for your requested date and time if in case they are busy during that season.
There is a sample exam in the site naarnederlands. The test is exactly the same as it is in the sample exam. Most of the contents of the exam for the KNS is in the videos provided in naarnederlands, so I think it would be a good help.
Good luck!
Did you get your approval .. if so congrats 馃憦馃憦馃憦馃憦 wish u success.. as for your question聽 I think it takes 3 to 5 working days but also it varies on which country it is .
Good luck
After receiving the positive decision, I have made an appointment with the embassy in Japan on the days they are available. After handing my passport to the embassy, I was advised that the maximum time it would take for the passport to be returned to me was 2 weeks. But then I got my passport back within 4 days. I think it depends on the embassy in where you are.
Me and my partner, we are preparing our application for the MVV and want to ask about the proof of relationship part. What kind of documents did you guys submit? (Eg: Travel tickets, conversations between us, photos and what else??
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