Return Visa
A return visa enables a student to return to the Netherlands when you have yet to receive the (extended) residence permit. There are restrictions:
- You are only able to apply for a return visa when your first residence permit application has been approved or when your application for an extension is registered;
- You need to obtain the return visa before you depart from the Netherlands.
Making an appointment with the IND (immigration office)
Contact the appointment desk of the IND (Tel: 0900 - 1234561) and tell the receptionist that you want to arrange a return visa and wish to have the appointment in Den Bosch.
Have the following documents ready:
- Passport
- Schedule/Calendar
- Old residence permit (if applicable)
- Previous approval letter.
If your first residence permit has been approved you will need to take the approval letter with you. If you have applied for an extension, take a copy of this application with you to your appointment. The receptionist will ask you for your V number, which is on the back of your old residence permit or on the approval letter. Once an appointment is made you will be given a special code to enter the IND building.
Validity period:
The return visa is valid for a maximum of three months. In case of study this can be extended up to 6 months. Before the IND issues a return visa for 6 months, they need to have a letter from the studyadvisor that you need to go abroad in relation to your study and for which period this will be.
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