Exchange students

Are you an EU/EA citizen? Want to stay in the Netherlands for 90 days or less? Good news: you don’t need a visa! 

Are you a non-EU/EEA citizen? Do you want to stay in the Netherlands for 90 days or less? You might need a short stay Schengen visa. This depends on your nationality. Find out on the site of the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service. Turns out you need a Schengen Visa? Apply for it in person at the Dutch embassy or consulate in your home country. 

Are you an EU/EEA citizen? Looking to stay in the Netherlands for longer than 90 days? Good news: you don’t need a residence permit or a visa! When you reach the Netherlands simply register at the city hall in your new place of residence. 

Are you a student from Vatican City or Monaco? You don’t need a visa but you do need a residence permit. 

Are you a non-EU/EEA citizen? Want to stay in the Netherlands for longer than 90 days? You need an entry visa (Machtiging tot Voorlopig Verblijf, MVV) and/or a residence permit (Verblijfsvergunning, VVR). At HAN we apply for these on your behalf. 

You don’t need an entry visa if you are a citizen of the UK, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Japan and South Korea; HAN only applies for your residence permit. Being a student with one of these nationalities, you enter the Netherlands with your passport. You receive your residence permit after arriving in the Netherlands, just before your study program starts.

Country of Citizenship	Entry Visa (MVV)	Residence Permit (VVR)
EU/EEA	Not required	Not required
Australia, Canada, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, South Korean, UK and USA	Not required	Required (for a stay of more than 90 days)
All other nationalities	Required (for a stay of more than 90 days)	Required (for a stay of more than 90 days)
All other nationalities with a valid residence permit for a Schengen country	Not required	Required for students with a valid residence permit for a Schengen country

City Hall Registration 
Just arrived in the Netherlands? Register at the city hall in your place of residence. Moving to another town or city in the Netherlands? Cancel your current registration. Then register again in your new place of residence.

Are you a non-EU/EEA citizen currently studying at a university in a European country (not including Denmark, Ireland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland or United Kingdom)? Do you have a valid residence permit for study purposes there? Your EU residence permit is also valid in the Netherlands. But the Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) does need to be informed that you're coming to study at HAN.

Please submit the following documents by email to HAN International Office - Immigration (immigration@han.nl):

• An Authorization Form signed by you. This form authorizes HAN to inform IND that you are coming to study at HAN for a semester or year.
• A copy of all the pages of your passport containing information and stamps.
• A copy of your residence permit from the EU-country you're currently studying in. It must be valid for the duration of your stay in The Netherlands.
• An Antecedent's Certificate completed and signed by you.
• A copy of your health insurance.
• Proof of sufficient financial means - scroll down to How to Provide Proof of Financial Means for more information.

Copy of all the pages of your passport containing information and stamps. 

For each semester of study, you must show that you have a minimum amount of money freely available to you. You will find the current income requirements on the website of the Immigration and Naturalisation Service.

For this you submit

a) a bank statement; 

b) a bank letter; or

c) a sponsor letter.

Scroll down to How to Provide Proof of Financial Means to read more about this.

You must provide proof of health insurance for the duration of your stay in the Netherlands. This insurance should include enough coverage for health and hospitalization, medical evacuation and repatriation of remains. If you don't have health insurance for your stay in The Netherlands, you can get insurance through AON insurance (ICS Complete).

You can pay the IND Application Fee (€ 228) through the HAN Web Shop using a major credit card (Visa, Mastercard, American Express). We receive automatic notification of your payment.

Not able to pay with a credit card? Get the funds to us using a bank transfer. Be sure to send us a copy of the transfer transaction together with all your other documents. State your name and student number as a reference. 

Here are our details for a bank transfer:

Name: Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen 
IBAN: NL74 INGB 0671 5336 65   
BIC or Swift: INGBNL 2A 
Bank Name: ING BANK N.V.
Bank address: Bijlmerdreef 109, 1102 BW Amsterdam 

Please include as reference on the bank transfer:
8551 - 300025 – IND – <Student name and number>

To show you are financially self-supporting you need to submit the following 2 documents:

1. A copy of a recent bank statement showing: 

• your name and address 
• your bank account number 
• name and address of the bank 
• the bank balance 
• the currency 

OR 

An original official letter from the bank stating: 

• your name 
• your account number 
• the name and address of the bank 
• the current bank balance freely available to you 
• the currency

2. A copy of your passport

Important: all documents must be written in English or translated into English by a certified translator. And all bank statements must be no older than 3 months.

To show you are financially sponsored you need to submit the following 3 documents:

1. A copy of a recent bank statement showing: 

• the sponsor’s name and address 
• his/her bank account number 
• name and address of the bank 
• the bank balance 
• the currency 

OR 

An original official letter from the bank stating: 

• the sponsor’s name 
• his/her account number  
• the name and address of the bank 
• the current bank balance freely available to him/her 
• the currency 

2. A Financial Statement signed by the sponsor 

3. A copy of the sponsor’s passport or identity card

Important: all documents must be written in English or translated into English by a certified translator. And all bank statements must be no older than 3 months.

To prove you have a scholarship or grant you need to sumbit the following 2 documents:

1. An original scholarship letter from the granting organization stating: 

• the name of the recipient 
• the start and end date of the scholarship 
• the amount 

2. A copy of your passport

Important: all documents must be written in English or translated into English by a certified translator. And all bank statements must be no older than 3 months.

After you submit all your documents, we verify and submit your application to the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)

IND processing can take a few weeks. So please be patient. 

HAN Immigration gets back to you with a confirmation from the IND.

• Is your entry visa approved? You receive info on how to schedule your visit to the Dutch Embassy or Consulate in your country or region. 
• Did you apply for a residence permit only? You may travel to the Netherlands without visiting the Dutch Embassy or Consulate in your country.

After your arrival in the Netherlands, HAN Immigration lets you know how/where to pick up your residence permit.