{"id":69,"date":"2014-05-05T00:34:34","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T22:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/franssenlaw.nl\/english\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2025-12-29T17:53:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T15:53:20","slug":"family-reunification","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.franssenadvocaten.nl\/english\/immigration-law\/family-reunification\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Reunification"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Residence as a partner or child<\/h2>\n<p>Would you like to apply for residence for your foreign partner or child? Foreign partners and children who are nationals of EU countries, Switzerland, Australia, Canada, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, Vatican City, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, or South Korea can travel to the Netherlands without a visa and apply for a residence permit in the Netherlands. Partners and children from all other countries need a special visa: a provisional residence permit (mvv). This visa is applied for at the same time as the residence permit (TEV procedure).<\/p>\n<p>If this application is approved, the foreign partner can collect the visa from the embassy or consulate in their country of origin or main residence. The residence permit can be collected from the IND after arrival in the Netherlands. It is generally valid for five years.<br \/>\nIf the foreign partner needs an MVV, they must first pass an integration exam in their country of origin or permanent residence.<\/p>\n<p>We assist foreign partners with this application procedure after they have passed this integration exam. For more information about this exam, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/ind.nl\/nl\/basisexamen-inburgering-in-het-buitenland\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ind.nl\/nl\/basisexamen-inburgering-in-het-buitenland<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Gezinshereniging Immigratie Advocaat\" href=\"https:\/\/franssenadvocaten.nl\/nederlands\/immigratierecht\/gezinshereniging\/\">Lees over Gezinshereniging in het Nederlands<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residence as a partner or child Would you like to apply for residence for your foreign partner or child? 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