So.... I will continue to search the forum but looking for your help and expertise.
I am a 27 year old Canadian looking to move to Amsterdam to be with my long time Girlfriend who is a German/Greek citizen. She will be attending school in amsterdam for 3-4 years, and i would like to living there with her during this time.
About me:
I have a business Degree
I speak English, and leanring German & Dutch but very beginner.
Certified Personal Trainer.
Can you please help me with trying to figure out my potential options, currently the only one i see is a: student working visa for one year, is there any way to extend that to a 2nd year?
thank you so much in advance.
Shaun
shaunjfrey said:
So.... I will continue to search the forum but looking for your help and expertise.
I am a 27 year old Canadian looking to move to Amsterdam to be with my long time Girlfriend who is a German/Greek citizen. She will be attending school in amsterdam for 3-4 years, and i would like to living there with her during this time.
About me:
I have a business Degree
I speak English, and leanring German & Dutch but very beginner.
Certified Personal Trainer.
Can you please help me with trying to figure out my potential options, currently the only one i see is a: student working visa for one year, is there any way to extend that to a 2nd year?
thank you so much in advance.
Shaun
You said the magic word-- you have a girlfriend who is an EU citizen. Once you have been registered as living with her for 6 months, you can apply for a residence card as the family member of an EU citizen. So your best move is to come on the working holiday visa, then after living with her for six months, apply for review against EU law. Your qualifications are completely irrelevant to that application process-- however, she does have to prove that either:
a) she has a job-- doesn't have to be a great one for EU citizens, and she doesn't have to earn 1560 euros a month either-- but it does have to be something she can show payslips for proving she works 8-12 hours a week.
b) she is self-employed-- again, she has to be able to show that she is doing a reasonable amount of work.
or:
c) if she does not have a job and is not self-employed, is just staying purely as a student, then she has to show that she has enough money to support you. This is somewhat more burdensome than either a) or b)-- in this case the IND wants to see that she either has €10,000 in a bank account or some kind of regular transfer coming in to her bank account.
Jeremy Bierbach, LLM
www.immigrate.nl
Shaun assuming that you have a Bachelor's Degree, that you were a good student, and that you are still in your 20's why don't you look at doing an MBA. A Masters degree in NL is quite reasonable compared to the cost of similar programs in the USA (sorry I'm not familiar with school cost in Canada).
Then you will accomplish 3 goals. One develop a professional network in the Netherlands (which you will need if you want to build a professional successful career in this country), second you will have a legal reason to be here. And third if you select a good school you will have better access to real NL careers. Some schools to look at: Eramus in Rotterdam; Nijenrode in Breukelen The big Dutch Universities also offer Masters programs, and from what I understand they are quite inexpensive if you meet the qualifications. Then as a last option you also have the Hogeschools; some of these school offer programs such as Masters in Business (for example the HAN in Arnhem). All of this options will have a cost short term (one or two years) but if you plan to make it here in NL long term it is the only way to go.
Many of these programs are taught 100% in English.
Good luck.
