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This is what you need to arrange when your family member comes to the Netherlands
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If your application for family reunification has been approved, your family member may come to the Netherlands. Read here what you have to do.
Your family member must pick up a visa at the Dutch embassy
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Your family member must usually pick up the MVV within 3 months after the IND has said that your family member may come to the Netherlands. Sometimes this period can be extended to 6 months. For example, if the embassy is difficult to reach or your family member has to travel to the Dutch embassy in another country.
The letter from the IND stating that your family member may come to the Netherlands also contains instructions on how your family member can pick up the MVV. The decision also contains instructions on how your family member can travel to the Netherlands and what your family member should do once in the Netherlands.
Your family member must pick up a residence permit in Zevenaar after arriving in the Netherlands
Upon arrival in the Netherlands, your family member should go to the IND office in Zevenaar as soon as possible. Here your family member can collect the residence permit. You can make an appointment for this online in advance. Make an appointment as soon as you know when your family member will arrive in the Netherlands.
The appointment at the IND should actually take place within 3 days of your arrival in the Netherlands. Because the IND is busy, it is almost never possible to make an appointment that quickly. Sometimes the appointment is only a few weeks after the arrival of your family member(s). Therefore, it is important to schedule an appointment before your family member or family members arrive.
In some cases, you need to apply for places in a reception centre for your family
Are you still living in a reception centre of the
Do you not have a contact person or would you like to arrange it yourself? Then send an email to COA yourself. Please use this email address: FMMZZevenaarDuiven@coa.nl. In the email to COA also write the date on which your family members have an appointment with the IND.
