hi there

am married and have a baby.. i had tried to get a visit visa to visit my husband for the past one year and the dutch embassy had refused to give me one stating that i will not return to my country of origin which honestly is ridiculous...

so finally, after one year of total anguish and my marriage literally on the rocks, i get visa fro another country and finally arrive in amsterdam. am now trying to learn dutch for there is no dutch school in my country or books. so see my predicament, since they said i cant get visit visa, i go for mvv, which means i also have to learn the language and pass the test. so hw wud i have done the exam when i dont knw the language??

so other than me goin back, which i will, is there a way that i can stay longer here. my marriage and lil family depends on it.. am thinkin of also makin my daughter an EU passport.. is this all possible..your views and responses will be of so much value..


thnks

angel

If the father recognized the child before his/her birth. The child can get a Dutch passport irrespective of place of birth and mother's nationality.

As for getting a tourist visa. If they deny it, your husband should appeal against their decesion. It takes six weeks but you will get a tourist visa.

If u want to come here for long term. You will have to pass the exam. Otherwise, other option is that your husband shifts to belgium or another EU country. Gets a job, house etc. You go and join him in that country and later come to Holland.

But it is quite a tedious process. Ask your husband to look at the website buitenlandsepartner.nl. (KEY WORD - Belgie Route) There are tons of stories like yours.

Good luck !

thnks will, for your commentary...

its what we tryin to do now.. i want to learn dutch so i can pass the test.. only tht i cant fin a course since some have half way.. do you knw any sites i can go to or where i can get a course due later?

cheers

try google.com --type learn dutch -- BINGO !!!!

there should be tons of links. You can judge yourself which website suits you best..depending on your level of dutch..

hope it helps!!!

Hi!

I'm currently studying for the Civic Integration Examination (for an MVV) which I'll hopefully take by the end of this month in Caracas. I bought a very good book in Amsterdam called "Hugo in 3 months" by Jane Fenoulhet. You should also buy the 3 CDs, although they're optional. The websites http://www.dutchgrammar.com/ and http://www.dutchtoday.com/ have also helped me a lot!

You should also visit the site http://www.naarnederland.nl/ and buy the examination package which will help you a lot with the knowledge of Dutch society part of the exam.

Hope the helps!

Saludos,

Mariana

I'm sure there are many rules and maybe it is not so clear cut in your case but I would imagine that if you are legally married to a Dutch man and you have child with him (I am just presuming now that he is the father of the child) then you have the right to come and reside here.

I read on the net that citizenship is conferred primarily by birth to a Dutch parent, irrespective of place of birth. So judging by this if all my assumptions are correct your child is already a Dutch citizen. So that just leaves you, I can't imagine that they would keep a family separated just for the reason that you might not leave Holland, so I assume your case is not so straight forward for whatever reason.

Well, if you're still in Holland maybe you should go to an IND Desk and get information. There's a list of Desks in http://www.ind.nl/en/inbedrijf/overdeind/adressen/index.asp. I was there a couple of days ago (I'm also legally married to a Dutch guy) and they were very helpful!

Hi Angel,

When you are from a Non EU country, you will need to pass the Civic Integration Exam before you could apply for the MVV.

Since you are there on tourist visa which will allow you to stay up to 90 days, then you can take up a Dutch Language Course because it takes about 12 weeks or less depends on the classes run in a week.

But I would advice you to buy the MVV exam kit (Naar Nederland) to learn up for the exam because Section A questions are based on the Naar Nederland kit. Perhaps you could try to converse with your Dutchie in Dutch for a start.

Good luck!

thank you..