This is what you arrange when your family member comes to the Netherlands

To come to the Netherlands, your family member can pick up a visa at the Dutch embassy in your family member's country. This visa has a

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. This letter 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 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.

Do you have a house that your family member can come and live in? Then your family member can come and live with you as soon as they arrive in the Netherlands. Sometimes you get a bigger house from the municipality when your family members come to the Netherlands.

Are you still living in a COA reception centre? Or is your home not suitable for you and your family members, for example because it is too small? Then apply for reception at the

1. Send an email to COA in Zevenaar to request reception. The email address is FMMZZevenaarDuiven@coa.nl

2. In your e-mail, include these details of yourself: your first and last name, your phone number, your e-mail address and the e-mail address of your contact person at VWN.

3. In your email, send along these details of your family member(s): first and last names of all after-arriving family members,

   V-numbers
   of all post-arrival family members.

4. Also submit the date of arrival in the Netherlands and the date of when reception is needed for your family members.

You will receive an email confirmation from COA within 2 working days.

After arriving in the Netherlands, your family member must collect a residence permit as soon as possible. Your family member can do this at an IND desk in Zevenaar. 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 family member's arrival in the Netherlands. As it is busy at the IND, it is almost never possible to make an appointment this quickly. Sometimes the appointment is only a few weeks after arrival of your family member(s). Therefore, it is important that you schedule an appointment before your family member(s) arrives.

Have you sent an email to COA for the reception of your family members? Then COA will make an appointment with the IND in Zevenaar to pick up the residence permit. You do not have to arrange an appointment for this yourself.