Visa & Residence Permit

The application for the MVV visa and/or Residence Permit with IND costs €228. The IND application fee is non-refundable.

After Admission, please take the following steps:

1. Submit your Confirmation Statement in MyTUDelft, our online system before the deadline as mentioned in your Admission Letter
2. Follow the instructions as indicated in the Financial Letter
3. Fill in and upload the required application documents for your MVV visa and/or Residence Permit for Study:
   Please note, your signature on all documents needs to be similar to the one in your passport.
   1. Antecedents Certificate (You can leave the V-number blank, this number is only provided by the Immigration Office after they approve your residence permit)
   2. Declaration for Study Residence Permit  
   3. Declaration of intent to undergo a TB test (please have a parent or other legal representative co-sign the declaration if you are under 18 years of age)
      As a non-EU/EFTA student, you are required to undergo the TB test within three months after the start of your study programme, unless your nationality is stated in this list. TB test results from your home country or another country are not accepted in the Netherlands
   4. A photocopy of the page(s) of your valid passport containing your name, date of birth, place of birth, passport expiration date, and signature is required. In addition, please provide photocopies of each stamped page.

Please note that the Nuffic Certificate for Chinese nationals is no longer required.

In order to ensure the validity of your MVV Visa during the required period, TU Delft will start the application process for all MVV visa and/or residence permits at the IND from May 27th.

The MVV Visa and/or Residence Permit application may take up to 4 weeks. You will be notified about the outcome via MyTUDelft.

Please do not book your trip to the Netherlands until after you have received your MVV visa.

Before TU Delft can apply for your MVV visa and/or Residence Permit for Study, we need proof that your financial solvability meets the criteria laid down by the Dutch Ministry of Justice. You should be able to cover the first year’s tuition fees and all your first year’s living costs.

Tuition fees do not apply for exchange students. 

Exchange students with a non-EU nationality do need to be able to cover the relevant period’s Living Cost.

More information on the requirements to demonstrate your financial solvability can be found in your Financial Letter, sent to you after you have submitted your confirmation statement in our system.  

TU Delft is obliged by law to monitor the study progress of TU Delft students with a Dutch Residence Permit for Study. You need to obtain at least 50% of the required credits for each academic year.

If you're doing a pre-master or preparatory year programme, you need to obtain ALL ECTS of the pre-master programme by 31 August.

The validity of your Residence Permit depends on your study period.

In the event of insufficient study progress TU Delft is legally required to report this to the IND. This could eventually lead to having your Residence Permit revoked and having to leave The Netherlands. For more information about MoMi, click here.

MoMi requirements do not apply for exchange students. 

In addition to the MomI Study Progress requirement explained here, the IND has determined several requirements that you are obliged to meet for the entire duration of your stay in the Netherlands. As long as you do meet these requirements, your residence permit is valid for the nominal duration of your study programme and three months after. If you do not comply with these conditions, your residence permit will be revoked. TU Delft cannot change these regulations nor make an exception.  

The requirements are:  

1. You are obliged to remain registered as a full-time degree student at TU Delft at all times (or, in case this applies to you: as an exchange student);   
2. You must have sufficient financial resources to cover tuition fee and living costs. The IND determines the required amounts of income for student living costs in addition to tuition fees; this is called the study norm.  
3. You must have sufficient health insurance.  
4. You must be registered with your Dutch home address in the BRP (Personal Records Database) at the municipality at all times.  
5. If you reside outside the Netherlands for an internship, thesis or exchange, this is allowed for a maximum of 1 year as long as your residence permit is valid. If you reside outside the Netherlands for other reasons, you have to return to the Netherlands within 6 months.  

TU Delft only arranges MVV Visas and Residence Permits to admitted students.

If you want to bring your partner or family for a period longer than 90 days click here, and click here for a short stay of a of maximum 90 days.

If you are an incoming student that only requires a residence permit (so no MVV Visa); or if you are already a student and require an extension of your residence permit, you need to supply your biometric details at the IND in the Netherlands. Afterwards, your (new) residence permit card will be created. You can schedule your biometrics appointment through this link

Once your residence permit is ready, you will receive an email from TU Delft to notify you. From this moment, you can schedule an appointment on the IND-website to collect your residence permit. You have to select “IND Den Haag” as your location for collecting the residence permit card.