Ministerie van Justitie, Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst

The application centre uses a system of appointments. The objective of this system is to allow the IND to properly plan the asylum procedure and to ensure that a qualified interpreter is available at the right time. This appointment system means that, after the reporting and registration process, an asylum seeker may sometimes be placed on a waiting list for a short time before the commencement of the asylum procedure. During this period the asylum seeker may be given accommodation in the temporary emergency facility.

This permit allows a foreign national to stay in the Netherlands longer than 3 months. There are two types of temporary residence permit: Regular and Asylum. 

It may be that the IND is unsure about the age an unaccompanied underage asylum seeker (AMA) has given. If the AMA does not have documentation to support his stated age, he may request a so-called age examination.
In the age examination X-rays will be taken of the collarbone and the hand/ wrist joint. Independent physicians will assess whether the collarbone and hand/wrist joint have finished growing. It is possible to determine from the collarbone if a person is older or younger than 20. From the hand/wrist joint it can be determined if a person is older or younger than 15.
This examination does not affect the person’s health.

Officially this is the short stay visa. A foreign national applies for the tourist visa at the Dutch Embassy or Consulate in his country of origin. A tourist visa can be applied for, for a maximum of 3 months. The tourist visa comes in the form of a label. The Embassy or Consulate will attach the tourist visa to your passport. 

  
A-visa: Transit visa for airports
For citizens of a number of countries the rule applies that they need a transit visa for airports if they make a stopover at a Schengen airport (for instance Schiphol). They then continue their journey on an international flight to a country outside the Schengen territory. During this stopover they are not allowed to leave the airport’s international zone.

  
B-visa: transit visa for a maximum of 5 days
A foreign national will need a transit visa if he comes from a country with a visa requirement and needs to travel through the Schengen area in no more than 5 days. The final destination is a country outside the Schengen territory for which the foreign national has already arranged entry.

  
C-visa: tourist visa for a maximum of 3 months
A foreign national can apply for a tourist visa for holiday/tourism. He will be allowed to stay in the Schengen area for a maximum of 3 months in any 6-month period. If he wishes to stay longer than 3 months he will need an authorisation for temporary residence (MVV).

A trainee is someone who is working outside the Netherlands and, in order to gain experience in his professional field, he will spend some time working for a Dutch company. The trainee will be granted a residence permit for the duration of the work permit to a maximum of 24 weeks. This residence permit cannot be extended. The employer must apply for the work permit.

If a foreign national wishes to stay in the Netherlands longer than 3 months he will be tested for tuberculosis in the Netherlands. If the foreign national comes from one of the following countries he will not require a tuberculosis test:
Australia, Canada, Israel, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, Surinam, United States, Switzerland, EER-countries en EU-countries.