After the exam

You, or your sponsor, can now apply for a provisional residence permit (MVV). Your sponsor is the person with whom you will live in the Netherlands. The MVV application must be submitted within one year after you pass the exam.

You will receive an email or letter from DUO with the result of your exam. The email also contains a pdf of the email with your exam result. You can print out this pdf and attach it to your MVV application.

An exam that has been passed is valid indefinitely. After you have passed all 3 exams (Knowledge of Dutch Society, Reading and Speaking) of the basic exam, you have one year to apply for a provisional residence permit (mvv). If you wait longer than a year, you will have to take the basic integration exam abroad again.

Once you receive the MVV, you can travel to the Netherlands. You must continue the civic integration process in the Netherlands.

Once you arrive in the Netherlands, you will receive an invitation from your local municipality for an interview. You are required to attend this interview. The municipality will decide how to proceed with your civic integration. It is important, therefore, that you stay in touch with the municipality.

For more information on civic integration in the Netherlands, visit www.inburgeren.nl.