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This website is intended for people that want to prepare themselves for the Civic Integration Examination Abroad. This is the examination that some people need to take in order to obtain an Authorisation for temporary stay (mvv). This website will provide them with information on the Civic Integration Examination Abroad.

TINs valid through 2011

The date that is mentioned on the practice test paper has (almost) expired. Can I still use the TIN?
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News

Pass mark raised

The pass mark for the language test in the civic integration examination abroad has been determined definitely. After further research, Minister Van der Laan of Housing, Communities and Integration has decided to maintain the pass mark as it was raised per 15 March 2008. The research has shown that the raised pass mark corresponds with the requirements of the level A1minus in the integration examination abroad. read more >>

Civic integration examination abroad requirement remains in force with regard to provisional residence permits for family reunification.

On Tuesday 2 December 2008, the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State concluded that current regulations provide sufficient basis for the civic integration requirement in provisional residence permit procedures (opinion case number 200806120/1). This means that current policy will remain unchanged and that the requirement of passing the civic integration examination abroad for family reunification purposes remains in force.

The Council of State gave its opinion during appeal proceedings after the Amsterdam District Court had determined in July that a Moroccan woman, who wished to live with her husband in the Netherlands, was not required to pass the civic integration examination abroad in her country of origin before coming to the Netherlands. The court held that there was no basis for this requirement in the Aliens Act 2000. The Minister of Foreign Affairs filed an appeal against the District Court’s decision. The appeal was upheld in a decision of 2 December 2008.

Islamabad

Due to unforeseen circumstances, services at the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan are limited. It will be temporarily impossible to take the Civic Integration Examination in Pakistan. Candidates are kindly requested to contact a Dutch mission abroad, e.g. in Dubai, New Delhi, Dhaka, or Teheran (see here).

Further information can be found on the website of the embassy, and the website of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs.