Help to take my wife to the Netherlands

Welcome on board 

Check out the immigration website on www.ind.nl
They have an English version as well.

Hi Thank you for replying to my plea for help, I have spent a tremendous amount of time on the website but confusion still reigns, 1 section will say my wife has the right to work and live in the Netherlands, another section says to get "verification for EU Law" another piece says to apply for permanent residence. What I would like to know is - what are the right procedures do we take to get my wife to the Netherlands (step by step please) i.e do we apply for tourist visa for her and then apply once there?

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

Assuming you've maintained your Dutch citizenship and still have a NL passport, I don't think your wife will have any problem entering Holland.  This link explains the process; at the bottom of the link is a step by step guide.

If you have any further specific questions, please come back to us.

Hope this helps.

Cynic
Expat Team

It depends what you want: nationality, citizenship, working visa etc etc.
What is the purpose of your move to the Netherlands? If you are married for three years or more, and you have the Dutch nationality, she can apply for the nationality too but then she need to do exams for integration before applying.

Yes i still have my dutch nationality and dutch passport. My wife wants to live and hopefully work there. We are married just over a year. We have known each other from the 1970's and have documented proof. Hope this helps you a little more in giving me further advice.

I don't think you'll have a problem; you're wife may have to go through the integration process, but I'm not sure that's that case.  My advice is to contact the IND directly and explain your situation and get the response direct from those who will actually make the decision; this link will take you to their contact number.

Hope this helps.

Thank you everyone for your imput, I am going to Holland next week to sort this out. Thanks