Change to partner visa with EU citizen after a Dutch relationship ends

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

I'm sorry to hear of your difficulties; the issue for me is that while I know the system does deal with situations such as separation/divorce, the solutions they offer to you depend on the circumstances.  I'm not suggesting for one minute that you write your sad tale on this open forum, but you are going to have to tell the IND, if not the details, but in general terms.  The fact that you entered the country on a skilled migrant visa is in your favour.

The situations I've heard of ended in the IND advising on the potential ways forward, then giving a timeline for which they agreed, for example, a change of status could be achieved.  I've never heard of anybody being deported for this, so please don't worry about that.  The only issue is COVID and the lack of people working in the IND offices; all you can do is contact them (details are on their website), ask to make an appointment, it may be a telephone appointment, then take it from there.

You do need to advise the Gemeente of your change of address, the law requires you to do that and it will not help your case if when you tell them, that they discover you have not complied with this requirement.

Hope this helps.

Cynic
Expat Team