Civic integration examination required for permanent residence permit/continued residence
As from 1 January 2010 you must have passed the civic integration examination to qualify for one of the following applications: •the application to obtain a permanent asylum residence permit. •the application to obtain a permanent non-asylum residence permit; and •the application for having the limitation of a temporary non-asylum residence permit changed into a limitation for independent continued residence (this only applies to foreign nationals who apply for continued residence after having stayed for three years with a person with a non-temporary residence permit in the framework of family reunification or family formation, for instance after 'having stayed for three years with their Dutch spouse'); If you submit such an application, the IND will check whether you passed the civic integration examination. This requirement is a result of the linkage between the Civic Integration Act and the Aliens Act. Applicants of a permanent residence permit who are 65 years ol...