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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.

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Changes to civic integration examination

Changes are soon to be introduced to the civic integration examination abroad. The standard of the Spoken Dutch test will be raised to A1. And the examination is being expanded to include a new Reading and Comprehension Skills test. Before the changes are introduced, the relevant legislation first has to be amended. An amendment has been submitted to the Council of State for an advisory opinion. Once this has been issued, the Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment will announce the date on which the changes to the civic integration examination will be introduced. The Ministry is aiming to raise the standard of the Spoken Dutch test on 1 December 2010, and it expects the Reading and Comprehension Skills test to be introduced on 1 March 2011.

As soon as the dates have been finalised, they will be announced on this website and on http://international.vrom.nl/pagina.html?id=37362.

Examination of ‘basic examination integration’ in Islamabad has been resumed

The examination of the ‘civic examination integration’ in Islamabad (Pakistan) has been resumed from February 1st onwards. On the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the location Islamabad has been included as a test site again.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Dutch embassy in Islamabad temporarily housed elsewhere since mid-2008. At this temporary location it was impossible to do the civic examination integration abroad. Until February 1st candidates for that reason had to do the civic examination integration abroad at a Dutch representation in the region, such as New Delhi, Dhaka and Tehran.

Given the above mentioned situation, the Ministry of Housing, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Immigration and Naturalization Service mutually agreed upon a transitional measure on the handling of ‘authorizing temporary stay’ (MVV) applications of persons residing in Pakistan or Afghanistan who had to make the ‘civic integration examination abroad’ in another post in the region.

For further information please call the integration phone of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: (+31)70-3487575

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.