Visa Application Form - Kingdom Of The Netherlands In The Caribbean (Page 5 of 9) in pdf

For example: you are planning to go to Aruba on holiday and continue on to Curaçao for a family visit.

Both visits will last 14 days. You want to start your journey in Aruba, so fill in ‘Aruba’ as main destination,

with ‘Tourism’ as the purpose of travel. Under other destinations, you fill in ‘Curaçao’, giving ‘Family visit’

as purpose of travel. For the purpose ‘Family visit’ you will need to submit extra documents and/or will

be subject to extra requirements, for example a guarantee or guarantor’s declaration, as part of your

application.

If the mission did not check this, you could find yourself at the border control in Curaçao without the

required documents. As it would be impossible for you to produce a guarantee or guarantor’s declaration

there and then, you would be refused entry on the grounds that you failed to satisfy the requirements for

your purpose of travel. If your travel plans are assessed by the mission, this problem can be avoided.

NB: At all times you remain fully responsible and liable for the correct use of your visa and for satisfying

the specific admission requirements for your purpose/purposes of travel.

Period of validity of visas

Standard visa

As a rule multiple-entry visas are valid for six months. This means that you can enter the Caribbean

country/countries in question several times within the six-month period for which the visa is valid (see

‘valid from…to…’ on the visa sticker in your travel document).

NB: This does NOT mean that you can stay in any one or all of the countries for six consecutive months.

Non-standard visa



For long-term stay, e.g. for temporary or permanent relocation or performance of work, submit your

application to the competent authority of the country in question. Assuming permission is granted, in

the form of a temporary admission document (VTA) (for Aruba), a letter of notification

(oproepingsbrief) (for Curaçao), a landing permit (for St Maarten) or an authorisation for temporary

stay (MVV) (for the Netherlands in the Caribbean) a single-entry visa valid for 90 days will be issued

in response to your application for entry to the country. This means that you can use the visa once

within the 90-day period of validity. Once you have entered the country of destination you must

apply to the competent authority, specified in the conditions of the temporary admission document,

letter of notification, landing permit or authorisation for temporary stay, for a residence permit.



Multiple-entry visas valid for one year, one to two years, or longer (to a maximum of four years) may

be issued to travellers who have previously been issued with a visa for the Caribbean countries and

who can show that they have used their visa correctly. Examples of people in this category are

frequent travellers, e.g. tourists who own property in the Caribbean or business travellers who need

to visit the Caribbean frequently. In principle you cannot be granted a visa valid for more than one

year (‘multi-year visa’) the first time you submit a visa application. The mission may refer a multi-

year visa application to more than one country for advice/approval, given how such a visa may be

used. This may mean that you will have to wait longer for a decision.

Extending or changing a visa / extending your stay



Extending or changing a visa. Once you have used the visa to enter one of the countries covered

by the visa you can no longer extend or change the visa. After all, the visa represents an assessment

conducted before you enter the country or countries in question of whether you satisfy the admission

requirements at the moment you make the application. The competent authority in the country

where you are staying is, however, authorised to cancel a visa, declare it invalid or to curtail it, for

example in the case of misuse.



Extending your stay In principle, you cannot apply to extend your stay once you have entered the

country of your destination. Exceptions can be made but are subject to very strict conditions. You

should apply directly to the competent authority in the country in question, usually the aliens

department or the local police. Permission to extend a stay only applies to the country in question.

The next time you make a visa application you will need to provide proof of the extension (e.g. a

document issued by local authorities or a stamp in your travel document). In Aruba specific

categories of alien (for example those who own a timeshare or other property in the country) can

apply after entry to extend their stay to a maximum of 180 days per calendar year.

This form is provided free of charge.

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