Kingdom Of The Netherlands In The Caribbean Visa Application Form (Page 6 of 9) in pdf

Extending or changing a visa / extending your stay

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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.

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Extendeding 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 (e.g. DIMAS or NTOs) 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). For 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.

Rules and conditions

You must comply with the legislation of the Caribbean country or countries you visit with the visa.

This means that you must in any case satisfy the conditions and requirements of the visa and the

purpose/purposes of travel. You should, therefore, observe the period of validity of your visa, the

permitted period of stay for each uninterrupted stay in any one country (a maximum of 30 days) and the

maximum total period of stay of 90 days per calendar year in the countries in the Caribbean. This will be

checked at every border control.

The visa affixed to your passport will state the permitted period of stay for each individual stay and the

period of validity. At all times you remain fully responsible and liable for the correct use of your visa.

Violation may lead not only to possible criminal prosecution, but also to your removal from the country and

inclusion on the Caribbean alert list, which means that you will no longer be granted a visa and/or

admission to all or part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean in the future.

How is an application assessed?

Your signed and completed application form will be assessed to see whether, at the moment the

application is made, you satisfy all the visa requirements. These include a number of standard requirements

applying to every visa application. In addition, extra or special requirements apply for specific purposes of

travel or types of visa, for example family visit, stay in a timeshare (Aruba), relocation or work or issue of a

multi-year visa.

In principle the mission will decide whether to issue you with a visa, on behalf of the competent country

authority. In specific cases the mission will not be able, or allowed, to make a decision. In that case it will

refer your application to the competent authority/authorities. This may mean your application will take

longer to process.

Examples of when your application may, or will, be referred include:

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if you are on the Caribbean alert list (for example, for overstay)

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if you are on an international (e.g. UN) sanction list

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if you constitute a potential threat to national security, public order or public health

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if you lack the required permits, or if the authorities believe your documents may be forged or falsified

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if you have applied for a multi-year visa.

This form is provided free of charge.

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