The Institution Has to Be Recognised Before You Can Be
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Guatemala on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
116 exceptions recorded across 45 countries · none match Guatemala to Netherlands · Residency as a student
A study permit in the Netherlands begins with the school rather than the student. Article 3.41(1) of the Vreemdelingenbesluit 2000 grants the permit to a foreigner who is or will be enrolled at an educational institution recognised as a sponsor under article 2c of the Vreemdelingenwet 2000, and who at that institution follows full-time higher or academic education that has been accredited or assessed under the new-programme test. Two other doors exist in the same paragraph and both are narrower: full-time secondary or vocational education for which the Netherlands is in the Minister's judgement the most appropriate country and with which the student can in the Minister's judgement contribute positively to the development of the country of origin, and a programme designated by ministerial regulation. The means test is the one place a student is treated more gently than anyone else: article 3.74(2) lets the student norm amount under the Wet studiefinanciering 2000 stand in for the minimum wage.
At a glance
- What has to be recognised first
- The institution, as a sponsor under article 2c of the Vreemdelingenwet 2000
Article 3.41(1) of the Vreemdelingenbesluit 2000.
- What counts as study
- Full-time higher or academic education that is accredited or assessed under the new-programme test
- The two narrower doors
- Secondary or vocational education where the Netherlands is the most appropriate country and the study can benefit the country of origin, and a programme designated by ministerial regulation
- The means a student must show
- The student norm amount under the Wet studiefinanciering 2000, instead of the minimum wage
Article 3.74(2) of the Vreemdelingenbesluit 2000, which states no figure.
- Whether the development condition applies to a degree course
- No - it sits in limb (b), which is about secondary and vocational education
Requirements
- Enrolment, or prospective enrolment, at an institution recognised as a sponsor
- Full-time higher or academic education that is accredited or assessed under the new-programme test
- Net income at least equal to the student norm amount under the Wet studiefinanciering 2000
Country-level policy
Almost every residence route on this page has a step in front of it that the route itself does not mention. Article 16(1)(a) of the Vreemdelingenwet 2000 lets a fixed-term residence permit be refused where the foreigner does not hold a valid machtiging tot voorlopig verblijf matching the purpose applied for, and article 2.3 of the Vreemdelingenbesluit 2000 makes the same document a condition of entry for a stay of more than 90 days. It is obtained from a Dutch post abroad, which means the ordinary applicant has to leave to begin. Article 17(1) then lists eight categories for whom the absence of that document is not a ground of refusal, and the first of them is not about the applicant at all: nationals of states designated by ministerial regulation. The designation is article 2.2 of the Voorschrift Vreemdelingen 2000, and the annex it points at carries twelve entries.
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Guatemala
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«1 De verblijfsvergunning regulier voor bepaalde tijd kan onder een beperking verband houdend met studie worden verleend aan de vreemdeling, die aan een krachtens artikel 2c van de Wet als referent erkende onderwijsinstelling is of zal worden ingeschreven en aan die instelling: - a. voltijdshoger of wetenschappelijk onderwijs volgt of gaat volgen dat is geaccrediteerd of beoordeeld in de vorm van de toets nieuwe opleiding, dan wel zich op dat onderwijs voorbereidt; - b. voltijds voortgezet onderwijs of beroepsonderwijs volgt of gaat volgen, waarvoor Nederland naar het oordeel van Onze Minister het meest aangewezen land is en waarmee de vreemdeling naar het oordeel van Onze Minister een positieve bijdrage kan leveren aan de ontwikkeling van het land van herkomst, of - c. een bij regeling van Onze Minister na overleg met Onze Minister die het aangaat aangewezen opleiding of studie volgt;»The three doors, and the recognised-sponsor condition that stands in front of all of them.
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Cannot be cited for: The authentic text is Dutch. The English renderings that exist elsewhere are translations and may not be quoted as the instrument. Much of what decides a Dutch application is not here as law: the Vreemdelingencirculaire 2000 is a policy circular of the State Secretary, and the IND's own pages are an agency describing the law it applies. The reach of each instrument also differs inside the Kingdom - the Vreemdelingenwet 2000 governs the European Netherlands, the Caribbean Netherlands has its own admission Act, and Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten legislate their own admission entirely, while the Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap is a Kingdom Act and applies across all of it.
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«2 De in artikel 16, eerste lid, onder c, van de Wet bedoelde middelen van bestaan zijn eveneens voldoende, indien het netto-inkomen ten minste gelijk is aan het normbedrag voor ho-studenten, bedoeld in de Wet studiefinanciering 2000 , indien de vreemdeling in Nederland verblijft of wil verblijven voor studie.»Our translation - not official
The means of support referred to in article 16(1)(c) of the Act are also sufficient if the net income is at least equal to the norm amount for higher-education students under the Wet studiefinanciering 2000, where the foreigner is staying or wishes to stay in the Netherlands for study.
The student exception to the means test. It is a different standard, not a discount on the same one.
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Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The authentic text is Dutch. The English renderings that exist elsewhere are translations and may not be quoted as the instrument. Much of what decides a Dutch application is not here as law: the Vreemdelingencirculaire 2000 is a policy circular of the State Secretary, and the IND's own pages are an agency describing the law it applies. The reach of each instrument also differs inside the Kingdom - the Vreemdelingenwet 2000 governs the European Netherlands, the Caribbean Netherlands has its own admission Act, and Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten legislate their own admission entirely, while the Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap is a Kingdom Act and applies across all of it.
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«1 De in artikel 14, derde lid, van de Wet bedoelde beperkingen houden verband met: - a. verblijf als familie- of gezinslid; - b. verblijf als economisch niet-actieve langdurig ingezetene; - c. arbeid als zelfstandige; - d. arbeid als kennismigrant; - e. verblijf als houder van de Europese blauwe kaart; - f. seizoenarbeid; - g. overplaatsing binnen een onderneming; - h. arbeid in loondienst; - i. grensoverschrijdende dienstverlening; - j. onderzoek in de zin van richtlijn (EU) 2016/801; - k. lerend werken; - l. arbeid als niet-geprivilegieerd militair of niet-geprivilegieerd burgerpersoneel; - m. studie; - n. het zoeken naar en verrichten van arbeid al dan niet in loondienst; - o. uitwisseling, al dan niet in het kader van een verdrag; - p. medische behandeling; - q. tijdelijke humanitaire gronden; - r. het afwachten van een verzoek op grond van artikel 17 van de Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap ; - s. niet-tijdelijke humanitaire gronden.»Quoted for context: study is limb (m), one restriction among nineteen, and the permit carries the limits of that restriction.
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The consolidated text of every Dutch regulation, each at a stable BWBR identifier and served whole as HTML. A date may be appended to the address to ask for the text as it stood on that day, and the page states the period the version it serves was in force.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The authentic text is Dutch. The English renderings that exist elsewhere are translations and may not be quoted as the instrument. Much of what decides a Dutch application is not here as law: the Vreemdelingencirculaire 2000 is a policy circular of the State Secretary, and the IND's own pages are an agency describing the law it applies. The reach of each instrument also differs inside the Kingdom - the Vreemdelingenwet 2000 governs the European Netherlands, the Caribbean Netherlands has its own admission Act, and Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten legislate their own admission entirely, while the Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap is a Kingdom Act and applies across all of it.
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Practical notes
A student whose institution is not a recognised sponsor has no application to make under this article, however good the course. The register of recognised sponsors is kept by the IND and was not read for this record.
Article 3.41(2) adds a public-security condition that was read but is not quoted here; the rest of the study rules, in articles 3.42 and following, were not read.
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The consolidated text of every Dutch regulation, each at a stable BWBR identifier and served whole as HTML. A date may be appended to the address to ask for the text as it stood on that day, and the page states the period the version it serves was in force.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The authentic text is Dutch. The English renderings that exist elsewhere are translations and may not be quoted as the instrument. Much of what decides a Dutch application is not here as law: the Vreemdelingencirculaire 2000 is a policy circular of the State Secretary, and the IND's own pages are an agency describing the law it applies. The reach of each instrument also differs inside the Kingdom - the Vreemdelingenwet 2000 governs the European Netherlands, the Caribbean Netherlands has its own admission Act, and Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten legislate their own admission entirely, while the Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap is a Kingdom Act and applies across all of it.
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