Document checklist
Belgium → Caribbean Netherlands: Temporary Regular Residence Permit: Study
What you need before you submit, checked against official requirements, not guesswork.
Checked by our automated verification on 20 Oct 2026: every source on this page resolves and the data is structurally complete. This does not confirm a person re-read the source text for accuracy.
Required documents
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Completed and signed application form
RequiredThe official RCN application form for a provisional residence permit (MVV), or, if you already hold a valid MVV for study, the follow-up residence permit form. A separate form is needed for each applicant.
Source: Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, MBES01: Application for a provisional residence permit (MVV)
Copy of your valid passport
RequiredA copy of your current, valid passport.
Source: Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, MBES01: Application for a provisional residence permit (MVV)
Financial
Guarantee from a local sponsor, if they fund your studies
If a person or organisation based on Bonaire, St Eustatius or Saba is funding your studies instead of you, they must complete and sign a guarantee form, together with tax evidence of their (and any spouse's or partner's) taxable income.
Source: Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, MBES01: Application for a provisional residence permit (MVV)
Guarantee from your educational institution
RequiredA signed guarantee form (MBES28) from your school or college. The guarantor agrees to cover certain costs the state or public body might have because of your stay, up to a yearly maximum of USD 6,500.
Source: Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, MBES28: Guarantee from educational institution
Proof you can support yourself
RequiredProof of independent, steady, sufficient money. This can be a bank declaration that at least USD 559 a month plus one-twelfth of your tuition fee will be transferred to your account each month, or a bank declaration that you already hold at least USD 559 for each month you'll study (or fewer months if your course is shorter) plus your tuition fee.
Source: Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, MBES01: Application for a provisional residence permit (MVV)
Purpose of travel
Declaration from your school about tuition fees
RequiredA declaration from your educational institution stating the college or tuition fee you must pay.
Source: Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, MBES01: Application for a provisional residence permit (MVV)
Declaration that you're registered for full-time higher education
RequiredA declaration from the executive board or competent authority of a full-time higher-education institution in the public bodies, showing you are (provisionally) registered there for a full-time course.
Source: Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, MBES01: Application for a provisional residence permit (MVV)
Accommodation
Proof of accommodation
RequiredDocuments showing you have somewhere to live on Bonaire, St Eustatius or Saba while you study.
Source: Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, MBES01: Application for a provisional residence permit (MVV)
Insurance
Valid medical (health) insurance
RequiredProof that you have valid health insurance covering your stay.
Source: Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, MBES01: Application for a provisional residence permit (MVV)
Other
Awareness statement on the right to temporary residence
RequiredA signed statement (MBES27) confirming you understand your residence permit is temporary.
Source: Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, MBES01: Application for a provisional residence permit (MVV)
Certificate of good conduct (police clearance)
RequiredA certificate of good conduct from a competent authority in your country of origin, no older than 3 months when you apply. Depending on your country, it must be legalised by a Dutch embassy or bear an apostille stamp, and translated if it isn't in Dutch or English.
Source: Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, MBES01: Application for a provisional residence permit (MVV)
Why applications on this route get refused
Incomplete application
The IND Caribbean Netherlands Unit states that if your application is incomplete, it cannot start assessing it.
How to avoid it: Check every document on the Study list before you submit, including the annex forms (MBES27, MBES28, and the TB declaration if it applies to you).
Untruthful information on the application form
Signing the form confirms everything in it is true. The form states that an untruthful declaration is tantamount to a criminal offence and can affect your right of residence.
How to avoid it: Fill in every section accurately and completely, and don't sign until you've checked it.
TB test not completed within 3 months
If you sign the TB test declaration of intent but don't actually undergo the test within 3 months of applying, this can result in your permit being withdrawn.
How to avoid it: Book your TB test appointment with the Area Health Authority (GGD) as soon as you arrive, and keep the referral form with you.
Documents not legalised or translated correctly
Depending on your country, documents like your certificate of good conduct must be legalised by a Dutch embassy or carry an apostille stamp, and translated into Dutch or English by a reliable translator if they aren't already.
How to avoid it: Check with the Dutch embassy or consulate in your country what legalisation your documents need before you apply.
Not enough proof of financial means
You must show, through a bank declaration, that you (or your sponsor) can cover at least USD 559 a month plus your tuition fee for as long as you plan to study.
How to avoid it: Get the exact bank declaration wording the form asks for, and make sure the amount covers your full course length plus fees.
Sources
- Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, Application for residence permit, other nationalities · checked 21 Sept 2026
- Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, MBES01: Application for a provisional residence permit (MVV) · checked 21 Sept 2026
- Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, MBES02: Application for a residence permit after an MVV was issued · checked 21 Sept 2026
- Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, MBES28: Guarantee from educational institution · checked 21 Sept 2026
- Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland, MBES22: Declaration of Intent to Undergo a Tuberculosis (TB) Test · checked 21 Sept 2026
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