Integration exams allowable, social requirement stripped: EU advocate
10 years, 1 month ago

Integration exams allowable, social requirement stripped: EU advocate

NL Times  

Long-term residents may still be compelled to pass a Dutch integration exam, but the exam's content will have to change, said the Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union on Wednesday in Luxembourg. A "compulsory examination designed to test language proficiency or knowledge of society does not" meet the goals that integration procedures should represent, a press release from the court states. Court Advocate General Maciej Szpunar delivered an opinion which suggests that European Union Directive 2003/109 does not explicitly prohibit integration measures for non-EU nationals who are long-term residents. "In his Opinion delivered today, Advocate General Maciej Szpunar first of all points out that the directive confers a special legal status on third-country nationals who have settled permanently in the Member States because this helps promote economic and social cohesion within the EU," the release states.

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EU Court limits Dutch fines for refugees failing integration exam
1 month, 2 weeks ago

EU Court limits Dutch fines for refugees failing integration exam

NL Times  

In most circumstances, the Dutch government is not permitted to financially penalize refugees with residency permits when they fail the national integration exam. It is predominantly not allowed to impose a fine on a status holder who has failed the integration exam, the Court of Justice of the European Union wrote in a ruling issued Tuesday. The Eritrean man in …

Don't worry, integration tests won't get harder in January
1 year, 3 months ago

Don't worry, integration tests won't get harder in January

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I’m calling it right now: the level of Dutch required to pass the civic integration exam if you want to apply for a permanent residence permit or Dutch citizenship is not going to be raised by the Dutch government to B1 in January, writes lawyer Jeremy Bierbach. Human touch These changes were made on 25 January 2022 to account for …

Don't worry, integration tests won't get harder in January
1 year, 3 months ago

Don't worry, integration tests won't get harder in January

Dutch News  

I’m calling it right now: the level of Dutch required to pass the civic integration exam if you want to apply for a permanent residence permit or Dutch citizenship is not going to be raised by the Dutch government to B1 in January, writes lawyer Jeremy Bierbach. Human touch These changes were made on 25 January 2022 to account for …

Nearly 18,000 foreign students apply for Dutch residency, up 7.5%
1 year, 6 months ago

Nearly 18,000 foreign students apply for Dutch residency, up 7.5%

NL Times  

The number of international students from outside the European Union applying for a residency permit to study in the Netherlands continues to rise. “Up to and including July, the IND received approximately 1,200 more applications than the year before.” It means that 17,870 residency applications were filed by potential students located outside the European Union, up from 16,630 in 2022 …

Why must some people 'integrate' abroad? judge asks minister
2 years, 1 month ago

Why must some people 'integrate' abroad? judge asks minister

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A judge in Haarlem has told junior justice minister Eric van der Burg to explain why some immigrants are required by law to pass an integration exam abroad while others are allowed to take lessons and the exam in the Netherlands. People from so-called western countries, such as the US, Japan and South Korea, can take the exams once they …

Why must some people 'integrate' abroad? judge asks minister
2 years, 1 month ago

Why must some people 'integrate' abroad? judge asks minister

Dutch News  

A judge in Haarlem has told junior justice minister Eric van der Burg to explain why some immigrants are required by law to pass an integration exam abroad while others are allowed to take lessons and the exam in the Netherlands. People from so-called western countries, such as the US, Japan and South Korea, can take the exams once they …

Leveling up: What changes in the inburgering process from 2022?
3 years, 6 months ago

Leveling up: What changes in the inburgering process from 2022?

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With an increase in the language requirements for the integration exams imminent, smart candidates are signing up for a new self-access course with InburgeringOnline.nl to prepare for their exams in advance of the change. ‘People who become ingeburgeringsplichtig before January 1st still deal with the requirement of the current law.’ For this group, the level of the exam will remain …

Leveling up: What changes in the inburgering process from 2022?
3 years, 6 months ago

Leveling up: What changes in the inburgering process from 2022?

Dutch News  

With an increase in the language requirements for the integration exams imminent, smart candidates are signing up for a new self-access course with InburgeringOnline.nl to prepare for their exams in advance of the change. ‘People who become ingeburgeringsplichtig before January 1st still deal with the requirement of the current law.’ For this group, the level of the exam will remain …

Immigrants in Netherlands must now pledge to uphold, support Dutch values
7 years, 9 months ago

Immigrants in Netherlands must now pledge to uphold, support Dutch values

NL Times  

On Tuesday the Dutch Senate voted in a legislative amendment which states that all immigrants to the Netherlands must sign a pledge to uphold and support Dutch values as part of their integration exam. The pledge will be preceded by a course in which the immigrant is introduced and made familiar with the standards, values and rules of Dutch society. …

Thousands given free pass from integration exams after IND mistake
7 years, 9 months ago

Thousands given free pass from integration exams after IND mistake

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Between 2,000 and 3,000 foreigners have been exempted from taking the Dutch integration exams – although they should have done them – thanks to mistakes at the IND immigration service, reports ANP. The foreigners have temporary permits to stay and should have taken the Dutch inburgering exams in language and culture because of tighter rules around exemptions from 2015. Application …

Many problems with Dutch integration exam: language lecturers
7 years, 11 months ago

Many problems with Dutch integration exam: language lecturers

NL Times  

There are many problems with the integration exam immigrants have to pass if they want to get their Dutch passport, language schools, teachers of Dutch as a second language ant the NT2 professional association said to newspaper Trouw. This results in many immigrants struggling to integrate into Dutch society, according to the language teachers. And the exam currently focuses primarily …

Thousands ignore integration tests, MPs call for tough action
8 years, 11 months ago

Thousands ignore integration tests, MPs call for tough action

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Just 6,000 of the new arrivals to the Netherlands between 2013 and 2015 have passed a civic integration test even though 53,000 are supposed to do so, social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher has told parliament. ‘Fewer than half the people who should have passed a test by the first quarter of this year have done so,’ Asscher said. ‘They should …

Thousands ignore integration tests, MPs call for tough action
8 years, 11 months ago

Thousands ignore integration tests, MPs call for tough action

Dutch News  

Just 6,000 of the new arrivals to the Netherlands between 2013 and 2015 have passed a civic integration test even though 53,000 are supposed to do so, social affairs minister Lodewijk Asscher has told parliament. ‘Fewer than half the people who should have passed a test by the first quarter of this year have done so,’ Asscher said. ‘They should …

Required integration course, exam skipped by half of immigrants
8 years, 11 months ago

Required integration course, exam skipped by half of immigrants

NL Times  

The number of immigrants in the Netherlands that successfully complete the integration program and pass the exam is "alarmingly" low, Minister Lodewijk Asscher of Social Affairs wrote to Parliament on Wednesday. "Three years is a reasonable time in which we ask that you as newcomer learn the language and our habits so that you can quickly start working and move …

Integration test for long-term residents not okay: EU advocate general
10 years, 1 month ago

Integration test for long-term residents not okay: EU advocate general

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The Netherlands may not force people to take an integration test if they have lived in the country for more than five years, the advocate general at the European court of justice in Luxemburg said on Wednesday. The advocate general, Maciej Szpunar, was commenting on cases brought by an American and a New Zealand national, both of whom have refused …

Integration test for long-term residents not okay: EU advocate general
10 years, 1 month ago

Integration test for long-term residents not okay: EU advocate general

Dutch News  

The Netherlands may not force people to take an integration test if they have lived in the country for more than five years, the advocate general at the European court of justice in Luxemburg said on Wednesday. The advocate general, Maciej Szpunar, was commenting on cases brought by an American and a New Zealand national, both of whom have refused …

Integration tests 'discriminate'
16 years, 10 months ago

Integration tests 'discriminate'

Dutch News  

The Dutch policy of forcing certain categories of immigrants to take special citizenship tests before coming to the Netherlands is discriminatory because it only applies to so-called ‘non-western’ newcomers, according to Human Rights Watch. But immigrants from countries like Turkey, Morocco and China have to pass the language and culture knowledge exam, which costs €350, before their arrival, even if …

Integration tests 'discriminate'
16 years, 10 months ago

Integration tests 'discriminate'

Dutch News  

The Dutch policy of forcing certain categories of immigrants to take special citizenship tests before coming to the Netherlands is discriminatory because it only applies to so-called ‘non-western’ newcomers, according to Human Rights Watch. But immigrants from countries like Turkey, Morocco and China have to pass the language and culture knowledge exam, which costs €350, before their arrival, even if …

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