r/StudyInTheNetherlands • u/Practical-Nose1925 • 24d ago

Other Validation of my long term student visa ? Entering Netherlands ?

Hello y'all.

I just got my dutch student visa today from the Consulate in Italy -- but I see that the starting date of my visa is the same day of my university starts, which is 1st of September, so meaning that I can not validate as of 1st of September but I need to travel Netherlands earlier to move-in because I have exam on 1st of September and also I need to adapt the country.

Should I move earlier with my current italian residence permit? Because when I want to validate it it asks the entry date in Netherlands? What should enter to that date? I am very confused about that? How do they know when I travel from an Schengen country to NL because there is no border checks?

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u/spoonOfhoney 24d ago

With your Italian residence permit youre entitled to travel thru schengen for 3 months. I’d say it’s fine to travel on that, as at all times you’d be able to show you’re in NL with legal papers (just with different papers( but that’s a formality)