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GVVA — spiritual counsellor or minister

NetherlandsCulture, faith and volunteering

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What exact activity, role or purpose qualifies?

Working as a spiritual counsellor or minister under a single permit (GVVA). A minister or religious education teacher works as a minister of a religion or in a job important for the organisation and needs special education, knowledge or experience for that job.

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What organisation, institution, religious body, charity, teacher or host must support the activity?

A religious or ideological organisation that meets extra requirements on solvency, continuity and reliability. The organisation registers the person with DUO for civic integration within 4 weeks after the single permit is received, ensures the DUO offer is accepted and gives time and opportunity to integrate.

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  • https://ind.nl/en/residence-permits/work/single-permit-gvva
    Extra requirements for spiritual counsellors You are going to work for a religious or ideological organisation. This organisation meets several extra requirements about the solvency, continuity and reliability of the organisation.
  • https://ind.nl/en/residence-permits/work/single-permit-gvva
    The organisation registers you with the Education Executive Agency (in Dutch: Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs or DUO) for further civic integration in the Netherlands. They need to register you within 4 weeks after you have received the single permit. The organisation ensures that you accept the offer from DUO for your integration. The organisation must also give you the time and opportunity to integrate.

What proves the placement, role, affiliation, experience or cultural/religious/voluntary activity?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm the evidence that proves the placement, role or affiliation.

Can the person receive salary, pocket money, accommodation, meals or reimbursement? Can they undertake other work?

Requirements include meeting the income requirements and the employer paying a normal salary under the applicable collective labour agreement; the additional document states for which employer the person may work.

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Limits of the record
  • Pay and work rules are the general single-permit requirements, not stated specifically for spiritual counsellors/ministers

How long can they stay, can they change host/activity, can family accompany, and can the status be extended?

The single permit is valid for a maximum of 3 years (maximum 5 years after 5 years with a valid residence permit for work). A new employer must apply for a new residence permit; the permit can be extended. The official source does not state whether family members may accompany.

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Limits of the record
  • Family accompaniment not stated for this category on the IND page

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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