After your Schengen Visa to study in Netherlands gets accepted, the most crucial stage will be appearing for the Netherlands student visa interview. The process is quite easy, provided you are well versed with what to speak, and what not to speak.
Given below are some of the most asked questions in a Netherlands student visa interview:
- When and where were you born?
- Where do you live currently?
- Do you own your own house/apartment?
- Have you worked before? Where do you work?
- What is your monthly/yearly salary?
- Are you married/in a relationship?
- Do your parents live near you? Do you see them often?
- What was the last study you had? Which university?
- Do you have any family or friends in the Netherlands?
- Where do you intend to stay in Holland?
- How do you intend to fund your study in Holland?
- Are you on any scholarships for your studies?
- Do you know how long you can stay in Holland, as per the terms of your Schengen student visa?
- Do you know where you can travel on your Dutch Schengen visa?
- Have you obtained travel medical insurance in the event that you experience a medical event in the Netherlands?
- Is Holland your first point of entry to the Schengen area? If so, how are you arriving in the country? How are you exiting the country, and when?
- Have you previously travelled to Holland before? Or anywhere in the Schengen area?
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The above questions might appear basic and unnecessary. However, your responses to them will shape whether or not you are perceived to be a good Schengen student visa candidate.
Therefore, by asking you basic questions, your interviewer is trying to determine the following essential information about you:
- Whether you can financially afford your trip to the Netherlands.
- Whether you have reasons to return to your home country (i.e. whether you will try to overstay in Holland).
- Whether you present a security risk to the Netherlands/the Schengen area.
- In asking these questions, your Schengen visa interviewer is again trying to assess whether you would make a good Schengen visa candidate by being able to afford your trip and not overstaying your visa, etc.
- Similarly, at some point during your interview, you may be asked why you need to spend so much time post your study completion in Holland. Don’t be put off by this question-your interviewer just wants to make sure that your reason for staying is credible and legitimate.
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Your interviewer will likely ask how you plan on entering/exiting the country. Again, these kinds of questions go back to the overriding issue of whether or not you will overstay your time in Holland/the Schengen area. You should have a good idea of your travel plans prior to entering your interview. Your exit plans are more important than your entry plans, so talk about why you have to leave the Netherlands by a certain date.
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