NetherlandsYouth mobility
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The programme is open to Canadian nationals who are over 18 but under 31.
Extra requirements Young Workers Exchange Program (YWEP) You have the Canadian nationality. You are over 18 but under 31 years old.
The programme allows an internship or work experience in the Netherlands under a single permit (GVVA). The internship agreement must include learning objectives, and work is allowed only for the employer and under the conditions in the additional document.
You want to do an internship or gain work experience in the Netherlands for more than 90 days. You will need a single permit (in Dutch: gecombineerde vergunning verblijf en arbeid or GVVA) for this.
You have an internship agreement with learning objectives. The duration of the internship is 1 year at most.
The additional document says for which employer you are allowed to work. It also sets out the conditions under which you are allowed to work.
The participant must be a student or have graduated less than 12 months ago, and must be registered for a study programme or hold a university or university-of-applied-sciences degree obtained no more than 12 months ago. The internship lasts at most 1 year. The employer must be established in the Netherlands and registered with the Chamber of Commerce where required. The official source does not state a quota, ballot or previous-participation rule.
You are a student. Or you graduated less than 12 months ago. You have registered for a study programme. Or you obtained a degree at a university or university of applied sciences level no more than 12 months ago. You have an internship agreement with learning objectives. The duration of the internship is 1 year at most.
Your employer is registered in the Commercial Register of the Chamber of Commerce (in Dutch: Kamer van Koophandel or KvK). This applies only if your employer must register under the Commercial Register Act 2007 (Hrw 2007). Your employer is a company, organisation or official Dutch branch of a foreign company, established in the Netherlands.
The participant must meet the income requirements; personal resources such as grants count. Official foreign documents must be legalised and translated. The official source does not state insurance or onward-travel requirements.
You meet the income requirements. We take personal resources into account, such as grants.
Have official foreign documents legalised and translated into Dutch, English, French or German.
The single permit is valid for the length of the traineeship agreement, at most 1 year. It can sometimes be extended, but only if it was issued for less than 1 year and the agreement has not yet ended. The official source does not state whether the programme can be repeated or what happens when it ends.
The period of validity of the single permit depends on the duration of your traineeship apprenticeship agreement. The single permit is valid for 1 year at most.
Is your residence permit valid for less than 1 year? Only in that situation you can sometimes extend the residence permit. But only if your traineeship or apprenticeship experience agreement has not yet ended.
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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