Looking for a job preferably starting in January 2021

Hi and welcome to the Forum.

Unless you have a key skill that is in short supply, long-range job searching is always very difficult, particularly when they find out that you can't start work tomorrow and don't speak Dutch.  The Covid-19 issue is not helping matters either.

So what can you do?

You need to learn Dutch, you can start now, go on YouTube and search for "Naar Nederland"; some nice person has uploaded the entire course.  It really will improve your job prospects and social life when you can speak the local language.

You can reach out to your peers on places like LinkedIn; find the guys currently doing the work you're looking for, ask them who is hiring, where those companies are.

One last suggestion; as a newbie graduate you will have no experience to speak of, so it's your qualifications that are going to make you shine above the rest of those who you will be competing within the job market.  So think of the bolt-ons you can do to your current course; what you can do to make sure you can get a 1st class degree; you need to be different from everybody else.

If you have any further questions, please come back to us.

Hope this helps.

Cynic
Expat Team

Hi, thank you for the prompt reply! I am currently having problems figuring out how to stay in The Netherlnads for more than 90 days (in case i wasn't able to find a job during the 3 months free visa).

I am from Malaysia and my partner is from Holland. I understand that there are 3 ways to apply for MVV & residence permit for work.

1) Through an employer which means i'd have to have a job before arrving in The Netherlands. I've sent our hundreds of emails and applying ffor jobs but to no avail.

2) Through a host/ sponsor i.e spouse or partner but I am not eligible for this due to my partner's lack of monthly income. He has also just recently moved back to Holland and does not have a job yet.

3) In person at the Dutch Embassy in my country of origin.

I think number 3 suits me best but am curious as to what's the requirements I have to fullfill for me to be able to apply for the MVV and residence permit in person.

P.S I will graduate from University for my Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communications on November 2020 and I am planning to move to The Netherlands to look for a job preferably starting in January 2021.

Hi again.

Just in case; this link will take you to the Dutch Government website where they describe MVV.  You will see that it is both a residence and work permit; part of this process is you may have to pass the "Civic Integration Exam" (link); it's basically a Dutch language exam.  I say "may" because there are some exceptions to the requirement; the link lists them.

You have correctly identified your options, the problem with your choice (i.e. 3) is that it requires the Dutch Government to assess your ability to find a job; in the current COVID climate, a newly qualified graduate may find that difficult.  I'd explain your assessment like this:

1) Skilled migrant - very easy, very fast, don't need to learn Dutch; your new Employer sponsors you; hence my comment about doing all you can to enhance your qualifications with bolt-ons to your course.

2) Sponsor - the easiest because your Partner is a Dutch citizen, so the onus is on him to find a job that pays at least minimum wage, so it has to be legal; that isn't hard to do.

3) You will need to go through MVV integration and have a skill that they can use in Holland; which means no guarantee of getting it.  That said, many do get it, so it shouldn't put you off, but it means a Dutch civil servant will decide, not you or your partner.

My advice remains the same - unless you can get a skilled migrant visa, you are going to have to go through MVV in some way.

Any further specific questions, please come back to us.

Hope this helps.

Cynic
Expat Team

I am sorry the line of work you seek a job isn't in demand in the Netherlands, so the chances of getting a skilled migrant visa is highly unlikely.
I am afraid your only option is to wait untill your partner can sponsor you.