To be eligible for a Search Year Visa, you must meet the following requirements:

 

• You have obtained a Master’s or PhD degree or have completed a postdoc at any university or any faculty which ranks in the global top 200. Are you not sure whether your university or faculty is among the global top 200? Feel free to fill in this contact form to let our immigration specialists review all your information. If we conclude that you can apply for the Search Year visa, we will contact you by phone to discuss how we can help you arrange the visa. If we conclude that you cannot apply, we will let you know our conclusions by e-mail.

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• You must show your basic proficiency in the English language. If your university education was completed in English, then you automatically fulfil this requirement.

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• Your diploma must be recent (i.e. having been obtained for no longer than three years when you make your application).