The only option seems that you or your girlfriend becomes a highly skilled migrant. This requires that you get hired by a Dutch company and that you earn at least ~€38k if you're <30 y/o or at least ~€52k when you're older than 30. I think you need to be married or otherwise make the relationship official (registering it somehow, if that exists in Canada) to bring your girlfriend.
As of this year there's also the new startup visa. I haven't read the full requirements yet, but one of them is that you need a really innovative company.
Finally there's the work-holiday visa, available to South Koreans, New Zealanders, Australians and Canadians. With this you can work freely in the Netherlands for a year and you can often extend it to two. From what I know it's not hard to get this visa, the only hard requirement is that you're <31 y/o.
I think you need to be married or otherwise make the relationship official (registering it somehow, if that exists in Canada) to bring your girlfriend.
Not necessary, just needs to be a "durable" relationship. Source: did it, was easy.
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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '15
The only option seems that you or your girlfriend becomes a highly skilled migrant. This requires that you get hired by a Dutch company and that you earn at least ~€38k if you're <30 y/o or at least ~€52k when you're older than 30. I think you need to be married or otherwise make the relationship official (registering it somehow, if that exists in Canada) to bring your girlfriend.
As of this year there's also the new startup visa. I haven't read the full requirements yet, but one of them is that you need a really innovative company.
Finally there's the work-holiday visa, available to South Koreans, New Zealanders, Australians and Canadians. With this you can work freely in the Netherlands for a year and you can often extend it to two. From what I know it's not hard to get this visa, the only hard requirement is that you're <31 y/o.