Life After Rietveld and Sandberg: Legal Life (Visas After Graduation)
You are warmly invited to the next session for non-EU students and alums!
Register here
The session on Thursday 27 March is hosted by Francisca Khamis Giacoman (non-EU alum and coordinator lumbung practice at Sandberg Instituut) in the Auditorium on the 3rd floor, BC building.
We will start at 16:30 with a talk by Susanne Mooij, immigration lawyer, followed by a conversation with Francisca Khamis Giacoman and an open Q&A.
Join this session to learn about obtaining a work and residence permit as an artist or designer in the Netherlands after graduating from Sandberg or Rietveld. The discussion will cover key topics related to legal residence for artists, including:
- What is an orientation (or job-seeking) year after graduation?
- How can you obtain a residence permit that allows you to work in the Netherlands as a self-employed artist or performer?
- What must be demonstrated to prove that your work serves ‘essential Dutch cultural interests’?
- Who is eligible for a combined residence- and work permit in the creative industries?
- What are special rules for specific nationalities?
Bring your questions for the open Q&A session!
During drinks and at the communal dinner after the session there will be a moment to discuss more personal questions.
Programme 27 March
16.30 - 18.00: Welcome and introduction by Francisca Khamis Giacoman, talk by immigration lawyer Susanne Mooij
18.00-18.45: Conversation between Francisca and Susanne followed by a Q&A
19.00: Communal meal (RSVP required by 23 March)
20.00: End of the session
The session will be held in English at the Auditorium on the 3rd floor in the Benthem Crouwel Building. The space is accessible for wheelchair users.
Francisca Khamis Giacoman
Francisca Khamis Giacoman is an artist born in Chile and based in the Netherlands.Through performances, installations, and audiovisual works, she is trying to recall stories of migration and unfold them at the boundaries of fiction and materiality. Actively involved in self-organized projects, Francisca is the founder and CEO of the Museo del Perro * Honden Museum in Amsterdam (2023-ongoing), co-founder of Ediciones Rocas Shop Cooperative Publishing House in Santiago (2017-23), and Espacio Estamos Bien, an art cooperative in Amsterdam that curates gatherings, publications, and exhibitions. Currently, she coordinates the lumbung practice department at Sandberg Instituut.
Francisca initiated and coordinated development of Solidarity Platform, an ongoing resource hub and support network for non-Dutch students, particularly non-EU students, coming to study at Dutch art higher education institutions.
Susanne Mooij
Susanne Mooij of Everaert Immigration Lawyers is an attorney who specialises in immigration law – she and her colleagues have assisted numerous artists and designers in obtaining work and residence permits in the Netherlands after their graduation. Susanne regularly lectures international students of art and design schools nationwide on how to secure their immigration status in the Netherlands after graduation.