Forgot password
Are you unable to log in to your Mijn IDW account because you have forgotten your password? Then go to https://mijn.idw.nl and click on “I forgot my password”. Reset your password. Please enter your email address. After you click “Reset Password,” you will receive an email with a link that allows you to reset your password. Click on “Reset Password”.
You will receive an email with a link to reset your password. Click on the link in the email.
- Enter your new password. Your password must be at least 8 and a maximum of 24 characters long and must consist of at least a lower case letter, an upper case letter, a punctuation mark and a number.
- Repeat your password.
Click on “Save Password”. You can then log in with your new password.
Status of your application
After you have submitted an application, you can view the status of your application yourself. If you open an application in your Mijn IDW account, you will see the status of your application. You will see a green check mark when a step is completed. Your request can have one of the following 4 statuses:
- Application: you are completing the application but have not yet submitted it.
- Documents check: we are checking whether your application is complete. You will receive an email from us if we need more documents or if the application is complete.
- Evaluation: we are preparing the evaluation. You will receive an email from us when it is ready.
- Evaluation ready: Your evaluation is ready. You can download it.
Upload extra documents
After you have submitted the application, we will check whether the application is complete. If documents are missing, we will send you an email. Log in to your Mijn IDW account to see which documents are missing. You will then see Step 2. Check your documents. On hold. We are waiting for your information or documents. We have checked your application and it is not yet complete. Can you please add the following documents or information.
Then it lists the document or information that we still need. You can see if the document you uploaded is missing, incomplete or unreadable. You will also see information about what we need, for example, what year the document is from. Click on “Edit my application” to upload the missing documents or information.
This will take you to step 5. Uploading documents. You can no longer modify documents that have already been approved by us. These documents have a green check mark in front of the document. Documents that are not correct or complete are accompanied by a comment. For example, missing. This means that the document is not present. You will also see information about the document we need, for example, what year the document is from. This will show you what you need to upload. Once you have edited/uploaded the document(s), click “Next Step”. You can post comments here. Do you not have the document we requested? Please write here why you do not have the document. Click on “Next step” again. By clicking on the “Submit your application” button, you send the application back to us. Otherwise we cannot process your application further.
After this, we check again if your application is complete. If so, you receive an email about it. In your Mijn IDW account you can see that your application gets the status Evaluation. This means that we are in the process of giving an advice.
In your Mijn IDW account you will see the following columns from left to right under the Applications tab:
- No. (application number);
- Application date;
- Surname of the diploma holder;
- First name of the diploma holder;
- Date of birth of the diploma holder;
- Diploma name;
- Field of study;
- Country;
- Type (application type);
- Status.
Immediately after it has been submitted, an application has the status “Application”. If you click on the application, you will see the details of the application.
You are then at Step 3. Evaluation. Your application is being processed. Your application is complete and is now being processed by the credential evaluator. You will receive an email when your credential evaluation is ready.
Download the advice
We will send you an email when your credential evaluation is ready. When you log in you will see:
Your credential evaluation (application number: This is your application number).
As described in Status of your application, an application has 4 status steps. The steps Application, Check your documents, Valuation have been checked off. Step 4 Rating ready is dark. This means that you can download your credential evaluation.
Step 4. Your evaluation is ready. The evaluation of your foreign diploma is ready. You can read more information in the document.
You download your credential evaluation by clicking on the icon of a page with the title Credential evaluation and caption PDF file. The date on which the credential evaluation was issued is also listed below the icon.
The evaluation opens in a new tab in your browser. In order to open the rating, you must therefore ensure that you allow pop-ups in your browser. The digital signature is not visible in the browser, but it is visible when you download the document and open it in Adobe. Are you trying to open the evaluation on a computer or laptop? Then you can set the settings on the browser to accept pop-ups. Do you open the evaluation on your phone? Then you must set the settings in your phone to accept pop-ups in the browser.
The digital signature is not visible in the browser, but it is visible when you download the document.
You can download the evaluation more than once; the evaluation remains available in your Mijn IDW account for 3 years.
Below the download button it reads Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). See our FAQs. You can read our FAQs at the following link (opens in a new window).
Questions about Mijn IDW
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Are you unable to continue in Mijn IDW? Send an email to info@idw.nl with the following information: type of browser, which device you are logged in on (for example mobile or laptop) and the date/time. Do you receive an error message? Then take a screenshot and send it along.