Long term resident EU

​When am I a long-term resident EU?

You are a long-term resident EU when you:

• have an EU residence permit for long-term residents in the Netherlands; or
• have this status in another EU country.  And you have applied for or received a temporary residence permit in the Netherlands.

This page explains how you can apply for a residence permit in the Netherlands when you have the status of an EU long-term resident in another EU country. You can check to see of you have the status of long-term resident EU.

Do you have a residence permit in the Netherlands and you wish to apply for the status of long-term resident EU? Please check page Application for status long-term resident.

Apply for residence permit in the Netherlands

Your residence permit as long-term resident EU from another EU country is not valid in the Netherlands. You therefore have to apply for a residence permit in the Netherlands. You have to meet the national conditions that apply for the purpose of residence for which you come to the Netherlands.

For example, you wish to work in the Netherlands. You apply for a residence permit to work. If you wish to study in the Netherlands, then apply for a residence permit for study. You can check the conditions on the page of the specific purpose of residence.

Advantages as long-term resident EU

Having the status of a long-term resident EU, gives you a number of advantages:

• You do not need the provisional residence permit (mvv) to travel to the Netherlands. You can travel to the Netherlands directly.
• Do you wish to apply for a residence permit to work in paid employment? You can do this yourself. Your employer does not have to do this for you. The IND will, however, appoint your employer as sponsor.
• Do you wish to apply for a residence permit to work in paid employment? You then only need a work permit for the first 12 months. Other foreign nationals must have a work permit for 5 years.

Residence as an economically inactive long-term resident EU

You can also come to the Netherlands as an economically inactive person. This means that you are not going to work, but only to live in the Netherlands.

Conditions

There are certain conditions that apply to everyone. Do you want to stay in the Netherlands as an economically inactive long-term resident EU? Then the following additional condition applies to you:

• You have a sufficient independent long-term income. It is not relevant what type of income you have. For example, income from an inheritance, alimony, real estate, employment abroad, benefits or retirement.

Costs

This application costs € 171.

Checklist documents

The application form lists the documents that you must enclose with the application.

You have to have official foreign documents legalised and translated into Dutch, English, French or German.