Do you have Turkish nationality? You are an employee according to the Association Treaty when you meet the following conditions:
The Association Treaty also applies when you have another nationality besides the Turkish nationality, for example, Dutch citizenship. With the application also send a copy of a valid Turkish passport or identity card.
The Association Treaty also applies to family members of Turkish employees. These family members do not themselves have to have Turkish nationality. In the Association Treaty the following persons are seen as family members:
Turkish nationals pay a lower fee for applications for the following residence permits:
Work on a self-employed basis
Paid employment
Work experience
Seasonal work
Research under Directive (EU) 2016/801
Highly skilled migrant
Looking for a job after study, promotion or scientific research
Au pair
Residence as a family member of a Turkish citizen (also if you do not have Turkish nationality yourself). The low fee does not apply in the following situations:
The Turkish citizen has a residence permit for medical treatment.
The Turkish citizen has a residence permit for spending leave in the Netherlands.
The family member and the Turkish citizen are not married and do not have a registered partnership.
Do the rules of the Turkish Association Treay apply to you? Then you also pay the low fee for:
Extension of your residence permit.
Application for a permanent resident permit.
Turkish nationals who can derive rights under the Association Treaty, and their family members, pay the following costs for an application:
Application for a residence permit with mvv: € 69
Application for a residence permit without mvv: € 64
Application for an extension of a residence permit: € 64
Application for a permanent residence permit or residence permit for long-term residents EC: € 64
Replacement of document due to loss, incorrect personal details, damage or theft: € 64
Under-aged Turkish nationals who can derive rights under the Association Treaty pay the following costs for an application:
Application for a residence permit with mvv: € 64
Application for a residence permit without mvv: € 33
Application for an extension of a residence permit: € 33
Application for a permanent residence permit or residence permit for long-term residents EC: € 33
Replacement of document due to loss, incorrect personal details, damage or theft: € 33
Do you need a return visa to travel? If you have paid the low rate for your residence permit then you will pay € 47 for the return visa.
Because of the Association Treaty some permits have other rules for Turkish employees and their family members. This rules are now explained.
Is a foreign national going to live with their working Turkish spouse or registered partner? Then a lower age requirement applies: you both have to be 18 or older.
Are you unmarried and unregistered partners? Then you and your partner do have to be both 21 or older.
Turkish nationals and their family members are not required to take a civic integration course or examination. Civic integration is not required in the following situations:
Are you unmarried and unregistered partners? And is the foreign national not Turkish? Then the foreign national will have to integrate.
The exemption from civic integration applies to:
Do you want to apply for Dutch citizenship? Then you do have to be integrated.
The IND cannot require that you have a (recognised) sponsor for the following residence permits:
This means that you yourself can submit an application. The IND does recommend that you let the employer act as sponsor. When a recognised sponsor submits an application, the application is completed sooner.
Do you want to do the application yourself? Please, use the form at the bottom of this page.
A condition for the residence permit to work as a self-employed is that the business activities serve an essential Dutch interest. The IND does not judge this himself, but asks advice from the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). RVO uses a scoring system for this. This scoring system does not apply when you have Turkish nationality and apply for a residence permit to work as a self-employed.
RVO will look at your business plan. With your business plan you thus have to prove that your company serves an essential Dutch interest. Your business plan should show the following:
You substantiate your business plan with figures.
Turkish employees and self-employed persons are free on the Dutch labour market after 3 years. This means that after 3 years of working in the Netherlands, you no longer need a work permit (TWV) if you want to work in paid employment.
Other foreign employees need to work 5 years with a TWV before they are free on the Dutch labour market.
Under the Association Treaty, Turkish nationals and/or their families may apply for special permits. These permits are explained here. The general conditions also apply for these permits.
You can get a residence permit for paid employment under the Association Treaty if you meet the following conditions:
If you get this residence permit, you do not need a work permit (TWV) to work for this Dutch employer. Are you going to work for another employer? Your employer must have a work permit (TWV) to allow you to work as an employee if you have not yet worked for at least 3 years in the Netherlands.
Please, use the form at the bottom of this page to apply.
You can get a residence permit for continued residence after a stay with a family member if you meet the following conditions:
Please, use the form at the bottom of this page to apply.
You can get a residence permit for looking for and carrying out work, whether or not as a paid employee (job-seeking year) if you meet the following conditions:
Please, use the form at the bottom of this page to apply.
You can get a residence permit for continued residence after a job-seeking year if you meet the following conditions:
Please, use the form at the bottom of this page to apply.
You can get a residence permit under the 3-year policy if you meet the following conditions:
You cannot use the application form for this residence permit. You inform us by letter that you wish to get a residence permit on the 3-year policy. The IND will then check whether you meet the conditions.
A family member is being supported by a Turkish national and/or his spouse (or registered partner) if this Turkish national and/or his spouse (or registered partner) pay for the life support of this family member. The reason for this is that the family member does not have (enough) money to support himself and is also not able to earn his own money.
A sponsor is a person, employer or organisation that has an interest in the arrival of the foreign national in the Netherlands. A sponsor has rights, but also obligations with regard to the foreign national. The sponsor can start the application for the foreign national from the Netherlands .
A TWV is a work permit. The employer applies for a TWV with UWV (Netherlands Employees Insurance Agency). UWV examines among other things if there is no employee with the Dutch, EU/EEA or Swiss nationality that is qualified for the job.