The IND carefully considers the best interests of the child at all times. This applies to asylum and family reunification applications as well as regular procedures. Children can submit an asylum application either with their parents or…
Individual cases, such as an asylum seeker who has committed an offence, or children born in the Netherlands who must return to their country of origin after many years. Cases such as these often draw the attention of society, the media and politics…
The IND decides on applications submitted by people who are coming to the Netherlands because they want protection. Or because they want to study or work here, or because they want to be with their family. We want to inform applicants…
The IND decides on applications submitted by people who are coming to the Netherlands because they want protection. Or because they want to study or work here, or because they want to be with their family. We want to inform applicants correctly and…
The IND decides on applications submitted by people who are coming to the Netherlands because they want protection. Or because they want to study or work here, or because they want to be with their family. We want to inform applicants correctly and…
Sometimes, an applicant is in such an awful situation that the person can be eligible for a residence permit because of that situation. In case of such a ‘harrowing situation’, the Managing Director of the IND can still choose to grant a residence…
The IND assesses whether a person who applies for a residence permit in our country is entitled to it. Anyone from outside the EU who would like to settle in the Netherlands can submit such an application. People do this, for example, because they…
Students from outside the European Union who want to study at a university of applied sciences or academic university in the Netherlands need a residence permit for study purposes (student residence permit). Each year the IND grants thousands of…
If a conflict starts somewhere in the world, the Minister of Asylum and Migration can institute a decision and departure moratorium. Moratorium means postponement. In this situation, the IND stops taking decisions on residence permits for asylum…
