Appointment for residence endorsement sticker

Last update: 18 December 2024

A residence endorsement is proof that you are allowed  to await your procedure in the Netherlands. The IND places this sticker in your passport. On this page you make an appointment to apply for a residence endorsement sticker.

Have you fled Ukraine and do you need a proof of residency (sticker)? The information on this page is about a different sticker. Make an appointment to collect your sticker or card here. Ви через війну виїхали з України і вам потрібно отримати підтвердження місця проживання (стікер)? Інформація на цій сторінці стосується іншого стікера. Будь ласка, запишіться на зустріч, щоб отримати свій стікер або картку.
Are you awaiting a first asylum application? Or did you apply for extension of your temporary asylum residence permit? You cannot get a residence endorsement sticker. You have to apply for a Foreign Nationals Identity Document (type W).

When can you apply for a residence endorsement sticker

You can only make an appointment online for a residence endorsement sticker in the following situations:

  • Your current residence document has expired. You have submitted one of the applications listed below. You have received a letter from the IND confirming receipt of your application. You have not yet received a decision or a new residence document:
  • You have travelled to the Netherlands with a valid provisional residence permit (MVV). But your regular residence document is not ready yet.
  • You registered an objection or appeal and you are allowed to await the procedure in the Netherlands.
  • You applied for a provisional ruling and you are allowed to await the procedure in the Netherlands.
  • You are staying in the Netherlands within the context of EU intra-mobility. You want to apply for a first residence endorsement sticker. Or you want to invalidate the sticker you received earlier.
  • Your present residence endorsement sticker is about to expire. You have not yet received a decision or a new residence document.

Is your situation not listed? Then you have to call the IND.

Make an appointment

You can choose which location you want to go to. Applying for a residence endorsement sticker is free of charge.

Make appointment at IND Desk or IND Service Point

Applying for residence endorsement sticker in Maastricht

Do you live in the province of Limburg? Then you can make an appointment at the Expat Centre Maastricht. Applying for a residence endorsement sticker is free of charge.

Make appointment in Maastricht

Applying for residence endorsement sticker in Goes

Do you live in the province of Zeeland or a municipality in the Brabantse Wal? Then you can make an appointment at the IND Service Point in Goes. Applying for a residence endorsement sticker is free of charge.

Make appointment in Goes

Information about your appointment

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