Other conditions apply to persons with the nationality of an EU/EEA country or Switzerland and their family members.
Adoption involves a foreign child coming to the Netherlands to live with the family that has adopted the child. For more information, please check the website of the Foundation for Adoption Services.
A related foster child involves a foreign child coming to the Netherlands to live with a family of close family members (grandparents, brothers, sisters, uncles or aunts). The foster child can not be cared for in the home country by close relatives by blood or marriage. The inclusion of the child in the foster family in the Netherlands stems from a kind of moral obligation. The residence of the foster child in the Netherlands should not be exclusively focused on growing the child here in greater material wealth.
The information provided on this page does not apply to children who have gained Dutch nationality through adoption. A minor child gains Dutch citizenship by adoption abroad if the following conditions are met:
There are certain conditions that apply to everyone. In addition, you and your child have to meet the following conditions:
You have an independent sufficient and sustainable income.
Other conditions may apply for Turkish nationals and their family members.
This application costs € 57.
The application form lists the documents that you have to enclose with the application.
You have to have official foreign documents legalised and translated into Dutch, English, French or German.
On 29 May 1993 The Hague Adoption Convention was decided upon. In this treaty 66 countries have written down agreements on cooperation in the area of adoption between two countries. The treaty sees on both 'sending' and 'receiving' countries. Purpose of the agreements is an adoption procedure that runs as attentive as possible. The interests and rights of the child are the central issues.
This law states the criteria, conditions and requirements aspiring adoptive parents should meet.
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 .
This is a document with which you can travel outside your own country. For example a passport.
The legal representative is a person that represents another person and is legally allowed to act on his behalf. For example a parent or guardian (of a child), or a curator (of an adult).
The provisional residence permit (mvv) is a visa you need if you wish to stay in the Netherlands for more than 90 days. For more information, check Regular provisional residence permit (mvv).
A country of continuous residence is a country (other than the country of origin) where you may lawfully live for more than 3 months. This means you have a valid residence permit for that country. Or that you are waiting for your application for a residence permit to be approved.
Are you in a country in your free term? Of with a visa for short stay (maximum of 3 months)? This is not continuous residence.
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.