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Once again, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) got more work done in 2024 than in the year before. More…

The latest Business Newsletter is available for recognised sponsors and concerns employment. 

From 1 January 2025, new fees will apply. Fees are the costs of applications for residency in the Netherlands. The IND adjusts…

The latest Business Newsletter is available for recognised sponsors and concerns employment.

The latest Business Newsletter is available for recognised sponsors and concerns employment. 

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The Immigration and Naturalisation Service has used automated processes for the first time to process residence permit…

Communicating in clear language so that every applicant understands what the IND means. The Immigration and Naturalization…

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From 1 July Asian restaurants will no longer be able to use the scheme for bringing specialised cooks from outside Europe to the…

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (in Dutch: Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst, or IND) is going to decide again on…

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) would like to be involved in drawing up the migration plans in the outline…

The latest Business Newsletter is available for recognised sponsors labour. 

Foreign investors from outside the EU can no longer make use of a special scheme to apply for a residence permit. The government…

The latest Business Newsletter is available for recognised sponsors labour. 

The latest Business Newsletter is available for recognised sponsors labour. 

The latest Business Newsletter is available for recognised sponsors labour. 

Up to 1 December this year, almost 48 thousand people acquired Dutch citizenship by naturalisation (47,890). This is more than in…

The latest Business Newsletter for recognised sponsors labour is available. 

This week, the IND sent out a letter to non-Ukrainians with a temporary Ukrainian residence permit (third-country nationals)…

This year the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) also sees a rise in the number of international students who come to…

The latest Business Newsletter is available for business-related recognised sponsors. 

The latest Business Newsletter is available for business-related recognised sponsors. 

The latest Business Newsletter is available for business-related recognised sponsors. 

From 5 January, international highly skilled migrants, scientific researchers, students, start-ups and investors who live and…

The special start-up scheme allowing starting entrepreneurs to come to the Netherlands since 2015 has been a success. The purpose…

Last Saturday, thousands of international students came to The Hague University of Applied Sciences to collect their residence…

All Turkish citizens and their family – also those who come under EEC-Turkey association law – need a provisional residence…

Sufficient income is a condition for a residence permit in the Netherlands. Because foreign nationals sometimes had to deal with…

Between 1 June 2021 and 1 May 2022, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) received 3,250 naturalisation applications…

The latest Business Newsletter is available for business-related recognised sponsors.

It is busy at the IND desks. That being the case, applicants have to wait two to three times longer than usual for an appointment…

For people who have fled from Ukraine, the European Union activated the Temporary Protection Directive in early March. To prove…

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) is going to ask recognised sponsors (companies that have been assessed as…

From 24 February to 24 August, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) will not take any decisions on applications by…

Refugees from Ukraine who register with the municipality are automatically known to the IND. They do not have to do anything now…

A multi-disciplinary project team of the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) is making sure that applications for…

The latest Business Newsletter is available for business-related recognised sponsors.

The latest Business Newsletter is available for business-related recognised sponsors

In 2021, the IND received over 194,000 applications. Made by people who want to work, study, live with their families, apply for…

​As from 1 January 2022, a number of changes to applicable law and regulations may be of importance to clients of the IND. This…

The latest Business Newsletter is available for business-related recognised sponsors.

​So far this year, 53,730 people received a decision from the Immigration and Naturalisation Service on their applications for…

​The latest Business Newsletter is available for business-related recognised sponsors

​To improve services for international employees, the IND,  jointly with the municipality of Maastricht, the Expat Centre…

​British citizens in the Netherlands who have not yet applied for a Brexit residence document have until 1 October 2021 to do so…

​In July, the number of applications for study permits by non-EU students was already well in excess of the 2020 figure when…

​The latest Business Newsletter is available for business-related recognised sponsors.

​RANOV-residence permit holders are exempted from the document requirement if they want to become a Dutch citizen. State…

The latest Business Newsletter is available for business-related recognised sponsors.

​Each year on 1 January and 1 July, the standard amounts are reviewed by the Minister of Social Affairs and Employment.

​The British nationals living in the Netherlands can apply for a Brexit pass until 1 October 2021. The application period has…

On June 1, 2021 a pilot starts that should make it easier for innovative start-ups to hire foreign personnel with a special…