Requirements that apply to everyone

Requirements

You are applying for a regular residence permit, such as a residence permit for work, study, exchange, or living with your partner. You have to meet the requirements associated with the residence permit you are applying for. You also have to meet the following conditions.

Valid travel document

You have a valid passport or other travel document.

No danger to public order or national security

You do not pose a danger to public order or national security. Everyone over the age of 12 must completely fill in an Appendix Antecedents Certificate and enclose it with the application. In this certificate you indicate whether you have ever committed an offence or crime: 

Tuberculosis (TB) test

After you arrive in the Netherlands, you have to be tested for tuberculosis (TB). 

Exemption from TB test

You do not need to take a TB test in the following situations:

• You have the nationality of a country listed in the appendix:

  Appendix Exemption from the obligation to undergo a tuberculosis (TB) test (PDF, 116.08 KB)

• You already have a valid residence permit in the Netherlands and you are applying for a different residence permit.
• You were born in the Netherlands and have always lived here.
• You are 11 years of age or younger.
• You took a TB test in the Netherlands less than 6 months ago.
• You are coming to the Netherlands and you have a residence permit as a long-term EU resident. Or you are a family member of a person with a residence permit as a long-term EU resident. And you live with this long-term EU resident in another EU country.