Apply for a residence permit for long-term EU residents
For whom is the application for long-term EU residents?
You can apply for a residence permit for long-term EU residents in this situation.
- You have the nationality of a country outside the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland.
- You have a permanent residence permit. Or you have a temporary residence permit with a permanent residence purpose.
- You want a residence permit which you can use to apply more easily for a residence permit in one of the other EU countries with a residence permit for long-term residents.
Requirements
These are the requirements for a residence permit for long-term EU residents.
- You have lived in the Netherlands with a valid Dutch residence permit for at least 5 continuous years. Or one of these situations applies.
- You have had a European blue card residence permit in the EU for at least 5 continuous years. Of these 5 years, you have lived in the Netherlands continuously for at least the last 2 years.
- You have had a residence document for residence with a minor Dutch child (Chavez) for at least 5 continuous years.
- In these 5 years, you have not been outside the Netherlands for a period longer than 6 continuous months. In total, you have not been outside the Netherlands for more than 10 months.
- You have always met the requirements for your residence permit or residence document. And you still meet these requirements.
- You now have one of these residence permits or residence documents.
- A permanent residence permit (type II or Type IV).
- A temporary residence permit with a permanent residence purpose. Did you have a residence permit for a temporary purpose before? The years that you had this temporary residence permit do not count. Did you have a residence permit for study before? Half of these years count.
- A residence permit for residency with a minor Dutch child (Chavez).
- You meet the income requirements.
- You meet the civic integration requirement.
- You are registered in the Personal Records Database (in Dutch: Basisregistratie Personen or BRP). This is the population register of the area where you live.
- You have a valid passport or other travel document.
- You are not a danger to public order or national security.
Process and costs
These are the steps in the application process for the residence permit.
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Application forms
You can submit this application online. You need DigiD with SMS verification and internet banking (iDEAL). Do you have an asylum residence permit (type III or IV)? Then use the written application form.
Online application form application regular permanent residence or EU-long term resident
Written application forms
The residence permit
Find out what else you need to know about the residence permit.
Working with the residence permit
You are free to work in the Netherlands with the residence permit for long-term EU residents. Your employer does not need a work permit (in Dutch: tewerkstellingsvergunning or TWV) for you. The back of the residence document says in Dutch ‘Arbeid vrij toegestaan, TWV niet vereist’. (Free to work. Work permit not required.)
Legal obligations
You have an obligation to provide information. This means you must inform the IND of any changes in your situation. Find out more about your obligation to provide information.
The IND checks whether you meet your obligations. If you do not do, you may get an administrative fine.
Validity of residence permit
A residence permit for long-term EU residents does not have an expiry date. The residence document is valid for 5 years and you can renew it every 5 years.
Other applications
Replace residence permit
Has the residence permit been damaged, lost or stolen? Then have the residence permit replaced. Visit the web page residence permit damaged or change details or residence permit lost or stolen.
Extend the residence document
Will the residence document expire soon? Then you can extend the residence document.
See also
- Living in the Netherlands
- Travelling with a residence permit and return visa
- Apply for a regular permanent residence permit
- Apply for a permanent asylum residence permit
- Becoming a Dutch national through naturalisation
Rules and regulations
- Chapter 3, Subsection 5 Aliens Act (Vreemdelingenwet 2000)
- D1 Aliens Act Implementation Guidelines (Vreemdelingencirculaire 2000)
