Temporary stop of decisions for political opponents from Sudan Last update: 24 March 2022 From 24 February to 24 August, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) will not take any decisions on applications by foreign nationals who carried out …

Cooperation for smooth processing of work permits Floriade Expo 2022 Last update: 15 March 2022 A multi-disciplinary project team of the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) is making sure that applications for residence and work permits by …

Influx of asylum seekers in February 2022 Last update: 14 March 2022 ​In February 2022, the total influx of asylum seekers, i.e., the sum of first and repeated applications for asylum and dependents, was 2,520. The aforementioned is a drop relative to the …

Annelore Roelofs leaving the IND Last update: 10 March 2022 Acting managing director Annelore Roelofs is leaving the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND). As of 28 March, she will be managing director of Waternet, a public organisation that …

Residence permit for well over 2,000 Afghan evacuees Last update: 14 December 2021 ​All Afghan evacuees brought to the Netherlands in August have gone through the accelerated asylum procedure by now. It concerns 2,000 people who have all received a …

WOS and IND renew cooperation Last update: 16 December 2021 ​WOS (The Dutch employers' organisation in sports) and IND have extended their cooperation for five years. IND director Edwin Koop (Regular Residence and Dutch Citizenship Department) and WOS' …

Influx of asylum seekers in 2021 Last update: 17 January 2022 ​In December 2021, the total influx of asylum seekers, i.e. the sum of first and repeated applications for asylum and dependents,  was 3,751. The aforesaid is a drop relative to the two …

IND gives Ukrainians information at reception centres Last update: 3 March 2022 In order to be of service to refugees in the best way possible, the IND is going to provide information on location. This will already be done from Thursday at the reception …

Rhodia Maas appointed as Director-General of the IND Last update: 26 November 2021 ​With effect from 1 February, Rhodia Maas will be appointed as Director-General of the IND. Friday 26 November, the Council of Ministers agreed to her nomination. By coming …

IND speaks about asylum influx in technical briefing in House of Representatives Last update: 19 November 2021 ​The Immigration and Naturalisation Service has to decide on more asylum application in the coming period than previously forecast. Before 2021, …