IND Student Days: collect your residence document Last update: 12 September 2025 Are you going to study in the Netherlands? And did the IND approve your application? Then you need a residence document. Make an appointment to collect your residence …

Travelling with a residence permit and a return visa Last update: 10 September 2025 You have a residence permit and want to travel abroad. You need a valid residence permit, a travel document and in some cases also a visa. School children can be placed on …

Appointment for return visa Last update: 2 September 2025 On this page you make an appointment to apply for a return visa. What is a return visa? You are going on a trip abroad, but you temporarily do not have a valid residence permit. Or your residence …

Information and themed meetings on Knowledge & Talent Last update: 29 August 2025 Team Business Relationship Management organises information and themed meetings for recognised sponsors and their authorised representatives. ​Information meetings Themed …

Main residency Last update: 29 August 2025 You must have main residency in the Netherlands if you have a right of residence here. This means that you live and spend most of your time in the Netherlands. Moving your main residency can end your right of …

Benefits from public funds Last update: 21 August 2025 Will you apply for benefits from public funds, such as Social Assistence Benefits? Or do you receive benefits from public funds? Then the IND can change your right of residence. The consequence of …

Renouncing your nationality Last update: 20 August 2025 When you become a Dutch citizen, you must renounce the nationality you now have. This means that you give up that nationality. Do you have more than 1 nationality? The information on this page …

Lack of documentary evidence Last update: 4 August 2025 To become a Dutch citizen via naturalisation or option you need a passport and a birth certificate. Find out when you do not need a passport and/or birth certificate. How you can get a passport and …

Living in the Netherlands after Brexit Last update: 30 July 2025 Brexit has consequences for British nationals who want to live in the Netherlands. The Withdrawal Agreement determines what these consequences are. Find out what Brexit is and to whom the …

Decision periods Last update: 30 July 2025 The IND must decide on your residence permit application or your objection to an IND decision within a certain time frame. This is called the decision period. Find out the decision period for your residence …