Temporary purposes
If you have a residence permit for a temporary purpose, you cannot apply for a permanent residence permit or the Dutch nationality.
These purposes of residence are temporary:
- Residence as an adoptive or foster child. This residence purpose will be temporary if the family member with whom the child is living has a residence permit for a temporary purpose. Or if this family member has a temporary asylum residence permit.
- Waiting for an application under Section 17 of the Netherlands Nationality Act (in Dutch: Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap or RWN).
- Au pair.
- Cross-border services.
- Medical treatment.
- Intra-corporate transfer (Directive 2014/66/EU).
- Trainee, apprentice and YWEP (gaining work experience).
- Seasonal labour.
- Study.
- Temporary humanitarian grounds.
- Exchange (Working Holiday and cultural exchange).
- Residence with a family member or relative. The family member with whom you live has a residence permit for a temporary purpose. Or the family member has a temporary asylum residence permit.
- Orientation year for highly educated persons.
- Residence following a decision of the Minister for Migration, if the decision says that the right of residence is of a temporary nature.
Non-temporary purposes
If you have a residence permit for a non-temporary purpose, you can apply for a permanent residence permit. But, you must meet the requirements of that residence permit.
These purposes of residence purposes are non-temporary:
- Residence as an adoptive or foster child. This residence purpose is non-temporary if the family member with whom the child is living has one of these nationalities or residence permits.
- The family member is a Dutch national.
- The family member is an EU/EEA national or a Swiss citizen.
- The family member has a regular permanent residence permit or a permanent asylum residence permit.
- The family member has a regular temporary residence permit for a non-temporary purpose.
- Paid employment as non-privileged military personnel or non-privileged civilian personnel.
- Paid employment.
- Work as a self-employed person.
- Foreign investor (wealthy foreign national).
- Economically non-active EU long-term resident.
- Long-term EU resident.
- Holder of a European Blue Card.
- Highly skilled migrant.
- Non-temporary humanitarian grounds.
- Permanent residence.
- Research under Directive 2005/71/EG.
- Research under Directive (EU) 2016/801.
- Residence with a family member or relative. The family member with whom you live has one of these nationalities or residence permits
- The family member is a Dutch national.
- The family member is an EU/EEA national or Swiss citizen.
- The family member has a regular permanent residence permit or a permanent asylum residence
permit. - The family member has a regular temporary residence permit for a non-temporary purpose.
- Residence following a decision of the Minister for Migration, if the decision says that the right of residence is of a non-temporary nature.
- Residence under the Withdrawal Agreement for British nationals and their family members.
- Residence with your minor Dutch child (Chavez-Vilchez).