Other conditions apply to persons with the nationality of an EU/EEA country or Switzerland and their family members.
Under the directive for scientific research 2005/71/EC, you can work as:
There are certain conditions that apply to everyone. In addition, you and your employer have to meet the following conditions:
You have an employment contract or hosting agreement with a research institution.
You are going to earn sufficient income. This income is independent and long-term. Do you not get paid by the research institute? Then you receive income from another source, for example a grant or sponsor payments. Or you have enough money on your bank account for the whole duration of your stay in the Netherlands.
Other conditions may apply for Turkish nationals and their family members.
Your employer can also submit this application online. He can do this in the Business Portal.
Online applicationThis application costs € 321.
Your research institution has a list of documents that you need.
You have to have official foreign documents legalised and translated into Dutch, English, French or German.
A sponsor is a person, employer or organisation that has an interest in the arrival of the foreign national in the Netherlands. An organisation is obliged to get recognition as a sponsor if they wish to apply for a residence permit for au pair, exchange, study, highly skilled migrant and scientific researcher (Directive 2005/71/EG).
The provisional residence permit (mvv) is a visa you need if you wish to stay in the Netherlands for more than 90 days.
A TWV is a work permit. The employer applies for a TWV with UWV (Netherlands Employees Insurance Agency). UWV examines among other things if there is no employee with the Dutch, EU/EEA or Swiss nationality that is qualified for the job. For more information about the TWV, check the website of UWV (only in Dutch).