You or your employer apply for a Single Permit. This is a permit that entitles a foreign national to stay and work in the Netherlands. The Single Permit combines the residence permit and the TWV. You only have to apply for one permit, to one authority: the IND. The IND asks advice from the Netherlands Employees Insurance Agency (UWV) about the labour market aspect. UWV
assesses the request for advice based on the criteria of the Foreign Nationals Employment Act (Wav). The IND takes a decision on the basis of the
advice of UWV. If the decision is positive and the Single Permit is issued, the
IND will inform you accordingly.
The Single Permit consists of a residence document and an additional document. The additional document shows for which employer the foreign national may work and under which conditions.
Your employer can choose to become a recognised sponsor. This is not obligatory. Recognition as sponsor has various advantages.
Other conditions apply to persons with the nationality of an EU/EEA country or Switzerland and their family members.
There are certain conditions that apply to everyone. In addition, you and your employer have to meet the following conditions:
You are going to earn sufficient income.
Your employer is established in the Netherlands as a company, organization or the official Dutch branch of a foreign company.
Please visit www.werk.nl/werkvergunning for more
information on the conditions based on the Foreign Nationals Employment Act (Wav).
Other conditions may apply for Turkish nationals and their family members.
This application costs € 320.
The application form lists the documents that you must enclose with your application.
You have to have official foreign documents legalised and translated into Dutch, English, French or German.
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.
The provisional residence permit (mvv) is a visa you need if you wish to stay in the Netherlands for more than 90 days. For more information, check Regular provisional residence permit (mvv).
A country of continuous residence is a country (other than the country of origin) where you may lawfully live for more than 3 months. This means you have a valid residence permit for that country. Or that you are waiting for your application for a residence permit to be approved.
Are you in a country in your free term? Or with a visa for short stay (maximum of 3 months)? This is not continuous residence.