Residence permit applications

What to do?

For more information, contact the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND). You can contact an IND office in your area or you can call: 088-0430430

How does it work?

Opportunities and Requirements include:

• Do you want to visit the Netherlands for less than 3 months? Then you need a valid travel document (e.g. a passport) and in many cases a visa. Residents of the EU-EEA countries and people from Switzerland need only their passport or identity card.
• Do you want to stay in the Netherlands for more than 3 months and do not belong to the group mentioned above? Then you will always need a residence permit. In addition, in most cases you will need a special visa to enter the Netherlands. That visa is called a provisional residence permit (MVV).

What should I bring?

To apply for a residence permit, you need:

• your valid proof of identity (your travel document or other document containing your nationality)
• if you were born abroad: a birth certificate (depending on your country of birth, the certificate must be legalized)
• if you are married: your marriage certificate
• if you were married: the divorce certificate, or death certificate of your deceased partner

The IND sometimes also asks for proof that you have a home in the Netherlands. This proof can be:

• a lease, or
• property deed, or
• A statement from the principal occupant of the property