Residence permit applications

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).

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

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

Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND)

Postbus

088 043 04 30

The IND is open weekdays (Monday through Friday).

Many questions are already answered on the IND website. If you cannot find the answer there, you can ask your question via Twitter (@IND_NL), the e-mail form or by phone. You can also stop by 1 of the IND offices.

IND office Eindhoven

Keizersgracht 5

5611 GB Eindhoven

Information

• Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND).
• Information on legalization of foreign documents, by country