Nikki Vreede

Nikki joined Everaert Immigration Lawyers in 2018 and is an expert in the field of immigration law. Nikki assists private individuals, with a specialization in complex family reunification cases and permits based on medical and humanitarian grounds. Nikki also advises on labor-migration, including knowledge migrants and entrepreneurs, especially in the creative sector. She also assists companies that are fined for violations of the Aliens Employment Act. Before joining Everaert Immigration Lawyers, Nikki worked as a senior paralegal at the District Court of Amsterdam, with a focus on immigration and administrative procedural and penalty law.

Nikki studied at the Vrije University in Amsterdam and McGill University in Montreal (Criminal Law and International and European Law). She is fluent in Dutch and English and sufficient in French and German.

Besides being a lawyer, Nikki teaches for the Training and Study Centre for the Dutch Judiciary on various topics of Immigration Law and regularly publishes articles and annotations of case law in well-known journals in the field of migration law.

Netherlands Bar registration

Nikki Vreede has registered the following principal legal practice areas in the Netherlands Bar’s register of legal practice areas (rechtsgebiedenregister):

• Immigration law
• Administrative law

Based on this registration, she is required to obtain ten training credits per calendar year in each registered principal legal practice area in accordance with the standards set by the Netherlands Bar.

Memberships and ancillary positions

WRV – Dutch professional organization for immigration attorneys

AIJA – International Association of Young Lawyers

SVMA – Specialist Association Migration Law Lawyers (prospective member)

Training and Study Centre for the Judiciary – Teacher on various topics of Immigration Law