More than 1 million Dutch people have emigrated and are currently residing abroad. Last Thursday, the Foundation Dutch Nationals Abroad (Stichting Nederlanders Buiten Nederland) declared September 5th to be the “Day of the Dutch residing abroad”. Through this initiative, the foundation wishes to pay special attention to these Dutch citizens not living in the Netherlands. […]
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Civic integration diploma also required for stronger residence rights of Turkish citizens starting 2025
In early 2020, the Dutch government announced that, with the implementation of the Civic Integration Act 2021, the obligation for civic integration would be reinstated for Turkish newcomers starting January 1, 2022. It was also announced that Turkish nationals seeking stronger residence rights, such as a permanent residence permit, would eventually need to successfully complete […]
Contribution Chambers Corporate Immigration 2024 Global Practice Guide
This year, our attorneys Muhyadin Mohamud and Marcel Reurs contributed to Chambers Corporate Immigration Global Practice Guide with a chapter on employment-based immigration to the Netherlands. Chambers Global Practice Guides provide in-house counsel with expert legal commentary on the main practice areas in key jurisdictions around the world. The guides focus on the practical legal […]
New EU Blue Card Directive fully implemented
The new EU Blue Card Directive has been fully implemented in the Netherlands since 12 June 2024. This legislation includes major changes to the EU Blue Card scheme. IND applies some of the new rules already while awaiting further implementation of the new EU Blue Card Directive. The most interesting and significant changes will be […]
Stay in the Netherlands as key personnel of an NGO
By Sofia Helbing Charities, non-profit organisations or other non-governmental organisations (NGO’s) can bring managers or specialists – so called key personnel – to the Netherlands under special conditions. The NGO must demonstrate that it is internationally oriented, and that it has more than 50 employees worldwide. Furthermore, the NGO must show that the manager or […]
Lecture for foreign art students 2024
DATE: Thursday, May 30, 2024TIME: 19:00hrsLOCATION: STUDIO/K – Timorplein 62, AmsterdamREGISTRATION: info@everaert.nl Our annual free lecture for international art students who want to stay in the Netherlands after graduation, will take place as an in-person event this year. The presentation will address general topics related to legal residency for foreign artists, such as: Lotte van […]
Abolishment residency procedure foreign investors
As of 17 April 2024, the residency procedure for foreign investors has been abolished. The foreign investor’s regulation was not used often enough. It did not add sufficiently to the Dutch business climate nor did it stimulate the financing of startups in a significant way. People who hold a foreign investor’s permit can still extend […]
Is dual nationality Dutch – South-African a possibility?
Do you have the South African nationality and are you wondering if you can obtain the Dutch nationality without losing your South African nationality? This article will provide you with more information on this. The general rule in the Netherlands is that you must renounce other nationalities when you become Dutch through naturalization. In South […]
Long-term legal residence in the Netherlands without a passport and without a RANOV permit? IND must assess proportionality of document requirement in naturalisation procedure
The Council of State has issued a ruling in a case brought by Danielle Snaathorst and Elles Besselsen. Their client’s naturalisation request had been rejected because he was unable to provide a passport and birth certificate from Angola. Their client does not fall under the exemption policy for Ranov permit holders because he had already […]
Preliminary questions regarding non-Ukrainian third-country nationals
Since last summer, there has been much unclarity about the question whether it is possible to end the temporary protection for “third-country nationals” earlier than the temporary protection of other displaced persons from Ukraine. These are persons of non-Ukrainian nationality who fled Ukraine while they had a temporary residence permit there. Some of them received […]