Student residence permit: university or higher professional education
People who want to study at a Dutch university or university of applied sciences.
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Netherlands: visa types
Each visa type with who it's for and the official page. These routes are not yet checked against your profile: there are no figures here yet, so always read the official page.
Information, not immigration advice. Official sources: Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND).
Links checked 1 Nov 2026
About this list. Core permit types from the IND's overview pages. Some specialist permits (interns, au pairs, cultural exchange, cross-border work) are not listed here yet.
Study
Student residence permit: secondary or vocational education
People who want to study at a Dutch secondary school or in vocational education (MBO).
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Residence permit for orientation year
Recent graduates and researchers who want to look for a job in the Netherlands.
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European Blue Card residence permit
Highly educated workers who want to live and work in the Netherlands with a European Blue Card.
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People who want to work in the Netherlands as a highly skilled migrant.
Not yet checked against your profileOfficial page · ind.nlIntra-corporate transferee residence permit
Managers, specialists and trainees transferred by a company outside the EU to its Dutch branch.
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People who want paid work in the Netherlands but cannot apply for a GVVA, or do not need a work permit.
Not yet checked against your profileOfficial page · ind.nlResidence permit for researchers
People who want to live and work in the Netherlands as a researcher.
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People who want paid work in the Netherlands and need a combined residence and work permit.
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Residence permit for seasonal work
People who want to work in Dutch agriculture for up to 24 weeks.
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Residence permit Working Holiday
Young people from partner countries who want to get to know the Netherlands through a working holiday scheme.
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Residence permit for essential start-up personnel
Foreign employees who are essential to a start-up in the Netherlands.
Not yet checked against your profileOfficial page · ind.nlResidence permit for self-employed person
People who want to work for themselves in the Netherlands.
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People who want to start an innovative company in the Netherlands.
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Residence permit for partner
Partners joining someone who lives in the Netherlands.
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Residence permit for an adopted child
Adopted children coming to live with their parents in the Netherlands.
Not yet checked against your profileOfficial page · ind.nlResidence permit for a child born in the Netherlands
Children born in the Netherlands who need a first residence permit.
Not yet checked against your profileOfficial page · ind.nlResidence permit for a minor child to stay with a parent
Children under 18 joining a parent who lives in the Netherlands.
Not yet checked against your profileOfficial page · ind.nlResidence with your minor Dutch child (Chavez)
Parents who want to live in the Netherlands with their Dutch child under 18.
Not yet checked against your profileOfficial page · ind.nlResidence permit for family life (article 8 ECHR)
Other family members, on the basis of the right to family life in article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Not yet checked against your profileOfficial page · ind.nlResidence permit for a foster child
Foster children coming to live with their foster parents in the Netherlands.
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Short stay, holiday or business visa
People coming to the Netherlands for up to 90 days.
Not yet checked against your profileOfficial page · ind.nlProtection and humanitarian
Listed with official links only. For help with a protection claim, contact the official service or a regulated adviser.
Asylum family reunification
Family members of people who have an asylum residence permit in the Netherlands.
Not yet checked against your profileOfficial page · ind.nlApplying for asylum
People who need protection and want to apply for asylum in the Netherlands.
Not yet checked against your profileOfficial page · ind.nlResidence permit for medical treatment
People who need to be in the Netherlands for medical treatment, or who stay for medical reasons.
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