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your birth certificate and potentially also your parents’ birth certificates.a statement showing your immigration history (request this from the immigration authorities in the relevant country or countries).a visa or residence permit from the country where you currently live.prove any changes in your civil status.You can find your municipality’s website in the list of Dutch municipalities (information in Dutch). This information is often provided under ‘Verhuizen vanuit het buitenland’ (Moving to the Netherlands from abroad). If you already know which municipality you’re going to live in, you can see what documents you need on the municipality’s website. Municipalities will want to verify that you haven’t lost your Dutch nationality in the time since your passport was issued. A valid passport alone is not always sufficient, even if you have only Dutch nationality. When you register with a municipality, they may ask you for additional proof that you are a Dutch national. If you move to the Netherlands you must register with a municipality. On the website you can find more information about moving to the Netherlands as an entrepreneur.

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You must then apply for professional recognition.įind out more about professional recognition for a regulated profession in the Netherlands Check what you need to arrange if you are an entrepreneur For example, in terms of work experience and language skills.

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Or you may need to have it evaluated.įind out how to work in the Netherlands with a foreign qualification Find out whether your profession is regulated in the NetherlandsĪdditional requirements may apply for regulated professions. If you want to work in the Netherlands and you have a foreign qualification, you may first have to take steps so you can use it in the Netherlands. Special rules may apply if you are student, knowledge worker or artist, for instance.Ĭheck what you need to arrange in order to work in the Netherlands Find out whether your foreign qualification is recognised What you need to arrange in order to work in the Netherlands depends on why you are coming to the Netherlands and on your profession. If you don’t see these words contact the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) to find out whether you are allowed to work in the Netherlands.Ĭontact the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) The words ‘ arbeid vrij toegestaan’ may appear on your residence permit or on a sticker in your passport, indicating that you can work. If you have another type of residence permit, find out whether you are allowed to work in the Netherlands. You may also work in the Netherlands if you have a valid residence permit subject to temporary or non-temporary humanitarian grounds. You do, however, need a valid passport or identity document. You do not need a visa, residence permit or work permit. another country in the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA).You can work freely in the Netherlands if you are a national of: