Host Country

THE NETHERLANDS

Deadline: 

ON-GOING

Target audience

INTERNATIONAL APPLICANTS

Program Overview

About The Netherlands: 

The Netherlands, also known as Holland, is a country in northwestern Europe, with Amsterdam as its capital. The country is known for having the largest port in Europe, a competitive business climate, and a well-educated workforce. The country is also famous for having a flat landscape of canals, tulip fields, windmills, and cycling routes which tourists find appealing.

The official language is Dutch and the country has a population of 17.5 million people as of 2022. Many find the local business culture to be very flexible and innovative.

What permits do foreign workers need?

Foreign citizens wishing to work in the Netherlands have to meet various requirements. People from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland often need a work permit, of which there are 2 types:

Types of work permit

There are 2 types of permit:

• tewerkstellingsvergunning – TWV (work permit);
• gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid – GVVA (combined residence and work permit) .

The UWV uses the same criteria to assess applications for a TWV or GVVA. Which of the 2 permits is required depends on how long the foreign citizen will be working in the Netherlands. Foreign citizen workers can apply for a GVVA themselves, but only employers can apply for a TWV. 

GVVA

Foreign citizens from outside the EEA and Switzerland must apply for a GVVA if they are coming to the Netherlands to work for more than 3 months.

GVVA is not required but TWV required

Some groups of foreign citizens do not need to apply for a GVVA, but the employer must still apply to the UWV for a TWV. These include:

• employees coming to work in the Netherlands for less than 3 months;
• students who have a residence permit for study purposes;
• asylum seekers awaiting a decision on their application for asylum.

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Conditions for granting permits to workers from outside the EEA

An employer can only employ someone from outside the EEA and Switzerland in the following cases:

• the employer cannot find a suitable candidate from an EEA country or Switzerland;
• the vacancy has been open for at least 5 weeks, or at least 3 months for vacancies that are difficult to fill. The UWV decides whether a vacancy is difficult to fill;
• the employer has done everything it can to find a worker from the Netherlands, the EEA, or Switzerland.

The employer applies to the UWV for a TWV or to the IND for a GVVA, and must also satisfy other requirements for the TWV or GVVA.

Less stringent requirements for GVVA or TWV

Some groups of foreign citizens do require a GVVA or TWV, but the application requirements are less stringent. The persons covered by this rule include:

• students who combine their studies with a job of no more than 16 hours a week;
• interns;
• trainees (on-the-job learning);
• artists whose income is higher than a threshold amount;
• asylum seekers who work up to 24 weeks over a 52-week period;
• spiritual leaders, such as ministers, imams, and clerics;
• nuns, monks or missionaries.

You can find out more about these and other categories of foreign citizen workers on the UWV and IND websites.

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No work permit is required for Dutch or EEA citizens

Workers who have Dutch citizenship or citizenship of another country within the EEA or Switzerland are free to work in the Netherlands without a TWV or GVVA. Foreign citizens from other countries may also work in the Netherlands, subject to certain conditions.

Non- EEA and non-Swiss nationals going to The Netherlands to work for longer than three months must apply for a GVVA.

They may do so only if their employer has issued TWV on their behalf. Work permits will not be issued by the Employment Insurance Agency unless rigorous restrictions have been complied with. For example, an employer must be able to demonstrate that they are unable to find a qualified applicant within the EU.

Some Dutch multinationals: Global companies such as KPMG, Phillips, Heineken, Unilever, KLM, ING, Elsevier, and others were not only founded by Dutch people but are also headquartered in the Netherlands.

However, it is worth checking their website for vacancies that may provide work permits. Find some of them here:

• Heineken: See more on the careers page
• Ahold Delhaize: Careers page here
• Louis Dreyfus Company: Careers page here
• Randstad NV: Careers page here
• FrieslandCampina: Careers page here
• SPAR: Careers page here
• Randstad Holding: Careers page here
• KPMG: Careers page here
• Stellantis: Careers page here
• X5 Group: Careers page here
• ING Group: Careers page here
• LyondellBasell: Careers page here
• Airbus: Careers page here
• Unilever: See more on the careers page
• Phillips: See more on the careers page
• KLM: See more on the careers page
• ING: See more on the careers page
• Elsevier: Careers page here
• Douwe Egberts: careers page here
• Aegon N.V.: Careers page here

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