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For the time being, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) will not make any decisions on asylum applications filed by…

Between May 2023 and mid-July 2024, the Immigration and Naturalization Service processed just over 18,000 additional asylum…

Communicating in clear language so that every applicant understands what the IND means. The Immigration and Naturalization…

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (in Dutch: Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst, or IND) is going to decide again on…

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (in Dutch: Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst, or IND) is going to decide again on…

The application process for refugees from Ukraine who newly arrive in the Netherlands will change as of 17 June. The must have…

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) would like to be involved in drawing up the migration plans in the outline…

From 6 May, third-country nationals with a temporary residence permit in Ukraine can pick up a residence sticker. With this…

The country-related policy for asylum applications from Yemen has been adjusted. Based on the most recent country report from the…

The IND has started reconstruction of the registration centre in Ter Apel. This renovation is necessary due to major maintenance…

The IND will introduce changes in the way in which the credibility and weight of asylum seekers' narratives are assessed. This…

In the past twelve years it has become more complex for staff members of the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) to take…

The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) has offered to support the Netherlands in executing its asylum process as of 1…

Non-Ukrainians with a temporary Ukrainian residence permit (third-country nationals) will receive a letter from the Immigration…

Since 8 July 2023, the IND has temporarily not taken any more decisions on applications by asylum seekers from Sudan. Because of…

The Red Cross is going to provide support with the reception of asylum seekers in Ter Apel. At the request of the Dutch Council…

Until 1 November over 30,000 new first asylum applications have been made. The total number of asylum applications and persons…

Last month more minors travelled without their parents to the Netherlands in order to apply for asylum (915) than in the months…

In the first six months of 2023, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) received 20,122 asylum applications in total.…

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) will not take any decisions in the next six months on applications by asylum…

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All third-country nationals from Ukraine who are staying in the Ukraine received a letter in the past few weeks from the…

In June 2021 the IND made three changes to the General Asylum Process. The aim was to achieve a better plannable and therefore…

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In February 2023, the total influx of asylum seekers (the total number of first and repeat applications and family reunifications…

From 6 March 2023 all family members journeying in connection with family reunification can apply after their arrival in the…

The number of asylum seekers from Yemen increased sharply in 2021 and 2022. In 2022, 7% of the total number of first asylum…

In 2022 the IND paid penal sums amounting to 3.4 million euros. A periodic penalty payment is an amount that the IND must pay if…

In January 2023 the total asylum influx (the total of first and repeat asylum applications and persons journeying in connection…

Until 4 September 2023 third country nationals with temporary residence permits in Ukraine will come under the European Temporary…

Because of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, we are receiving applications from people who want to return, want to have family…

The IND will also be given 15 months to decide on asylum applications in 2023. Because the IND is receiving many more asylum…

In October, the European Temporary Protection Directive was extended by a year, until 4 March 2024. This only applies to…

In December 2022 the total influx of asylum seekers (the total of first and repeat asylum applications and persons journeying in…

From 1 January 2023, new fees apply. These are the costs of applications for residency in the Netherlands. They are adjusted each…

The Minister for Migration will extend the postponement of decisions and departures for Russian conscripts by half a year as of…

In November 2022, the total asylum influx (the total of first and repeated asylum applications and family members joining the…

In October 2022 the total asylum influx (the total of first and repeat asylum applications and persons journeying in connection…

The number of asylum seekers coming to the Netherlands and applying to the IND for asylum in 2022 is higher than estimated…

By now, the IND has given 68,000 refugees from Ukraine proof of their residency. It concerns refugees from Ukraine who have been…

The European Commission has decided to extend the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) until 4 March 2024. This means that…

In September 2022, the total influx of asylum seekers (the total number of first and repeat applications and family…

The IND will start issuing residence endorsement stickers to refugees from Ukraine again. The coming weeks, 20,000 refugees can…

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service will have 9 months’ more time to decide on an asylum application. In most cases this…

On Saturday 24 September, the COA, Dutch Council for Refugees, IND and DT&V are organising the annual Open Reception Centre…

In August 2022, the total influx of asylum seekers (the total number of first and repeat applications and family reunifications)…

In recent weeks, the IND issued 45,000 residence stickers to refugees from Ukraine. With the sticker, they can demonstrate that…

Together, the police, COA and IND are making efforts to clear the backlog of identification and registration of asylum seekers as…

In July 2022, the total influx of asylum seekers (the total number of first and repeat applications and family reunifications)…

Today, the IND is opening the sixth location where registered refugees from Ukraine can get proof of residency – by appointment…

The vast majority of the refugees from Ukraine are people with Ukrainian nationality. This however does not hold for to everyone…

The number of asylum applications by children who have come to the Netherlands without their parents is increasing. Almost 10…

In June 2022 the total influx of asylum seekers (the total of first and repeat asylum applications and persons on a journey in…

From next week, registered refugees from Ukraine can have an appointment to go the IND in Rijswijk and Den Bosch for proof of…

British nationals who are staying in the Netherlands and have not applied for a Brexit residence permit yet can do so until 1…

From now on, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) will decide on asylum applications by people from Afghanistan again…

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) will not take any decisions on asylum applications by Russian conscripts who…

  Seeing the status of an asylum case in a quick glance, uploading documents easily and exchanging data safely: it has all…

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) is issuing residence stickers to Ukrainian refugees in a number of pilot…

In May 2022, the influx of asylum seekers (the total number of first and repeat applications and family reunifications) was 3,369…

The social task of the IND to decide quickly on applications by people who want to stay in the Netherlands is becoming…

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) will include lessons learnt by the Asylum Applications Task Force in its change…

In April 2022, the influx of asylum seekers (the total number of first and repeat applications and family reunifications) was 3,…

The Inspectorate of Justice & Security (in Dutch: Justitie & Veiligheid, or J&V) concludes that the Immigration…

Since the summer of 2020, asylum seekers have no longer had a right to a payment (incremental penalty) when the IND has not…

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) has taken measures to shorten the waiting time for persons journeying in…

In March 2022, the total influx of asylum seekers (the total of first and repeated asylum applications and relatives) amounted to…

The number of asylum applications the IND receives is increasing. Together with the large number of applications in the second…

For people who have fled from Ukraine, the European Union activated the Temporary Protection Directive in early March. To prove…

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) is going to ask recognised sponsors (companies that have been assessed as…

This week, the IND started the first reassessments of cases under the Final Regulation for Long-term Resident Children (the…

From 24 February to 24 August, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) will not take any decisions on applications by…