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

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The government has announced its plans for asylum and migration. The government, just as the Immigration and Naturalisation…

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

A majority of the House of Representatives (in Dutch: Tweede Kamer)  agreed this afternoon to abolish administrative penalty…

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…

As of April 3, 2024, Mardjan Seighali will be the new chairperson of the IND's Social Advisory Council (MAR). She will succeed…

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

Foreign investors from outside the EU can no longer make use of a special scheme to apply for a residence permit. The government…

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

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

In 2023 the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) again processed more applications for residency in the Netherlands and…

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

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

Since 1 October, in the Netherlands, persons who say they are stateless can have this established. This can be done via the court…

This year the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) also sees a rise in the number of international students who come to…

In the future, solicitors no longer have to fax the IND. In the course of next year, they can email their clients’ documents…

2022 was a year of great challenges for the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND). Because of the outbreak of the war in…

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

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There is not only a lack capacity within the IND to process the high number of asylum applications within the legal period, but…

With the higher influx of asylum seekers and the protection of Ukrainian displaced persons, 2002 was a busy year for the…

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This month, the IND also sees an increase in the number of applications for asylum. More and more people want to live, work or…

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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…

Lately, individuals have been pretending to be IND employees on the phone, but are in reality after your data or money.…

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…