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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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The Immigration and Naturalisation Service has used automated processes for the first time to process residence permit…

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

Turkish citizens who apply for a permanent residence permit from 1 January 2025 must be able to present an integration diploma.…

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

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From 1 July Asian restaurants will no longer be able to use the scheme for bringing specialised cooks from outside Europe to the…

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…

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…

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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 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…

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

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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…

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

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

Up to 1 December this year, almost 48 thousand people acquired Dutch citizenship by naturalisation (47,890). This is more than in…

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…

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

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

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

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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.…

In recent months, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) has rejected around 250 nuisance-causing asylum seekers faster…

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…

The asylum and family reunification processes offer sufficient possibilities to recognise signs of terrorism, but specific…

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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The government expects that more than 70,000 people will apply for asylum in the Netherlands in 2023. That is three times as high…

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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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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…

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…

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

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

Across the board, the IND decided on more applications for residency in the Netherlands in 2022 than previous years. This becomes…

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

38 implementing organisations, including the IND, indicate in the first Performance Update (only in Dutch) that their work…

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

From 5 January, international highly skilled migrants, scientific researchers, students, start-ups and investors who live and…

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…

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The IND likes to be open and transparent about its work, even if applicants find that we are not doing it well. That is why from…

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…

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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…

The special start-up scheme allowing starting entrepreneurs to come to the Netherlands since 2015 has been a success. The purpose…

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Last Saturday, thousands of international students came to The Hague University of Applied Sciences to collect their residence…

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…

All Turkish citizens and their family – also those who come under EEC-Turkey association law – need a provisional residence…

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)…

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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…

Sufficient income is a condition for a residence permit in the Netherlands. Because foreign nationals sometimes had to deal with…

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…

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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 the first half year of 2022 alone, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) was looking for over 500 new staff members…

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 coronavirus and its consequences for the IND, a high asylum influx and a peak in the processing of naturalisation requests:…

From today, 1 June, the IND has a new website. The address remains the same: www.ind.nl/en. However, the design and structure…

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

The income and expenses of the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (in Dutch: Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst or IND) were…

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

Between 1 June 2021 and 1 May 2022, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) received 3,250 naturalisation applications…

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…

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It is busy at the IND desks. That being the case, applicants have to wait two to three times longer than usual for an appointment…

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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…

Refugees from Ukraine who register with the municipality are automatically known to the IND. They do not have to do anything now…

A multi-disciplinary project team of the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) is making sure that applications for…

​In February 2022, the total influx of asylum seekers, i.e., the sum of first and repeated applications for asylum and dependents…

Acting managing director Annelore Roelofs is leaving the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND). As of 28 March, she will…

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In order to be of service to refugees in the best way possible, the IND is going to provide information on location. This will…

The new group of approximately 180 Afghans who arrived in the Netherlands this morning will also get an accelerated asylum…

​Because of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) will not take decisions on asylum…

The Minister for Migration decided to extend the moratorium on decisions and departures for Afghanistan by six months with effect…

In December 2021, the IND and COA started a pilot for joining family members in Zevenaar. Those joining family members who do not…

Recent oordeelde de Raad van State dat de IND de werkwijze bij de beoordeling van asielaanvragen van afvalligen en…

​In January 2022, the total influx of asylum seekers, i.e., the sum of first and repeated applications for asylum and dependents…

Soon services from the IND desks will change. We wish to be more attuned to the applicant's needs and work more efficiently.…

​Recently, over 2000 employees (out of over 5000 in total) of the Immigration and Naturalisation Service have participated in a…

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In 2021, the IND received over 194,000 applications. Made by people who want to work, study, live with their families, apply for…

​In December 2021, the total influx of asylum seekers, i.e. the sum of first and repeated applications for asylum and dependents…

​As from 1 January 2022, a number of changes to applicable law and regulations may be of importance to clients of the IND. This…

​Currently, it is very busy at the IND desks. As a result, waiting times for appointments are sometimes considerable. For example…

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​The IND moves applications of dependents of asylum permit holders from Ter Apel to the IND location in Zevenaar. This measure…

​WOS (The Dutch employers' organisation in sports) and IND have extended their cooperation for five years. IND director Edwin…

​In November, the number of asylum applications fell slightly compared to the previous months. Still, the influx remains higher…

​All Afghan evacuees brought to the Netherlands in August have gone through the accelerated asylum procedure by now. It concerns…

​So far this year, 53,730 people received a decision from the Immigration and Naturalisation Service on their applications for…

​In November, the influx of asylum seekers, composed of the total of first and repeated applications for asylum and joining…

​With effect from 1 February, Rhodia Maas will be appointed as Director-General of the IND. Friday 26 November, the Council of…

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​The Immigration and Naturalisation Service has to decide on more asylum application in the coming period than previously…

​From 1 January 2022 onwards, Turkish (family) migrants and their family members who wish to come to the Netherlands for long-…

The influx of asylum seekers increased for the tenth consecutive month. In October, the influx of asylum seekers, composed of the…

​The IND alerts customers to 'spoofing': (attempted) telephone scams. Lately, cases were observed in which persons pretended on…

​On behalf of the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND), Acting Director Annelore Roelofs spoke with informateur Koolmees…

​The asylum influx has increased for the ninth month in a row. In September, the total asylum influx (the total of first and…

​In the past weeks, 560 Afghan evacuees received an asylum decision from the Immigration and Naturalisation Service. This means a…

Currently, many people are calling the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) with their questions. Due to a large number…

​For the IND, Project Brexit came to an end on Friday, 1 October. Since that date, British citizens and their family members who…

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service will decide again on the application by the Armenian children Davit and Nunë and their…

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About 8000 adults with a pardon permit (in Dutch: RANOV-vergunning) will be eligible to obtain Dutch citizenship. From 1 November…

​From 1 October, the IND will request more evidence for ICT (Intra Corporate Transferees, Directive 2014/66/EU) applications by…

​The Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (in Dutch: Centraal Orgaan opvang asielzoekers or COA), the Repatriation…

​To improve services for international employees, the IND,  jointly with the municipality of Maastricht, the Expat Centre…

​British citizens in the Netherlands who have not yet applied for a Brexit residence document have until 1 October 2021 to do so…

​In July, the number of applications for study permits by non-EU students was already well in excess of the 2020 figure when…

​The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) completed the pre-registration of Afghan evacuees last weekend. That being so,…

​The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) has temporarily been given the option to delay decisions on asylum applications…

​All applications for asylum from Afghan evacuees at reception centres will, as much as possible, be dealt with on-site by…

​The asylum influx as a whole has increased again. In July, the total asylum influx (the total of first and repeat applications…

​As of now, minor foreign nationals with a residence permit may again apply for the travel regime in connection with family…

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