Residence permit for minor child to stay with parent
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | verblijfsvergunning minderjarig kind bij ouder as of 2026-07-24[5] From the IND's Dutch page title as linked from the English page. |
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| Official name (English) | Residence permit for minor child to stay with parent as of 2026-07-24[5] |
| Legal basis | Vreemdelingenbesluit 2000 arts. 3.13 and 3.14, first paragraph under c as of 2026-08-11[5][8] Closed by a shell-side slice of the consolidated Vb 2000 text (Concern 8, ops brief 3): art. 3.13 grants the permit to the art. 3.14 family member of the art. 3.15 principal, subject to the arts. 3.16-3.22a conditions; art. 3.14 first paragraph under c covers the principal's minor biological or legal child who, in the Minister's judgement, factually belongs (and already belonged, in the country of origin) to the principal's household and is under the principal's lawful custody. |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-07-24[5] Type I temporary regular residence permit. |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | Not established from a qualifying source[5] Not stated on the IND page. |
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| Minimum age | Not established from a qualifying source[5] |
| Criminal-record condition | Yes as of 2026-07-24[3][5] Public order and national security. A child over 12 must submit a completed Appendix Antecedents Certificate (form 7601). TB test exemptions the IND lists for this route: an existing valid Dutch permit being changed, birth and lifelong residence in the Netherlands, a TB test taken in the Netherlands in the last 6 months, a child of 11 or under, and long-term EU residence. |
Permit terms
| Initial duration | 5 years as of 2026-07-24[5] |
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| How the initial term is set | matches the sponsor's permit |
| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-07-24[5] Extension online with the parent's DigiD, or the child's own DigiD from age 12, or on form B07004E. |
| Renewal duration | Not established from a qualifying source Not stated. |
| Work rights | Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value |
Permanent residence and citizenship
Requirements
| Who can sponsor | citizen, permanent resident, temporary permit holder as of 2026-07-24[5] The parent sponsors. Where the applicant parent is not the child's own parent – bringing over the minor child of a foreign partner's previous relationship – the partner's authorisation is required, evidenced by Appendix Declaration of civil status (form 7609). |
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| Eligible relations | minor child as of 2026-07-24[5] |
| Sponsor income requirement | 1 × IND required amount for a married, registered or cohabiting couple, gross SV salary per month including holiday allowance per month as of 2026-07-13[7][9] |
| Sponsor accommodation requirement | Not established from a qualifying source[5] Not established; sits in the collapsed requirements block. |
| Pre-entry language test | Not established from a qualifying source[5] |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2026-07-24[5] The parent applies online with DigiD or on form B07004E; the child may apply from abroad on form 9511; and a recognised sponsor employer may include the child on form 7514. |
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| Statutory processing time | 90 days as of 2026-07-06[1] Statutory decision period; extendable. |
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Physical presence
| maximum consecutive absence | 6 months · to keep the permit as of 2026-07-20[4] Country-wide main-residence rule for regular residence permits: more than 6 continuous months outside the Netherlands (counted per calendar year, separate periods not added together) may be treated as moving main residence, which can cost the permit. |
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| maximum consecutive absence | 4 months · to keep the permit as of 2026-07-20[4] |
Family inclusion
| Family members may be included | Not established from a qualifying source[5] Not applicable in practice for most holders – the route admits children under 18 – but the IND states nothing, and a holder who reaches majority while on the permit is a real case the source does not address. Not asserted. |
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| Eligible relations | Not established from a qualifying source Not established – see 'allowed'. |
| Family members' work rights | Not established from a qualifying source Not established – see 'allowed'. |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 9 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 9 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-06-12 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-11 |
| Reviewed on | 2026-08-11 |
| Schema version | 1.1 |
Sources
- [1] Decision periods – statutory decision periods per application type
Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND), Ministry of Justice and Security · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2026-07-06 · Accessed 2026-08-09 · Archived copy - [2] Fees: costs of an application (leges)
Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND), Ministry of Justice and Security · fee schedule · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-12 · Accessed 2026-08-09 · Archived copy - [3] Requirements that apply to everyone – general conditions for every regular residence permit
Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND) · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2026-03-20 · Accessed 2026-08-09 - [4] Main residency – when the IND considers main residence moved abroad
Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND), Ministry of Justice and Security · official guidance · Tier 1 · Published 2026-07-20 · Accessed 2026-08-09 · Archived copy - [5] Residence permit for minor child to stay with parent – conditions and permit terms
Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-07-24 · Accessed 2026-08-09 - [6] Permanent residence permit – conditions
Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND), Ministry of Justice and Security · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-05-20 · Accessed 2026-08-09 · Archived copy - [7] Required amounts income requirements (normbedragen)
Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND), Ministry of Justice and Security · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-07-13 · Accessed 2026-08-09 · Archived copy - [8] Vreemdelingenbesluit 2000, artikelen 3.13 and 3.14 (familie- of gezinslid; wie geldt als gezinslid; consolidated text)
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties / overheid.nl (wetten.overheid.nl) · statute · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-11 - [9] Vreemdelingenbesluit 2000, artikel 3.74 (voldoende middelen van bestaan; consolidated text)
Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties / overheid.nl (wetten.overheid.nl) · statute · Tier 1 · Accessed 2026-08-09