Intra-corporate transferee residence permit (Directive 2014/66/EU)

Route status

Active as of 2026-06-15^[4]

Open to new applications under the rules recorded below.

Residency route facts

Identity

Identity
Official name (local)	verblijfsvergunning overplaatsing binnen een onderneming (richtlijn intra corporate transferees) as of 2026-06-15^[4] From the IND's Dutch page title as linked from the English page, corroborated by the endorsement text quoted on the English page: 'Arbeid wegens overplaatsing binnen een onderneming en arbeid als zelfstandige toegestaan, andere arbeid toegestaan met TWV'.
Official name (English)	Intra-corporate transferee residence permit (Directive 2014/66/EU) as of 2026-06-15^[4]
Legal basis	Vreemdelingenbesluit 2000 art. 3.30d; Vreemdelingencirculaire 2000 B6/2.7, B6/3.1.6, B6/3.2.6, B6/3.3.6 and B6/4.7; Besluit uitvoering Wet arbeid vreemdelingen art. 2.6; Directive 2014/66/EU as of 2026-06-15^[4]
Instrument type	residence permit as of 2026-06-15^[4] Type I temporary regular residence permit.

Who can apply

Who can apply
Nationals not served by this route	EU, EEA as of 2026-06-15^[4]
Criminal-record condition	Yes as of 2026-03-20^[3] Public-order and national-security condition applying to every regular residence permit. Everyone over 12 must submit a completed Appendix Antecedents Certificate (form 7601) declaring any offence or crime. The same page carries the two other universal conditions: a valid travel document, and a tuberculosis test after arrival unless exempt (nationals of listed countries, holders of an existing Dutch permit changing purpose, people born and always resident in the Netherlands, children of 11 or under, a TB test taken in the Netherlands in the last 6 months, and long-term EU residents and their family members).

Permit terms

Permit terms
Initial duration	up to 3 years as of 2026-06-15^[4]
How the initial term is set	matches the assignment
Renewable	Yes as of 2026-06-15^[4] Extension is possible only while the permit has run for less than 3 years (less than 1 year for trainees) and the Dutch work or trainee contract has not expired.
Maximum total duration	3 years as of 2026-06-15^[4] Hard cap on the total transfer into the European Union, counting transfers between Member States; 1 year for trainees.
Work rights	own activity only as of 2026-06-15^[4]

Permanent residence and citizenship

Permanent residence and citizenship
Counts toward permanent residence	Not established from a qualifying source^[4]

Requirements

Requirements
Job offer required	Yes as of 2026-06-15^[4]
Salary threshold	Measured against: set by decree or programme rules Amount: 1 × Salary criterion, highly skilled migrant aged 30 or over per month as of 2026-07-13^[4]^[8] The IND defines market-conform pay for this route by reference to the highly-skilled-migrant salary criterion, so the route shares that reference figure rather than having one of its own. The age-tiered and reduced variants of that criterion are recorded on nl-highly-skilled-migrant; the IND does not state which tier applies to a transferee. The IND publishes it as the salariscriterium kennismigrant and revises it every year on 1 January. Measured against: statistical average Amount: Recorded at the source, but not reducible to a single value Conditions of employment, employment relationships and working conditions must comply with Dutch law and be at least at the level customary in the business sector. No figure is published for that test.
Labour-market test	Not established from a qualifying source^[4] Not stated in the IND's conditions list; recorded unknown rather than inferred from absence.
Qualification requirement	regulated profession as of 2026-06-15^[4]
Employer sponsorship	Yes as of 2026-06-15^[4] The employer is the sponsor and applies; IND recognition is not required but makes the application faster. The Dutch branch must carry out economic activity and must not have been set up to facilitate transfers into the EU, and the employer must not have been fined in the preceding 5 years under sec. 2 Wav or for unpaid wage tax or social insurance contributions.
Paid in-country	Yes as of 2026-06-15^[4]
Job-search route	No as of 2026-06-15^[4]

Process

Process
Where to apply from	from abroad only as of 2026-06-15^[4] The applicant must live outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland at the time of application, or live in another EU country holding an ICT permit there (long-term mobility, 'Mobile ICT'). Either way the person is outside the Netherlands when the employer applies. Transfers of 90 days or less out of 180 need no residence permit at all, only a UWV notification.
Statutory processing time	90 days as of 2026-07-06^[1] Statutory decision period; extendable.
Fees	Kind: application Amount: EUR 423 one-off as of 2026-06-12^[2] Charged per: applicant Condition: the IND fee schedule prices this route under 'Work in employment', at the same rate as other employment purposes Kind: renewal Amount: EUR 423 one-off as of 2026-06-12^[2] Charged per: applicant Condition: extension Kind: application Amount: EUR 254 one-off as of 2026-06-12^[2] Charged per: applicant Condition: applicant holds long-term EU resident status in another EU member state

Physical presence

Physical presence
maximum consecutive absence	6 months · to keep the permit as of 2026-07-20^[5] 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.
maximum consecutive absence	4 months · to keep the permit as of 2026-07-20^[5]

Family inclusion

Family inclusion
Family members may be included	Yes as of 2026-07-24^[6]^[7]
Eligible relations	spouse, registered partner, unmarried partner, minor child as of 2026-07-24^[6]^[7]
Family may apply at the same time	Not established from a qualifying source Not stated.
Family members' work rights	full as of 2026-07-24^[7] The IND states that the partner of an intra-corporate transferee is free to work.

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Verification

Verification
Sources cited	8
of which official (tier 1)	8
Oldest as-of date	2026-03-20
Newest as-of date	2026-07-24
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] Intra-corporate transferee residence permit (Directive 2014/66/EU) – conditions and permit terms
Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-06-15 · Accessed 2026-08-09
[5] 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
[6] 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
[7] Residence permit for partner – conditions, sponsor rules and permit terms
Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-07-24 · Accessed 2026-08-09
[8] 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