Single Permit (GVVA)
Residency route facts
Identity
| Official name (local) | gecombineerde vergunning voor verblijf en arbeid (GVVA) as of 2026-08-04[9] The IND uses the Dutch abbreviation throughout its English page and titles the Dutch page 'Arbeid in loondienst: gecombineerde vergunning verblijf en arbeid (GVVA)'. |
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| Official name (English) | Single Permit (GVVA) as of 2026-08-04[9] |
| Legal basis | Not established from a qualifying source[9] |
| Instrument type | residence permit as of 2026-08-04[9] Type I temporary regular residence permit, issued together with an 'additional document' naming the employer and the conditions of the work. The pair is the permit: the holder may not start work until both have been received. |
Who can apply
| Nationals not served by this route | Not established from a qualifying source[9] Not stated on the IND page. |
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| 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
| Initial duration | up to 3 years as of 2026-08-04[9] |
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| Renewable | Yes as of 2026-08-04[9] Work may continue during a timely extension application – received by the IND within 4 weeks of expiry, same work, same employer – with a residence endorsement sticker as proof. |
| Renewal duration | Not established from a qualifying source Not stated separately from the initial ceiling. |
| Work rights | authorisation required as of 2026-08-04[9] The residence document reads 'Arbeid toegestaan conform aanvullend document' – work permitted in accordance with the additional document, which names the single employer and the conditions. Changing employer requires a new permit applied for by the new employer. After 5 years' work in the Netherlands the holder can obtain the 'arbeid vrij toegestaan' endorsement and no longer needs a TWV. |
Permanent residence and citizenship
Requirements
| Job offer required | Yes as of 2026-08-04[9] |
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| Salary threshold |
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| Labour-market test | Yes as of 2026-08-04[9] Express and the sharpest in the Dutch system: the employer must first have looked for an employee in the Netherlands and the EU/EEA, and must have registered the vacancy at a UWV employer service point. This is the condition whose absence distinguishes the highly-skilled-migrant and Blue Card routes. |
| Qualification requirement | Not established from a qualifying source[9] |
| Employer sponsorship | Yes as of 2026-08-04[9] |
| Paid in-country | Yes as of 2026-08-04[9] |
| Job-search route | No as of 2026-08-04[9] Job-search period on losing employment: 3 months, extended to a maximum of 6 months where the job was lost on or after 22 May 2026 and the permit has been held for 2 years or more, and for victims of labour exploitation. The search period can never run past the permit's own expiry, and runs from the day the contract ends. See country.recent_changes. |
Process
| Where to apply from | either as of 2026-08-04[2][9] The employer or the employee may apply; the fee schedule prices a change in purpose of stay alongside the first application. |
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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 | Yes as of 2026-07-24[6] A recognised-sponsor form for family members of the employee exists (7514) and the IND's partner page treats a GVVA holder as a possible sponsor. |
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| Eligible relations | spouse, registered partner, unmarried partner, minor child as of 2026-07-24[5][6] |
| Family may apply at the same time | Not established from a qualifying source Not stated. |
| Family members' work rights | authorisation required as of 2026-07-24[6] The IND states expressly that the partner of a single-permit holder is allowed to work only if that partner's employer holds a TWV. This is the least favourable dependent position of any Dutch work route documented here apart from study. |
Your next step
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Verification
| Sources cited | 10 |
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| of which official (tier 1) | 10 |
| Oldest as-of date | 2026-03-20 |
| Newest as-of date | 2026-08-04 |
| 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] 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 - [7] 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 - [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 - [9] Single Permit: GVVA – conditions, labour market test and permit terms
Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND) · official portal · Tier 1 · Published 2026-08-04 · Accessed 2026-08-09 - [10] 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