What Employers and Hirers Need to Know Does your organisation hire foreign workers in the Netherlands through a temporary employment agency, subcontractor or secondment arrangement? If so, the A1 certificate is an important document
The “temporary” pilot that quietly continues after April 2026 In 2024 we wrote that the DAFT pilot was back. At the time, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) introduced a
More Americans Are Leaving the U.S. — and the Netherlands Is a Serious Legal Destination Leaving the United States is no longer an abstract idea or a political statement. For
What is the Waadi? The Allocation of Workers by Intermediaries Act (Waadi) plays a crucial role in regulating the temporary employment sector in the Netherlands. This legislation is designed to
Daft extension Although obtaining the DAFT permit has become quite straightforward nowadays, our office regularly encounters clients facing challenges when renewing it. These challenges often do not arise because the
What’s Going On? If you’re an employer in the Netherlands hiring highly skilled migrants or you’re a high skilled migrant yourself, understanding how the 30% rule interacts with salary requirements
DAFT FAQs Since the inauguration of President Trump in the US, we’ve been receiving numerous inquiries from Americans about residency options in the Netherlands. Additionally, there have been concerns about
Salary Standards 2025 The IND has announced the new salary standards for 2025 on its website. The following standard amounts apply starting January 1, 2025, for applications for residence permits
Salarie requirements for 2025 2025 is approaching, and the new salary requirements for the Highly Skilled Migrants Scheme and Blue Card Scheme have been announced by the Dutch Ministry of
Take your own responsibility? Unfortunately, we see it happen with some regularity that the residence permit of a Highly Skilled Migrant is revoked because the employer (often unintentionally) failed to

