Temporary residence permits; purpose of stay and nationality

Temporary residence permits; purpose of stay and nationality

Nationality Periods Asylum residence permit Total residence permits asylum (Number) Asylum residence permit Refugee status / Beneficiary status (Number) Asylum residence permit Humanitarian reasons (Number)
Total 2022* 29,635 17,530 12,110
Afghan 2022* 2,815 2,605 210
Albanian 2022* 5 0 5
Algerian 2022* 15 10 5
American 2022* 10 0 10
Angolan 2022* 5 5 0
Argentinian 2022* 0 0 0
Armenian 2022* 10 5 5
Australian 2022* 0 0 0
Azerbaijani 2022* 20 10 10
Bengali 2022* 5 5 0
Bhutanese 2022* 0 0 0
Bolivian 2022* 0 0 0
Bosnian 2022* 5 0 5
Brazilian 2022* 0 0 0
Burundian 2022* 10 0 10
Canadian 2022* 0 0 0
Chilean 2022* 0 0 0
Chinese 2022* 165 105 60
Colombian 2022* 90 60 30
Congolese 2022* 5 0 5
Congolese (Democratic Republic) 2022* 200 195 10
Costa Rican 2022* 0 0 0
Cuban 2022* 15 15 5
Dominican (from Republic) 2022* 0 0 0
Ecuadorian 2022* 0 0 0
Egyptian 2022* 150 95 55
Eritrean 2022* 1,110 550 560
Ethiopian 2022* 160 125 35
Philippine 2022* 5 0 5
Gambian 2022* 20 20 5
Georgian 2022* 10 5 5
Ghanaian 2022* 0 0 0
Guinean 2022* 40 40 5
Haitian 2022* 0 0 0
Indian 2022* 0 0 0
Indonesian 2022* 5 0 0
Iraqi 2022* 695 520 175
Iranian 2022* 995 620 375
Israeli 2022* 0 0 0
Ivorian 2022* 15 10 5
Japanese 2022* 0 0 0
Yemeni 2022* 1,735 1,350 390
Jordanian 2022* 50 20 35
Cape Verdean 2022* 0 0 0
Cameroonian 2022* 15 15 0
Kazakh 2022* 15 5 10
Kenyan 2022* 5 5 0
Kuwaiti 2022* 0 0 0
Kosovar 2022* 0 0 0
Croatian 2022* 0 0 0
Lebanese 2022* 55 25 30
Liberian 2022* 10 5 5
Libyan 2022* 20 15 10
Macedonian 2022* 0 0 0
Maldivian 2022* 0 0 0
Malaysian 2022* 0 0 0
Moroccan 2022* 30 25 10
Mexican 2022* 0 0 0
Moldavian 2022* 5 0 5
Mongolian 2022* 0 0 0
Myanmarese 2022* 45 25 20
Nepalese 2022* 5 0 0
New Zealand 2022* 0 0 0
Nigerian 2022* 160 130 35
Ukrainian 2022* 15 5 5
Uzbek 2022* 5 5 0
Omani 2022* 0 0 0
Pakistani 2022* 475 290 185
Peruvian 2022* 0 0 0
Russian 2022* 150 100 50
Rwandan 2022* 10 5 5
Salvadorean 2022* 20 15 5
Saudi Arabian 2022* 25 20 5
Citizen of Serbia 2022* 0 0 0
Sierra Leonan 2022* 45 35 10
Singaporean 2022* 0 0 0
Sudanese 2022* 90 60 30
Somali 2022* 660 510 150
Sri Lankan 2022* 20 5 10
Surinamese 2022* 0 0 0
Syrian 2022* 14,835 7,505 7,330
Tajik 2022* 10 10 0
Taiwanese 2022* 0 0 0
Tanzanian 2022* 5 5 5
Thai 2022* 0 0 0
Togolese 2022* 0 0 0
Tunisian 2022* 15 10 5
Turkish 2022* 3,140 1,650 1,490
Turkmenian 2022* 10 5 5
Ugandan 2022* 135 60 75
Venezuelan 2022* 60 45 15
Vietnamese 2022* 0 0 0
Belorussian 2022* 30 25 5
Zambian 2022* 0 0 0
Zimbabwean 2022* 15 5 5
South African 2022* 0 0 0
South Korean 2022* 0 0 0
Swiss 2022* 0 0 0
Stateless 2022* 565 180 385
Source: CBS.
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This table shows the number of temporary residence permits granted for the first time. Permits are differentiated by purpose and the nationality of the persons concerned. Permits are differentiated by purpose and the nationality of the persons concerned. This table contains both asylum permits and ordinary residence permits. Ordinary permits are given to non-Dutch persons mainly for work, study, family reunification, or family formation. Children of non-Dutch persons, born in the Netherlands and not in the possession of the Dutch nationality also need a residence permit. Since April 2014, the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service also issues combined permits for residence and work: single permits (GGVA). These are included in the table since 2014. All permits in the table have a validity period of three months or more.

Data available from: 2008.

Status of the figures:
The figures up to 2021 are final. The 2022 figures are provisional.

Changes as of August 2023:
For the country of origin, a new classification has been created which is based on continents and a few countries with a specific migration history. This will replace the concepts of western/non-western migration background.
Simultaneously with this adjustment, nine countries have been moved from Europe to Asia. These countries are: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Turkey

When will new figures be published?
The new figures for 2023 will be available in June 2024.

Description topics

Asylum residence permit
Individuals whose asylum request is granted, receive a residence permit for asylum. An asylum residence permit may cover an asylum application from the same or from a previous year.

Figures include invited refugees until 2011 (approximately 500 per year).
Total residence permits asylum
Figures include invited refugees until 2011 (approximately 500 per year)
Refugee status / Beneficiary status
Refugee status: the recognition of a third country national or a stateless person as a refugee.

Beneficiary status: is granted to someone who does not qualify for the status of refugee and who has a chance of serious risk by returning to their home land. For example: if they are a victim of punishment, torture, indiscriminate violence in an armed conflict etc.

Including invited refugees until 2011 (approximately 500 per year).

Humanitarian reasons
Besides admission under international treaties, it is possible that someone is granted a residence permit on the basis of national politics. This is particularly the case when someone has suffered traumatic experiences. This person receives a permit based on compelling humanitarian reasons.