Temporary residence permits; purpose of stay and nationality

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Nationality Asylum residence permit Total residence permits asylum (Number) Asylum residence permit Refugee status / Beneficiary status (Number) Asylum residence permit Humanitarian reasons (Number) Ordinary permit by purpose of stay Total ordinary residence permit (Number) Ordinary permit by purpose of stay Family reunification / formation Total family reunification / formation (Number) Ordinary permit by purpose of stay Family reunification / formation Husband / wife (Number) Ordinary permit by purpose of stay Family reunification / formation Child under 18 (Number) Ordinary permit by purpose of stay Family reunification / formation Other family reunification (Number) Ordinary permit by purpose of stay Study (Number) Ordinary permit by purpose of stay Labour: employee or self-employed person Total labour (Number)
Total 25,860 8,040 17,820 94,300 43,025 18,025 14,190 10,810 20,810 20,675
Afghan 745 410 335 740 630 275 160 195 85 5
Albanian 0 0 0 280 105 40 35 25 55 35
Algerian 15 10 5 195 140 70 30 40 10 25
American 0 0 0 7,340 2,555 1,425 970 160 2,110 2,295
Angolan 5 0 5 65 45 10 5 30 5 0
Argentinian 0 0 0 360 75 50 15 15 50 55
Armenian 20 20 5 110 65 35 15 10 20 0
Australian 0 0 0 1,830 285 185 70 30 490 250
Azerbaijani 15 10 5 420 95 45 35 15 100 210
Bengali 5 5 0 1,490 555 265 85 205 775 130
Bhutanese 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 0
Bolivian 0 0 0 35 15 10 0 5 15 0
Bosnian 0 0 0 140 65 25 15 25 10 30
Brazilian 0 0 0 2,310 835 425 195 220 280 520
British 0 0 0 3,100 1,115 675 350 95 620 1,195
Burundian 10 10 0 15 15 5 10 0 0 0
Canadian 0 0 0 1,400 310 190 90 30 580 230
Chilean 0 0 0 300 95 55 20 20 100 65
Chinese 240 190 50 6,160 1,605 775 725 110 2,425 1,970
Colombian 120 85 35 775 315 165 45 105 165 120
Congolese 0 0 0 25 15 0 0 10 5 0
Congolese (Democratic Republic) 115 105 10 80 70 15 35 25 5 0
Costa Rican 0 0 0 95 35 20 5 5 20 25
Cuban 5 5 0 70 45 20 15 10 0 0
Dominican (from Republic) 0 0 0 150 120 20 20 80 10 0
Ecuadorian 10 5 0 185 70 35 20 20 45 40
Egyptian 185 100 80 865 530 205 200 125 105 175
Eritrean 2,370 1,975 395 885 880 125 265 490 0 0
Ethiopian 160 120 40 230 150 65 35 50 25 45
Philippine 5 0 5 2,310 795 455 210 130 65 450
Gambian 30 20 10 150 110 55 20 40 10 5
Georgian 15 10 5 245 60 35 20 5 105 60
Ghanaian 5 5 5 970 760 260 265 240 70 60
Guinean 70 50 20 100 80 10 25 45 0 0
Haitian 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 5 0 0
Indian 0 0 0 9,815 4,230 1,980 2,185 60 2,035 3,420
Indonesian 5 5 0 2,070 675 400 185 85 895 285
Iraqi 395 100 295 590 530 135 65 325 10 10
Iranian 740 545 190 2,415 1,005 640 315 50 750 620
Israeli 0 0 0 505 215 55 80 80 65 90
Ivorian 5 5 0 20 15 0 5 10 5 0
Japanese 0 0 0 2,060 785 350 420 20 335 665
Yemeni 1,685 180 1,505 585 560 65 230 265 10 10
Jordanian 30 20 5 165 75 35 25 15 45 30
Cape Verdean 0 0 0 90 60 15 10 40 0 0
Cameroonian 20 10 5 90 45 15 15 10 30 10
Kazakh 10 5 5 310 60 35 20 5 130 105
Kenyan 5 5 0 370 155 70 60 25 85 50
Kuwaiti 0 0 0 15 10 0 5 0 5 0
Kosovar 0 0 0 90 50 25 5 20 25 10
Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanese 35 15 20 220 125 60 35 30 30 50
Liberian 5 5 0 35 20 5 10 10 5 5
Libyan 65 45 20 30 20 5 10 5 5 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 175 75 30 25 20 25 20
Maldivian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malaysian 5 0 0 300 105 50 45 5 80 95
Moroccan 60 40 20 2,480 2,050 1,100 210 740 85 80
Mexican 0 0 0 840 270 170 50 45 305 130
Moldavian 5 0 5 150 15 5 5 5 10 75
Mongolian 0 0 0 45 20 5 5 10 10 10
Myanmarese 60 45 10 75 30 15 10 5 30 15
Namibian 0 0 0 55 15 10 5 0 5 0
Nepalese 0 0 0 395 80 50 25 5 165 30
New Zealand 0 0 0 570 100 65 20 10 70 90
Nigerian 225 155 70 965 535 155 195 180 195 135
Ukrainian 25 5 20 2,385 710 410 265 35 465 1,035
Uzbek 10 5 5 160 40 10 20 5 45 70
Omani 0 0 0 15 5 0 5 0 10 0
Pakistani 775 350 425 1,580 835 395 355 85 220 460
Peruvian 5 0 5 395 130 90 15 25 125 80
Russian 235 210 30 1,810 800 420 315 60 400 420
Rwandan 10 5 5 70 35 15 10 5 20 15
Salvadorean 10 5 5 25 15 10 0 5 0 0
Saudi Arabian 35 30 5 105 65 20 45 0 20 20
Senegalese 10 10 0 60 45 10 15 20 5 5
Citizen of Serbia 0 0 0 450 155 70 55 35 50 175
Sierra Leonan 95 80 15 130 75 15 30 35 5 0
Singaporean 0 0 0 620 70 40 20 10 485 50
Sudanese 545 500 45 150 115 30 25 60 15 20
Somali 1,240 770 470 610 590 25 50 520 0 0
Sri Lankan 20 10 10 220 100 65 25 10 75 35
Surinamese 0 0 0 2,860 1,860 700 495 665 280 350
Syrian 12,460 285 12,175 5,275 5,185 565 1,200 3,420 25 30
Tajik 20 0 20 15 10 5 5 0 5 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 1,090 175 100 65 10 575 230
Tanzanian 5 5 0 100 40 15 5 20 20 35
Thai 0 0 0 805 415 290 60 60 120 155
Togolese 0 0 0 10 10 0 0 5 0 0
Tunisian 20 10 10 325 200 125 30 45 30 70
Turkish 1,430 645 790 7,075 3,310 1,630 1,195 485 1,785 1,330
Turkmenian 5 5 0 25 15 5 10 0 5 0
Ugandan 175 140 35 230 115 25 35 55 50 25
Uruguayan 0 0 0 90 5 0 0 0 10 0
Venezuelan 65 45 20 190 105 35 15 55 15 0
Vietnamese 0 0 0 1,175 305 155 100 55 750 80
Belorussian 15 10 0 365 85 45 30 10 55 205
Zambian 0 0 0 30 10 5 5 5 15 0
Zimbabwean 5 5 0 170 70 25 35 10 40 30
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


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.

Data available from: 2008.

Status of the figures:
The figures up to 2024 are final. The figures for 2025 are provisional.

Changes as of June 2026:
The provisional figures for 2025 have been added.
The topic "single permit" has been removed from the list of topics. It is included under in the topic "Labour: employee or self-employed person"

When will new figures be published?
The new figures for 2025 will be available in June 2026.

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.

Ordinary permit by purpose of stay
Individuals whose request for a regular permit has been granted receive an ordinary permit. They did not come here for asylum, but for example to work, to study, for family reunification or for family formation. Non-Dutch persons who want to stay in the Netherlands for more three months and are not EU, EER or Swiss nationals, need a residence permit.
Total ordinary residence permit
Family reunification / formation
Residence permit which is granted in connection with family reunion.

Family reunification:
One or more family members are settling in the Netherlands to be reunited and live with their families who have emigrated in the past.

Family formation:
This may concern marriage, relationship and children under 18. It is for people who come to the Netherlands for marriage, registered partnership or live with a partner already in the Netherlands (with whom this person has never lived before).

Total family reunification / formation
Residence permit which is granted in connection with family reunion.

Family reunification:
This means that one or more family members are settling in the Netherlands to be reunited and live with their families who have emigrated in the past.

Family formation:
People who come to the Netherlands for marriage, registered partnership or live with a partner already in the Netherlands (with whom this person has never lived before).
Husband / wife
Husband or wife, registered partner or unmarried partner.
Child under 18
Child under 18
Other family reunification
Other not previously mentioned relatives such as parents or adult children.
Study
Residence permit granted for study. The residence permit must be requested at the school where the person wishes to study.
Labour: employee or self-employed person
Total labour