Temporary residence permits; purpose of stay and nationality

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Nationality Ordinary permit by purpose of stay Family reunification / formation Other family reunification (Number) Ordinary permit by purpose of stay Labour: employee or self-employed person Other labour (Number) Ordinary permit by purpose of stay Other regular permits Victim of human trade (Number) Ordinary permit by purpose of stay Other regular permits Other ordinary (Number)
Total 8,635 6,925 155 9,600
Afghan 125 0 0 20
Albanian 30 10 0 100
Algerian 40 0 0 20
American 150 1,030 0 360
Angolan 35 0 0 15
Argentinian 20 30 0 225
Armenian 30 10 0 15
Australian 35 35 0 890
Azerbaijani 15 60 0 10
Bengali 70 50 0 25
Bhutanese 0 0 0 0
Bolivian 10 5 0 5
Bosnian 30 10 0 35
Brazilian 210 40 5 645
British 80 260 0 170
Burundian 5 0 0 0
Canadian 20 60 0 370
Chilean 20 5 0 40
Chinese 90 1,535 5 170
Colombian 95 15 10 190
Congolese 10 0 0 5
Congolese (Democratic Republic) 10 0 0 0
Costa Rican 10 5 0 10
Cuban 10 0 0 10
Dominican (from Republic) 80 0 0 25
Ecuadorian 10 10 0 25
Egyptian 125 45 0 65
Eritrean 280 0 0 5
Ethiopian 45 10 0 5
Philippine 150 185 0 955
Gambian 15 0 0 20
Georgian 15 25 0 40
Ghanaian 225 40 0 70
Guinean 45 0 5 10
Haitian 5 0 0 0
Indian 45 575 5 175
Indonesian 95 90 5 160
Iraqi 525 5 0 30
Iranian 45 140 0 40
Israeli 70 20 0 145
Ivorian 10 0 0 5
Japanese 15 295 0 185
Yemeni 175 5 0 0
Jordanian 15 5 0 10
Cape Verdean 25 0 0 40
Cameroonian 10 5 5 10
Kazakh 5 15 0 15
Kenyan 40 15 0 90
Kuwaiti 0 0 0 0
Kosovar 10 5 0 10
Croatian 0 0 0 0
Lebanese 30 10 0 20
Liberian 10 0 0 0
Libyan 10 5 0 10
Macedonian 10 5 0 85
Maldivian 0 0 0 0
Malaysian 15 5 0 20
Moroccan 825 20 0 285
Mexican 35 30 0 160
Moldavian 5 55 0 80
Mongolian 5 0 0 5
Myanmarese 0 0 0 0
Namibian 0 0 0 30
Nepalese 5 25 0 130
New Zealand 10 25 0 340
Nigerian 165 45 20 85
Ukrainian 35 580 0 165
Uzbek 10 10 0 5
Omani 0 0 0 0
Pakistani 70 200 0 65
Peruvian 30 5 0 55
Russian 60 65 0 220
Rwandan 5 10 0 0
Salvadorean 0 0 0 5
Saudi Arabian 0 5 0 0
Senegalese 15 0 0 10
Citizen of Serbia 45 180 0 70
Sierra Leonan 25 0 15 15
Singaporean 10 5 0 15
Sudanese 40 10 0 10
Somali 285 0 0 15
Sri Lankan 10 0 0 15
Surinamese 470 120 0 50
Syrian 2,135 10 0 25
Tajik 0 10 0 0
Taiwanese 5 45 0 95
Tanzanian 15 25 0 0
Thai 65 30 5 120
Togolese 5 0 0 0
Tunisian 50 35 0 35
Turkish 400 345 0 660
Turkmenian 0 0 0 0
Ugandan 50 15 50 25
Uruguayan 0 0 0 100
Venezuelan 35 5 5 75
Vietnamese 35 35 0 30
Belorussian 5 130 0 25
Zambian 0 5 0 0
Zimbabwean 10 10 0 25
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. 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 2023 are final. The figures for 2024 are provisional.

Changes as of July 2025:
The figure for the single permits (GVVA) has been added to the provisional figures for 2024.

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

Description topics

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.
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).

Other family reunification
Other not previously mentioned relatives such as parents or adult children.
Labour: employee or self-employed person
Other labour
Other regular permits
Permits issued in connection with other purposes. Such authorisation was granted until 2013 to unaccompanied minors.
Victim of human trade
Other ordinary
Until 2010 including human trade victims.