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 31,120 18,245 12,875 97,255 42,210 18,650 14,925 8,635 21,875 23,415
Afghan 595 375 220 655 525 230 175 125 105 5
Albanian 5 5 0 360 120 50 40 30 75 60
Algerian 15 10 5 170 115 55 20 40 10 20
American 10 0 10 6,725 2,140 1,160 830 150 2,245 1,975
Angolan 0 0 0 65 45 0 10 35 5 0
Argentinian 0 0 0 485 105 65 25 20 55 95
Armenian 10 10 0 140 105 50 25 30 25 0
Australian 0 0 0 1,880 250 145 75 35 430 310
Azerbaijani 10 5 5 315 85 40 30 15 105 115
Bengali 5 0 5 845 280 140 75 70 465 75
Bhutanese 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 0
Bolivian 0 0 0 45 25 10 0 10 5 10
Bosnian 0 0 0 160 85 30 20 30 15 25
Brazilian 0 0 0 2,445 930 475 240 210 290 580
British 0 0 0 3,445 1,175 700 395 80 680 1,420
Burundian 0 0 0 30 30 10 10 5 0 0
Canadian 0 0 0 1,635 355 205 125 20 610 300
Chilean 0 0 0 340 110 65 25 20 120 75
Chinese 120 80 45 8,405 1,750 850 815 90 3,335 3,145
Colombian 50 30 15 870 350 185 70 95 170 145
Congolese 5 5 0 25 15 0 5 10 5 0
Congolese (Democratic Republic) 30 10 20 70 60 20 30 10 5 0
Costa Rican 0 0 0 90 40 20 10 10 20 20
Cuban 5 0 5 60 40 15 15 10 5 0
Dominican (from Republic) 0 0 0 145 115 20 15 80 5 0
Ecuadorian 0 0 0 155 55 30 10 10 35 35
Egyptian 120 80 40 1,080 640 255 260 125 145 235
Eritrean 1,455 1,225 230 740 730 150 305 280 5 0
Ethiopian 120 70 50 260 155 55 55 45 55 45
Philippine 5 0 5 2,240 785 430 205 150 70 430
Gambian 20 20 0 125 100 60 20 15 5 0
Georgian 5 5 0 245 45 25 10 15 120 45
Ghanaian 10 10 0 890 670 230 220 225 65 80
Guinean 35 25 10 105 90 20 25 45 0 0
Haitian 0 0 0 10 5 0 0 5 0 0
Indian 0 0 0 11,070 4,920 2,345 2,530 45 1,865 4,105
Indonesian 0 0 0 2,175 730 400 230 95 980 305
Iraqi 655 215 440 770 720 150 50 525 15 0
Iranian 490 345 145 2,700 1,075 705 325 45 925 665
Israeli 0 0 0 645 275 85 120 70 70 150
Ivorian 10 0 5 25 15 5 5 10 5 0
Japanese 0 0 0 2,105 785 345 420 15 355 780
Yemeni 1,540 680 860 420 400 55 175 175 10 10
Jordanian 35 10 25 150 55 30 10 15 65 25
Cape Verdean 0 0 0 85 45 10 10 25 0 0
Cameroonian 10 10 0 105 40 15 10 10 35 20
Kazakh 5 0 5 275 85 45 40 5 120 55
Kenyan 0 0 0 355 140 65 35 40 60 60
Kuwaiti 0 0 0 20 5 5 0 0 0 10
Kosovar 0 0 0 85 35 15 10 10 30 10
Croatian 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lebanese 60 45 15 275 140 65 45 30 60 55
Liberian 0 0 0 25 20 5 10 10 5 0
Libyan 20 15 10 35 20 5 5 10 5 0
Macedonian 0 0 0 185 45 25 10 10 25 30
Maldivian 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 5 0
Malaysian 5 0 5 290 110 55 40 15 75 80
Moroccan 30 15 20 2,680 2,225 1,165 235 825 85 85
Mexican 0 0 0 1,000 280 175 65 35 370 195
Moldavian 0 0 0 110 15 10 0 5 15 0
Mongolian 0 0 0 50 20 10 5 5 20 0
Myanmarese 35 25 10 75 25 15 10 0 40 10
Namibian 0 0 0 55 20 10 10 0 5 0
Nepalese 0 0 0 340 95 50 35 5 70 45
New Zealand 0 0 0 620 105 55 35 10 65 105
Nigerian 170 125 45 980 550 170 215 165 185 140
Ukrainian 15 5 10 2,205 650 370 245 35 460 925
Uzbek 0 0 0 85 30 15 10 10 35 15
Omani 0 0 0 35 15 10 5 0 10 10
Pakistani 320 160 160 1,500 840 405 365 70 190 400
Peruvian 0 0 0 385 110 60 20 30 135 85
Russian 175 130 45 2,305 1,005 540 410 60 470 605
Rwandan 5 0 0 60 20 10 5 5 20 15
Salvadorean 10 5 5 20 5 5 0 0 10 0
Saudi Arabian 15 10 5 115 60 20 40 0 25 30
Senegalese 0 0 0 45 30 5 10 15 5 5
Citizen of Serbia 0 0 0 525 150 65 40 45 60 245
Sierra Leonan 35 25 10 105 70 10 35 25 10 0
Singaporean 0 0 0 615 50 30 10 10 470 80
Sudanese 210 175 35 160 110 40 30 40 15 25
Somali 700 455 245 385 360 20 55 285 5 0
Sri Lankan 15 10 0 275 130 75 45 10 80 50
Surinamese 0 0 0 2,380 1,730 770 490 470 345 260
Syrian 20,755 11,895 8,860 3,875 3,795 550 1,110 2,135 20 30
Tajik 10 5 5 10 5 5 0 0 5 0
Taiwanese 0 0 0 1,085 160 85 65 5 600 230
Tanzanian 10 0 10 95 40 15 15 15 20 30
Thai 0 0 0 755 415 275 70 65 150 65
Togolese 0 0 0 15 15 5 5 5 0 0
Tunisian 5 5 0 350 205 115 35 50 35 80
Turkish 1,590 855 730 7,535 3,350 1,690 1,255 400 1,790 1,730
Turkmenian 0 0 0 20 5 5 0 0 5 5
Ugandan 90 60 30 280 125 30 45 50 45 35
Uruguayan 0 0 0 120 5 5 0 0 10 5
Venezuelan 55 35 20 190 100 45 15 35 15 0
Vietnamese 0 0 0 1,100 305 170 95 35 665 100
Belorussian 20 10 10 370 120 75 45 5 40 180
Zambian 5 0 0 55 20 10 5 0 20 15
Zimbabwean 5 0 0 260 130 40 80 10 40 70
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

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