Settling in and working
National starting points for arriving, studying and working here, including the English-language ones.
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Welcome to NL
Official · Commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs · Free
A national English-language starting point for people who have just arrived, covering permits, registration, housing, healthcare, taxes and the regions.
An orientation layer across many topics. For the procedures themselves, the guides on this site go further.
www.welcome-to-nl.nlStudy in NL
Official · Nuffic · Free
The national portal for studying here: programmes, finances, planning your stay and what an institution expects before you arrive.
Your own institution's checklist overrides the national one wherever the two differ.
Studentswww.studyinnl.orgEURES Netherlands
Official · EURES, European Employment Services · Free
The European Employment Services summary of living and working conditions in the Netherlands, written for people moving under EU free movement.
Written for EU, EEA and Swiss nationals. It does not describe the residence routes that apply to everyone else.
EU, EEA and Swiss nationalseures.europa.eu/living-and-working/living-and-working-conditions-europe/living-and-working-conditions-netherlands_en
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