The startup permit: an easier on-ramp than the self-employed permit (no points system)
The startup residence permit drops the points system that the regular self-employed permit uses, so the bar is lower. You get 1 year to build under a recognised facilitator, then convert to the self-employed permit once the business is viable. The hardest part in practice is landing an approved facilitator (incubator/accelerator), not the IND paperwork. You need a step-by-step plan, proof the product is new to the Dutch market, and enough means of support.
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MAS reads your IND letter, checks whether an employer can legally sponsor you, and finds work that will actually take you. Free, no account.
More on visas and permits
- US founders (and Japanese nationals) get a self-employment permit with only 4,500 eur and no points test
- A partner/family permit can come with FULL, unrestricted work rights
- Married to a Dutch national? Naturalise after 3 years and skip the permanent-permit prerequisite
- EU Blue Card buys EU-wide mobility; the national knowledge-migrant permit does not
- Permanent residence: ask for the EU long-term resident permit, it is a free upgrade
- The master sequence: study, then orientation year, then knowledge migrant at the reduced rate, then permanent