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We are delighted to announce Celsium’s acquisition by Brunel International N.V., a leading global workforce mobilisation company headquartered in the Netherlands. Celsium extends Brunel’s global mobility capabilities and brings further expertise for continued innovation in the staffing and employee mobility markets.
On or after January 1, 2017, non-European Economic Area nationals applying for work and/or residence authorization will be subject to higher minimum salary levels.
Knowledge Migrant Salary Threshold
Highly-skilled Knowledge Migrants will be subject to new minimum gross monthly salary requirements as follows (excluding holiday pay):
Applicants over 30: EUR 4,324 (approximately USD 4,515), up from EUR 4,240;
Applicants under 30: EUR 3,170 (approximately USD 3,310), up from EUR 3,108; and
Applicants who already possess or fulfill the requirements of an Orientation Year permit: EUR 2,272 (approximately USD 2,373), up from EUR 2,228.
On November 29, 2016, an EU Intracompany Transferee (ICT) Permit will become available for qualified foreign managers, specialists and trainees who are sent from a company outside the European Union to a company in the Netherlands in the same corporate group.
Companies will no longer be able to use the Knowledge Migrant Scheme for such transfers, but the Scheme will still be available for local hires and transferred employees under a Dutch employment contract.
Foreign nationals who hold an EU ICT Permit in one EU Member State will more easily be able to work in other EU Member States under the permit.
On or after January 1, 2017, the one-time fee for recognised sponsorship will decrease to EUR 2,592 (from the current fee of EUR 5,183) for small businesses and start ups with fewer than 50 employees. Recognised companies that change their corporate structure, and therefore need to file a new recognised sponsorship application, can also benefit from the lower fee.
e elimination of the work permit exemption for Japanese nationals has been extended until January 1, 2017, instead of the original date of October 1, 2016.
Japanese nationals who already hold a residence permit that allows them to work without a work permit will be able to maintain their work permit exemption for the duration of their current residence permit. When they apply for an extension on or after January 1, they will again require work authorization
Employers based in the European Union who send workers to the Netherlands to provide services, transfer workers within a multinational company or who send workers through an employment agency must now comply with Dutch labour laws, according to a new law. The purpose of the law is to prevent companies from setting up fake service provision agreements to avoid Dutch laws.
Japanese nationals, who have been work permit exempt following a Judgement of the Counsel of State on December 24, 2014, will once again require work authorisation on or after October 1, 2016, according to an Interpretative Statement issued by the Dutch and Swiss governments. Therefore, on or after October 1, 2016, Dutch employers will be required to obtain work authorisation for Japanese employees.
New rules implemented by the State Secretary of Security and Justice subject recognized sponsors – those that can sponsor highly-skilled migrants – to sponsorship withdrawal if they do not employ foreign workers, and create a new exemption from the standard points-based analysis for prospective recognized sponsors established for less than 1.5 years, among other changes.
On or after March 1, 2016, two visa programs for recent foreign graduates, the Orientation Year program and the Orientation Year Highly-Educated program, will be combined into one visa scheme, called the Orientation Year Permit. The new program will allow eligible foreign graduates to apply for a work and residence permit up to three years following graduation. Scientific researchers are also going to be eligible for the permit.
The program will allow participants to work and reside in the Netherlands for one unextendable year.
On or after January 1, 2016, legalization by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs will no longer be required in order for Dutch authorities to accept supporting immigration application documents issued in certain countries, according to a recent policy amendment.
Documents issued in one of the following countries will no longer require legalization at the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
On or after January 1, 2016, Startup Visa applicants will see eased rules concerning the requirement to apply for a Self-Employed Residence Permit after one year under the Startup Visa, based on a proposal to Parliament from the Secretary of Security and Justice and the Minister of Economic Affairs.
Starting January 1, 2016, non-EEA nationals applying for work and/or residence authorization will be subject to higher minimum salary levels.
Highly-skilled Knowledge Migrants will be subject to new minimum gross monthly salary requirements as follows (excluding holiday pay):
As of October 1, 2015, eligible visa nationals seeking to stay and work in the Netherlands for longer than three months will see a simpler and faster entry process as more Entry Clearance Visa for Long Term Stay (MVV) exemptions have been introduced. Eligible workers include those with a valid residence permit in another Schengen country who will work for an accredited sponsor (such as knowledge migrants), those providing services under the Vander Elst exemption and those applying for a start-up entrepreneur residence permit within the Netherlands.
