Netherlands New Work Visa – Essential start-up personnel visa

Essential start-up personnel visa Netherlands

Starting 1st June 2021, Netherlands introduced the Essential start-up personnel pilot work visa program through which innovative start-ups can hire foreign non-EU personnel with special expertise to move to the Netherlands.

The essential start-up personnel pilot work visa program runs for 4 years until 1st June 2024.

Through the Essential start-up personnel pilot work visa program, innovative start-ups can hire employees from outside the European Union  and apply for their Dutch work permit and residence permit.

The caveat is that the start up must adhere to the following requirements:

  1. For the foreign non-EU employee to considered essential, they must play an active role in the scalable and innovative business activities of the start-up. This role must be described in the business plan. The essential employee may therefore not only be a shareholder or financier.
  2. The foreign employee’s salary threshold is € 2497 gross per month excluding 8% holiday allowance applies. This salary threshold is in line with the lowest salary threshold of the highly skilled migrant scheme.
  3. The start-up must be innovative. That means it must meet one of the following:
    • The product or service is new to the Netherlands.
    • The start-up uses new technology in production, distribution or marketing.
    • The start-up has a new way of working and organizing.
  4. The start-up must have scalable business activities. By ‘scalable’ activities is meant: that the start-up can continue to deliver a product or service while the start-up meets all its financial obligations during the rapid growth phase.
  5. Founders of the start-up must have an active role in the company. It is not enough that the founder is just a shareholder or investor.
  6. A maximum of 5 foreign employees of the start-up can obtain a permit for essential start-up personnel.
  7. A maximum of 15 employees may work at the start-up.
  8. The ‘essential’ foreign employee for whom a permit is requested must acquire a minimum stake of at least 1% in the start-up. This can be given as stock options, depository receipts for shares or shares without voting rights

52 thoughts on “Netherlands New Work Visa – Essential start-up personnel visa

  1. I am an IT certified and would love to work in Netherlands. I have years of experience in reputable companies in Nigeria. I install and service Surveillance cameras (CCTV) for direct and remote logins with computer and mobile devices. I have a university degree in computer science and I am Cisco Certified. Is there any link to apply for work? Please reply. Thanks.

  2. Hello good evening sir/Madam
    This is Nasir Ali from pakistan Lahore.
    Sir i want to.apply for the job purpose in industrial area or for any organization ready to work so i hope i will be consider and lucky myself as your country worker.here is my mail I’D i will wait for your reply.
    Thank you so much in advance.😊😊
    Alinasirali477@gmail.com

  3. Hello Sir/Mam I’m Rubaate from Bangladesh .I’m a fashion designer .Have working experience as a fashion designer .I want move in Netherland and I’m interested. if any one can help please let me know .

  4. I want the job, I like Agriculture sector. I am from Nigeria please send how will I get to apply for the Netherlands seasonal work visa

  5. Hello maam/sir i am interested to apply as an factory worker hope you can help m thank you. (Dilshadarian.786@gmail.com)

  6. I m Jawad from karachi, Pakistan . I want to go Netherland if anybody have job kindly contact me..thanks

  7. I would like to join the company. As i own farm here in Sri Lanka. Small and have experience of 4 years. have lots of training through the government offices

  8. I would like to join the company.As i own farm here in Nepal. Small and have experience of 4 years. have lots of training through the government offices.

  9. Assist management in direct oversight of department’s daily operation.
    Participate in assigned long-term preventative maintenance programs and projects.
    Involve in department’s routine operations by handling repairs and assisting management
    with administrative duties.
    Perform major repair of hired mechanical systems.
    Prepare process plans for new parts, time studies and prepare quotations for parts.
    Determine equipment required and justification through conducting feasibility studies.
    Develop and maintain relations with Engineering Manager, manufacturing, quality and
    maintenance departments on manufacturing concerns.
    Decide on equipments, materials and subcontract sources.
    Supervise installation and initial start up of engineering equipment.
    Perform and record machine tool capability studies.
    Identify and debug for production problems as needed.
    Modify processes to enhance operation productivity.
    Assign, train, develop and supervise work of engineering department.
    Ensure accident estimates are prepared promptly, repairs are done timely and liaise with
    surveyor.
    Develop relations with external customers on improvement work my contact number 00966595868826

  10. Hello maam/sir i am interested to apply as an factory worker hope you can help m thank you.

  11. I am interested to work as farmer or any hotel job in Netherlands .
    My what’s app no +918780952953

  12. I want to job in Netherlands under the Netherlands seasonal work VISA

    1. Please I am a registered midwife in my country and will love to come work in the Netherlands. Can you please help me with the process?

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