🇳🇱 Visas & Immigration — Netherlands
Visa options for entrepreneurs and business owners in Netherlands.
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Visa Details
The Netherlands offers the Dutch-American Friendship Treaty (DAFT) visa for US citizens, allowing self-employment or company direction with a relatively low investment threshold (€4,500). For non-US citizens, the startup visa is available for innovative entrepreneurs with a facilitator (approved incubator or accelerator) — this grants a one-year residence permit, extendable via the self-employment permit. The highly skilled migrant programme (kennismigrant) is widely used by companies to bring in foreign talent, with salary thresholds that vary by age. There is no specific digital nomad visa or golden visa programme.
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