Hello,
I realize the issue might have been already discussed, but I'm having a hard time searching for related topics here.
Anyway here it goes: I will be relocating to the NL soon as a knowledge migrant and I would like to later bring my partner with me and get him a work permit or residence permit (if he'll work as a knowledge migrant).
What are the necessary steps for my partner to receive the right for work or a residence permit? I read we will probably need to prove our relationship to the IND so how can we do that apart from proof of living together (we don't have a rent contract)? Can he come to the NL and register that he lives with me at the same address and then get the right to work after 6 months?
Any help is appreciated. Sorry if I haven't been clear, but I'm not yet very familiar with the legal terminology.
First of all, how old are you both? Secondly, are you married? Also, is one or both of you an EU citizen?
Well, I am pretty sure you derive your working rights from your partner. I just wanted to make sure you were both over 21. The situation is pretty advantageous to you both considering your ages and nationalities. Anyways, since he is an EU citizen, he has the right to live here if he wants due to the EU guaranteed right to freedom of movement, residence and employment, they shouldn't make anything difficult about it especially since you are his partner and earn well, etc. The only thing is that he would need to have a work permit because he is Romanian, or would need to do freelance work. But like I said, if you are registered partners, he should derive his working rights from you. I hope someone else can elaborate more on this, because I come from outside the EU and am therefore not as well versed in these matters as some others may be.
Your proof of partnership can be: that he lives with you for six months under the same roof (he can move in with you and either freelance or not work until those six months are up) and the registration at the gemeente will show this when you go to the IND, just bring the papers from when you registered him at your address.
EDIT: Not sure if it's six months, but I know that's the point when you become fiscal partners in this country, so.
bogd said:
Hello,
I realize the issue might have been already discussed, but I'm having a hard time searching for related topics here.
Anyway here it goes: I will be relocating to the NL soon as a knowledge migrant and I would like to later bring my partner with me and get him a work permit or residence permit (if he'll work as a knowledge migrant).
What are the necessary steps for my partner to receive the right for work or a residence permit? I read we will probably need to prove our relationship to the IND so how can we do that apart from proof of living together (we don't have a rent contract)? Can he come to the NL and register that he lives with me at the same address and then get the right to work after 6 months?
Any help is appreciated. Sorry if I haven't been clear, but I'm not yet very familiar with the legal terminology.
It's very confusing, I know ;-) You are both EU citizens, and your question and the other answers in this thread presuppose that you would be making use of the normal facility for unmarried partners of EU citizens, which required proof of living together for 6 months. Those answers are all correct as far as that goes.
However, you are not necessarily required to go that route just because you are EU citizens. You actually do have the option of having your employer file an application for your partner to come with you as the partner of a knowledge migrant, as if he were a non-EU citizen. (Technically, your employer has to pay the application fee for this, but it is a much lower application fee if your employer files this application at the same time as your application than if your partner comes afterwards.) He will then get a residence permit as the partner of a knowledge migrant that will give him the right to work.
Somewhat oddly, the IND rarely asks for much proof of the relationship in the case of unmarried partners who come via the normal Dutch immigration rules such as the knowledge migrant regulation. Most likely, the only proof you need to supply is proof of being unmarried. In the case of Romania you can obtain legal statements of being unmarried from the Romanian embassy in The Hague. (NOTE: This is very exceptional-- for most countries you cannot get proof of being unmarried from the embassy of your home country in The Hague. Readers from other countries, do not assume you can do it that way.)
Jeremy Bierbach, LLM
www.immigrate.nl
