Chapter 3
in forceResidence
Section 1
Lawful residence
The alien has lawful residence in the Netherlands exclusively:
Our Minister shall provide a document or written statement evidencing the lawful residence to the foreign national who has lawful residence on the…
The foreign national who does not have lawful residence may not claim the granting of provisions, facilities and benefits by means of a decision of…
The entitlements of the foreign national who has lawful residence are in accordance with the nature of the residence. Unless otherwise provided by or…
It is permitted for a foreign national who, upon entry, has complied with the obligations to which a person is subject when crossing the border, to…
Section 2
The residence permit
An application for the grant of a residence permit shall only be granted if:
Section 3
The regular residence permit
Our Minister is authorised:
Our Minister shall not decide on the grant, extension, or withdrawal of a combined permit until he has requested advice from the body referred to in…
In the general administrative measure referred to in Article 14, paragraph 3, it shall be determined that the fixed-term residence permit referred to…
An application for the grant of a fixed-term residence permit as referred to in Article 14 may be rejected if:
The application for the amendment of a fixed-term residence permit as referred to in Article 14 may be rejected:
An application for the grant of a fixed-term residence permit as referred to in Article 14 shall not be rejected for lack of a valid provisional…
An application for the granting of a fixed-term residence permit as referred to in Article 14 shall not be rejected with the application of Article…
An application for the extension of the period of validity of a fixed-term residence permit as referred to in Article 14 may be rejected if:
The residence permit for a fixed period may be withdrawn on the grounds referred to in Article 18, paragraph 1, with the exception of point (b), and…
Our Minister is authorised:
The application for the granting of a residence permit for an indefinite period as referred to in Article 20 by the foreign national who, immediately…
The residence permit for an indefinite period, as referred to in Article 20, may be withdrawn if:
The application for the grant, extension or amendment of a residence permit shall be submitted by the foreign national, his legal representative or…
Rules shall be laid down by or pursuant to an order in council (algemene maatregel van bestuur) concerning:
Data and documents shall not be obtained from the foreign national or their sponsor, insofar as:
Within 90 days, a decision shall be rendered on the petition for:
The residence permit, which entails lawful residence by operation of law, shall be granted with effect from the day on which the foreign national has…
The decision whereby an application for the granting of a temporary residence permit as referred to in Article 14 or a permanent residence permit as…
Section 4
The residence permit for asylum
In accordance with Article 4, paragraphs 1 and 3, of the Procedures Regulation, Our Minister, as the deciding authority and competent authority, is…
Our Minister is authorised:
In accordance with Article 39, paragraph 2, of the Procedures Regulation, Our Minister may grant an asylum residence permit as referred to in Article…
In accordance with Article 39, paragraph 2, of the Procedures Regulation, Our Minister may grant a residence permit for asylum as referred to in…
Our Minister may grant a residence permit for asylum as referred to in Article 28 to the foreign national who, in accordance with Article 23…
Our Minister may, pursuant to Article 13 of the Family Reunification Directive, grant a residence permit for asylum as referred to in Article 28 to…
Our Minister may grant an asylum residence permit as referred to in Article 28 to the family members, mentioned in Article 29c, first paragraph, of…
Our Minister shall not process an application for the granting of a residence permit for asylum as referred to in Article 28, in accordance with…
Our Minister may declare an application for the granting of a residence permit for asylum as referred to in Article 28 inadmissible in the cases…
Our Minister may reject an unfounded application for the grant of a residence permit for asylum as referred to in Article 28 as manifestly unfounded…
Our Minister may refrain from considering an application for the grant of a residence permit for the purpose of asylum as referred to in Article 28…
Our Minister may reject an application for the grant of a residence permit for asylum as referred to in Article 29, 29a or 29b, in accordance with…
Our Minister withdraws the asylum residence permit, referred to in Article 29, in accordance with Articles 65 and 66 of the Procedure Regulation…
By regulation of Our Minister, in accordance with Article 64, paragraph 1, of the Procedure Regulation, for the purpose of processing the application…
The application for the grant of a residence permit for asylum as referred to in Article 28 shall, in derogation from Article 2:1, second paragraph…
By or pursuant to an Order in Council (algemene maatregel van bestuur), rules shall be established for the implementation of the Procedure Regulation…
If the foreign national is given the opportunity to be heard regarding the application for the grant of a residence permit or the extension of the…
Articles 4:7 and 4:8 of the General Administrative Law Act (Algemene wet bestuursrecht) shall not apply to an application for the grant of a…
If Our Minister intends to withdraw the residence permit for asylum, as referred to in Articles 29 or 29a, the foreign national shall be notified…
Our Minister may, in accordance with Article 35, paragraph 7, of the Procedures Regulation, postpone the conclusion of the examination procedure of…
Without prejudice to Article 4:5 of the General Administrative Law Act (Algemene wet bestuursrecht), the time limits as referred to in Article 35 of…
The granting of the residence permit for asylum, as referred to in Article 28, which entails lawful residence, shall by operation of law result in…
If an application for the granting of an asylum residence permit as referred to in Article 28 is not taken into consideration pursuant to Article 30…
The decision by which an application for the granting of a residence permit for asylum, as referred to in Article 28, is rejected, shall be deemed to…
Section 5
The status of long-term resident
Our Minister is authorised:
The application for the grant of an EU long-term resident's residence permit shall be rejected if, immediately preceding the application, the foreign…
On the document, referred to in Article 9, of the foreign national to whom an EU long-term resident's residence permit has been granted, the notation…
The EU residence permit for long-term residents may be withdrawn if:
The provisions of or pursuant to Articles 23, 24 and 24a shall apply mutatis mutandis to the application for the granting of an EU residence permit…
If Our Minister intends to withdraw the EU long-term resident's residence permit with the remark referred to in Article 45c, paragraph 1, on the…
The decision on the application for the granting of the EU long-term resident's residence permit shall be announced no later than six months after…
The EU residence permit for long-term residents shall be granted with effect from the date on which the foreign national has demonstrated that he…