Sent by your employer abroad (intra-corporate transferee)
The rules, quoted and dated:
Your company moves you to the Netherlands as a manager, specialist or trainee. The salary has to reach the highly skilled migrant level for your age. Up to three years, or one for trainees. Every number on this page is the authority's own sentence, with the page it came from and the day we read it. This page is for people who need a permit to work in the Netherlands. This page describes the rules; it does not decide on you.
PR
What this route asks for
€4,357/month— under 30, 2026 €5,942/month— 30 or older, 2026
Read from the authority's own page on , with the sentence it came from below.
Check your own situation
Where do you stand on this route? The questions are answered on this device only — nothing is sent anywhere. You get each rule against what you declared, the gap if there is one, and which single change would open more routes.
Every number below is quoted from an official page, and a daily check re-reads every source. On this route — quoted and dated · scored — 3 conditions this interview did not ask. Every rule that decides this route is a question you answer; the three months already with the company outside Europe is covered by the situation question you answer, and two conditions the authority states — the manager, specialist or trainee role, and the authorisation to practise a protected profession — are listed with the rules below and never asked. The provisional residence permit this application needs is listed with the rules below too, and your passport decides whether the Dutch immigration service exempts you from it.
The rules of this route
A non-EU passport
Who this is for
Citizens of the EU, of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, and of Switzerland, can live and work in Germany, France, Spain and the Netherlands under free movement — the routes on this site are for other passports. Check registration rules after arrival (e.g. Anmeldung in Germany).
As an EU national you generally don't need a work permit to work anywhere in the EU. · europa.eu · TFEU (the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) art. 45 (free movement of workers) — Your Europe · · English, from europa.eu.Official page ↗
An intra-corporate transfer
Condition
This route asks for an intra-corporate transfer.
You have already worked for the company outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland for at least 3 months. · ind.nl · · English, from ind.nl.Official page ↗
Monthly salary
Threshold · 2026
Any of these: an age of 30 or older and at least €5,942/month or an age under 30 and at least €4,357/month.
€1,635.90/monthResearcher (Directive (EU) 2016/801) — another route here
€3,122/month2 other routes here
€4,357/monththis route — under 30, 2026
€4,754/monthEU Blue Card — another route here
€5,942/monththis route — 30 or older, 2026
Your salary is in line with the market. The salary is in line with the market if it meets the salary criterion for highly skilled migrants. · ind.nl · · English, from ind.nl.Official page ↗
Highly skilled migrants 30 years or older € 5,942.00 · ind.nl · 30 or older, 2026 · Dutch highly skilled migrant scheme — required amounts 2026 · · English, from ind.nl.Official page ↗
Highly skilled migrants younger than 30 years € 4,357.00 · ind.nl · under 30, 2026 · Dutch highly skilled migrant scheme — required amounts 2026 · · English, from ind.nl.Official page ↗
Also required — not checked here
At least three months already working for the company outside the European Union, the European Economic Area or Switzerland
You have already worked for the company outside the EU, EEA or Switzerland for at least 3 months. · ind.nl · · English, from ind.nl.Official page ↗
You must come to work in the Netherlands as a manager, specialist or trainee
You are going to work in the Netherlands as a manager, specialist or trainee. · ind.nl · · English, from ind.nl.Official page ↗
If yours is a protected profession, such as doctor or architect, you must be authorised to practise it in the Netherlands
Do you have a protected profession such as a doctor or architect? If so, you must show that you are allowed to practise that profession in the Netherlands. · ind.nl · · English, from ind.nl.Official page ↗
This application needs a provisional residence permit (MVV).
A valid provisional residence permit (MVV) is needed for this application · ind.nl · · English, from ind.nl.Official page ↗
Who this does not bind You do not need a provisional residence permit (MVV) — the Dutch immigration service names your passport among the nationalities that need none.
You do not need an MVV if you have the nationality of one of these countries. Australia Canada Japan Monaco New Zealand Vatican City United Kingdom United States South Korea Switzerland An EU/EEA Member State · ind.nl · Dutch immigration service, MVV exemptions — Your nationality is decisive · · English, from ind.nl.Official page ↗