Cross-Border Worker Permit
🇳🇱 Netherlands visas · Work
What it is
Permit for a worker employed in the Netherlands who lives outside it and crosses the border for work.
Key facts
- Category
- Work
- Duration
- No residence permit; the optional cross-border worker residence endorsement sticker is valid 1 year and can be reapplied for while working in the Netherlands.
- Processing time
- Usually within a day
- Maximum validity
- 1 year
- Extendable
- Yes
- Path to permanent residence
- No
- How to apply
- Online
Standard figures for this route. Some applicants pay a reduced fee or none at all, so confirm your own case on the official page.
Fees
- Application fee (free of charge (endorsement sticker))
- EUR 0
Key requirements
- Employment in the Netherlands
- Residence outside the Netherlands
Working on this visa
No residence permit needed; EU/EEA/Swiss travel document suffices. A work permit (TWV) is sometimes required depending on residence status.
Facts checked against the official source. Last updated 18 July 2026.