Start-up Residence Permit
🇳🇱 Netherlands visas · Business
What it is
Permit enabling foreign entrepreneurs to establish and develop an innovative company in the Netherlands under guidance of an approved facilitator (mentor).
Key facts
- Category
- Business
- Duration
- Maximum 1 year
- Processing time
- Up to 13 weeks
- Maximum validity
- 1 year
- Extendable
- No
- How to apply
- Online
- Health insurance
- Required
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 (first application/change of purpose)
- EUR 423
Key requirements
- Work with an approved facilitator under a signed contract
- Demonstrate company innovativeness (new product, service, technology or organisational method to NL)
- Active participation beyond shareholding or financing
- Detailed step-by-step plan assessed by RVO (Netherlands Enterprise Agency)
- Meet income requirements via Dutch bank account or facilitator financing
- Register the company with the Chamber of Commerce (KvK)
Working on this visa
Work on the start-up under the agreement with the recognised facilitator.
Money you must show
Income shown per the IND startup requirements (no norm)
Facts checked against the official source. Last updated 18 July 2026.