Conditions and difficulty of applying for long-term residence (green card) in the Netherlands or the United States

The Netherlands is not an immigrant country, but you can apply for permanent residence after living for more than five years.

In the past five years, your residence permit cannot be broken for one day (the address cannot be broken, but it can be changed). One of them is to sign KM, which is a work visa. At present, Dutch law stipulates that international students in the Netherlands will automatically get a one-year search after graduation. This is a residence permit and can work directly. During this period, it is best if you can find a job and sign KM, because the shortest procedure takes about 6 months. If you sign it, you can stay and not delay your five years.

The specific regulations have just been reported in the forum recently. Let me show you an important part:

Salary requirements of high-skilled immigrants

In 2008, the annual salary of high-tech immigrants over the age of 30 must exceed 47,565 euros, the annual salary of high-tech immigrants under the age of 30 must exceed 348 1 euro, and the annual salary of graduates from Dutch higher education institutions must exceed 25,000 euros.

As long as the applicant meets the above conditions, the employer can help employees apply for high-tech immigration. The employer proves the high-tech immigrant status of employees through the high salary provided to them, and does not need to prove it through advertising or writing reports. (Note: In 2009, this salary requirement was slightly adjusted to 49,087 euros for those over 30 years old, 35,997 euros for those under 30 years old, and 25,800 euros for newly graduated Dutch students. )

Employers of high-tech immigrants must be Dutch companies.

In addition, there are some hidden conditions in the new policy. First of all, as we mentioned above, it is the specific requirements for the minimum wage of employees. Second, the new policy also stipulates that only Dutch companies can apply for high-tech immigration for employees, and pure foreign companies cannot apply for high-tech immigration status for employees.

In one case, an American pharmaceutical company developed a new treatment method, which required a nurse with a special license to carry out the use of new drugs and injection tests. American companies send American nurses to Britain first, and then they want to send nurses to the Netherlands to promote new drugs and be treated in hospitals. However, American companies don't have any representative offices or companies in the Netherlands, so they encounter great difficulties in applying for work permits for nurses.

A pure China enterprise hires an employee in China, and then China Company wants to send the employee to work in the Netherlands, so the company must first set up a representative office or company in the Netherlands, otherwise China Company cannot apply for high-tech immigration for the employee.

Details can be found in the forum "Battle in Holland".