Netherlands Investor Visa

The authority page announcing the closure now returns a 404, so the table does not take a threshold figure from it.

What the authority does still publish is the extension form, version 7529-2026/2, and that form sets out the three places the investment must sit: an innovative company; a contractual joint venture that invests in one or more innovative companies; or a fund that the Ministry of Economic Affairs confirms fits within the seed scheme.

The innovative company or contractual joint venture receiving the money must be registered in the Commercial Register of the Chamber of Commerce

This route has been abolished, and the Immigration and Naturalisation Service's own notice gives both the date and the reason. The Dutch government abolished the admission scheme for foreign investors as of 17 April 2024; the notice carries a last-updated date of 26 April 2024.

From that date, investors from outside the European Union can no longer use this special scheme to apply for a residence permit.

What repays reading is the true scale of the scheme before it closed, because it explains why it closed:

The scheme had existed since 2013 and allowed a residence permit where the applicant invested one million two hundred and fifty thousand euros in an innovative Dutch business — and in recent years the total number of permits granted on that basis was fewer than ten.

The service adds two sentences explaining the decision: earlier easing of the conditions did not produce more applications, and the government did not wish to amend the scheme further, in order to prevent abuse.

One door stays open for those already inside: A permit already obtained may still be extended, and on extension the applicant must meet the requirements that applied before the scheme was abolished.

The state of the evidence must be stated because it has changed since the previous verification: as at 21 September 2026 the original notice on the website of the Immigration and Naturalisation Service was no longer available, so the text above was read from the Internet Archive's copy of 12 February 2026.

The programme is closed to new applications but the extension route remains alive, the evidence being the dedicated Immigration and Naturalisation Service form numbered 7529-2026/2, that is a 2026 release, for extending a residence permit for the purpose of residence of a wealthy foreign national, code 641.

The extension file is split by investment vehicle and calls for three different sets of evidence:

Investment in an innovative company; investment in a contractual joint venture which itself invests in one or more innovative companies; or investment in a fund which according to the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs fits within the seed scheme.

The important point is that the extension file does not merely show the money is still there but must show results.

Beyond a recent annual financial statement of the company invested in, the file needs a declaration by the managing directors that the capital invested in accordance with the investment plan is still present in the company.

The applicant must also describe three sets of results: in relation to job creation, in relation to innovation, and of their own non-financial contribution.

For a contractual joint venture a document proving membership of the partnership is added.

On preparation time, the authority warns that having foreign documents legalised or apostilled can take a long time and advises starting several months before filing; all foreign evidence must be in Dutch, English, French or German, failing which it must be translated by a translator sworn in by a District Court

Two conditions here are rarely written down so plainly on comparable programmes.

The first is medical: to obtain the residence permit the applicant must be prepared to undergo a tuberculosis test and, if necessary, treatment.

The permit is granted under the express condition that the holder will actually undergo that test within three months of receiving the permit, at the Municipal Health Service, bringing a referral form completed as far as possible.

The obligation does not apply to nationals of the countries on the tuberculosis test exemption appendix, the edition valid from 30 May 2025, nor to a holder of an EU long-term residence permit issued by another EU country, nor to that holder family member already admitted to the other EU country as such.

The second is financial, and it is the heavier clause: in signing the form the applicant authorises the Immigration and Naturalisation Service to share their information with the Dutch Financial Intelligence Unit, which will use that information to have the origin of their capital investigated by authorities abroad.

By the same signature the applicant undertakes to pass on to the ind without delay any change in their situation affecting their right of residence, and acknowledges that failing to do so may incur an administrative fine.

The file must also carry a completed and signed Antecedents Certificate and copies of every passport page bearing travel stamps, and the applicant must nominate in advance one of seven locations at which to collect the residence document, namely Amsterdam, Goes, Den Bosch, Den Haag, Maastricht, Nijmegen and Zwolle.

The authority states plainly that providing incorrect information or withholding relevant information may lead to withdrawal of the permit, and that where punishable offences are observed the ind reports them to the police

Read as a cell for a closed route, taken from the consolidated text of 1 January 2024 — the last version before the government abolished the route on 17 April 2024.

A family member was not granted a permit under the investor's restriction but under a separate one, and that structure is printed in Article 3.4(1) of the Aliens Decree 2000:

Point (a) is “residence as a family member”, while point (b) is “residence as an economically non-active long-term resident or wealthy foreign national”, which is this route.

Two different restrictions, two different sets of conditions. Article 3.29a sets the investor's: a valid cross-border document; sustainable and independent sufficient means of subsistence under Article 3.74(1)(a); no danger to public order under Articles 3.77 and 3.78; and no danger to national security.

Paragraph 2 leaves room for applicants outside that group, and the wealthy national's income level is left to a ministerial regulation.

What decides matters for the family sits in the duration table:

A permit under the “family member” restriction is granted for the duration of the principal person's right of residence and in no case longer than five years, renewable by at most five years at a time; the investor's own permit likewise runs to at most five years and renews in five-year steps.

The family's card therefore cannot outlive the principal's, even though both share the same ceiling.

On the present state the text is explicit: the consolidated text of 1 January 2026 no longer mentions this route, while it still carries the family member restriction.

The status this programme grants, whether a visa or a residence permit, does not replace the holder's passport. The holder still travels on the passport of their own country, so the figure below belongs to the Netherlands passport and becomes the holder's only once they are issued a Netherlands passport.

According to the Passport Index of Prosperous Intelligence, on data dated 30 September 2026, the Netherlands passport reaches 203 destinations without applying for a consular visa in advance. The figure combines three forms of entry and does not count an e-Visa that must be obtained beforehand:

It is therefore a measure of how easily the holder travels, not a count of visa-free countries in the narrow sense.

For comparison, on the same source and the same method of counting, the Vietnamese passport reaches 44 destinations. The two lists of destinations do not nest inside one another, so the difference is an indication rather than a list of places newly opened.

Prosperous Intelligence dates its data and advises checking with the destination’s official authorities before travelling.

The undertaking allowing information to be shared with the Financial Intelligence Unit, a line that must be signed, is recorded in the residence cell of this page.

The form contains no provision on income or wealth tax; the undertaking to the Financial Intelligence Unit is the only point at which it touches the source of funds.

In the same set of declarations, the applicant confirms knowing that incorrect information can affect the right of residence and may lead to an administrative fine. The duty of truthfulness therefore attaches to the application from the start, not only at inspection.

The scheme has been abolished, as recorded in the outcome cell of this page, so these obligations now concern only applications filed or permits granted before 17 April 2024.

It requires the most recent annual financial statement of the company that received the investment, a declaration by the managing directors that the capital is still present in the company in accordance with the investment plan.

It also requires three descriptions of results: on job creation, on innovation, and on the applicant own non-financial contribution.

The application carries a fee, and if it is refused the fee is not refunded.

The fee is not printed on the form. For postal applications, the authority sends a letter stating the amount and how to pay once it has received the file; at a desk, the fee is paid on the spot by bank card or in cash.

Foreign documents must be in Dutch, English, French or German; otherwise they must be translated by a translator sworn in by a District Court. Translations made abroad must be legalised or carry an apostille.

Official foreign documents such as birth and marriage certificates must be legalised, in some countries also by the Dutch embassy. The authority warns that this can take a long time, so it should be started early.