As you may know, EEA and Swiss nationals are free to work in the Netherlands without a residence or work permit. However, when your EU employee is on assignment, a Posted Worker notification is required.

What if the candidate you have in mind is a non-EU national?

An employer can hire a non-EU employee who is already in the Netherlands in the following cases:

1) highly educated workers with a valid permit (notification to IND required!):

– Highly Skilled Migrants (HSM)
– EU Blue Card
– When you want to hire a person with an Intra Corporate Transferee (ICT) permit in the Netherlands, you will have to change this to a HSM or EU Blue Card!


2) persons with another valid residence permit containing the note ‘arbeid is vrij toegestaan’(‘permitted to work’);

3) non EU partners of EU citizens, with a valid dependent permit;

3) self-employed persons, provided they carry out the work specified on their residence permit.

4) in some cases, and with Work Permit, refugees.

Yes, Anywr Netherlands has a specialized team of Immigration Officers and their support coordinators. They have extensive knowledge of all procedures, the requirements and successful methods to obtain approvals. Do you want to know more or receive our proposal? Just send a message to info.nl@anywr-group.com and we’ll come back to you promptly.