Expat centers

Moving to another country means dealing with all sorts of queries and practical issues to do with living and working abroad. Expat centers will be able to answer your questions about immigration, housing, taxes, insurance, finance, social life, etc. Several local authorities in the Netherlands have an expat center that will extend a warm welcome to anyone settling in the Netherlands.

Helping with formalities

Expat centers will be able to help with a wide range of formalities at a local or national level, e.g. finding a place to live, finding your partner a job, arranging a parking permit, registering a birth, or even sorting out your immigration papers.

Helping with employees

Employing non-Dutch residents involves resolving a whole range of practical issues. Expat centers will help you deal with the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst, IND), e.g. arranging residence permits (verbijfsvergunning), citizen service numbers (burgerservicenummer, BSN) and work permits (werkvergunningen).

Expat Centers

Major cities:

• IN Amsterdam
• Rotterdam Expat Centre
• The Hague National Centre
• Expat Center Utrecht

Regional:

• The International Welcome Center North The International Welcome Center North offers help and advice to people moving to the three northern provinces of the Netherlands: Groningen, Friesland, and Drenthe.
• Expat Centre Leiden
• Twente: Expat Center East Netherlands
• Wageningen region: Expat Center Food Valley
• Expatdesk Nijmegen
• Holland Expat Center South The Holland Expat Center South has offices in Eindhoven, Tilburg, and Maastricht