Netherlands/Dutch American Friendship Treaty
Process/steps DAFT (to be reviewed)
- check if you can/will meet the requirements -> list of requirements
- collect documents (like marriage certificate, birth certificate, etc) and have them apostilled (https://www.usa.gov/authenticate-us-document)
- make sure you have a mailing address (this can be a correspondence address, an existing address of a person or institution) https://www.government.nl/topics/municipalities/question-and-answer/correspondence-address
- make an appointment to register at the municipality of your choice to register in the Personal Records Database (https://www.government.nl/topics/personal-data/personal-records-database-brp)
- fly to the NL
- register at the municipality of your choice within 5 days of arrival (https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/personal-records-database-brp/when-register) After you register you will get a citizen service number (BSN) sent to you by mail. You will need this for a lot of things. When using a correspondence address you will need to register this first at the municipality of your choice
- call IND (Immigratie en Naturalisatiedienst) to see if you need to make an appointment and request a permit for your stay until the paperwork is done https://ind.nl/en/service-contact/contact-with-ind/call-the-ind
- after receiving your BSN: apply for a DigiD https://www.digid.nl/en/apply-and-activate/apply-digid/
- after receiving your DigiD: make an appointment with the Chamber of Commerce (KvK) to register your eenmanszaak (or B.V.) https://www.kvk.nl/en/registration/registering-a-dutch-eenmanszaak-and-making-an-appointment/ (you will need your DigiD for this) At the end of the appointment, request an official extract of your registration. Cost of registration 65 euro
- set up a bank account for your business (https://dutchreview.com/expat/how-to-set-up-a-dutch-bank-account/)
- put the required amount in the bank account (currently that is 4.500 euro)
- get your opening balance sheet verified and signed off by an “External Expert”. This basically means that you must have someone who is a certified tax professional, accountant, or financial advisor verify that you have the required capital investment of €4500 in a business bank account.
- fill in the DAFT form https://ind.nl/en/forms/7524.pdf and send it with all the required documents to the IND (cost of request 405 euro)
- wait and keep an eye on your snail mail because the IND does everything by post