Official Expat Centers

Amsterdam Expatcenter Area What Expats say about www.iamsterdam.com/expatcenter [email protected] GRONINGEN the Expat Centers... Eindhoven, Tilburg, Maastricht Holland Expat Center South www.hollandexpatcenter.com The Expat Center helped [email protected] ‘me with the immigration procedures and arrival Groningen arrangements. Their very AMSTERDAM friendly and responsive International Welcome Center North HENGELO http://iwcn.nl/ assistance made my start in [email protected] Wageningen unforgettable.’ WAGENINGEN Yohannes Sondang Kunto, Hengelo researcher at Wageningen UR Expat Center www.expatcentertwente.com TILBURG [email protected] ‘The Expat Center should be EINDHOVEN proud of its activities and Rotterdam its assistance to people Expatdesk Rotterdam like me who are visiting the www.rotterdam.info/expatdesk for extended [email protected] periods of time.’ Kandalam Ramanujachary, MAASTRICHT The Hague Expat from U.S.A. The Hague International Centre www.thehagueinternationalcentre.nl [email protected] The Expat Center has created ‘some nice expats events so Utrecht that we can meet other expats

APRIL 2016 APRIL and locals, not to mention the Expat Centers in Expat Center Utrecht www.utrecht.nl/english/living/expatcenter/ extra features like the tour [email protected] in some museums or stadium. For me, these events have the Netherlands Wageningen Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency helped a lot for connecting with others. Expat Center Food Valley www.investinholland.com ’ www.expatcenterfoodvalley.com Eldon Lesley, [email protected] Indonesia What is an Expat Center?

The Expat Centers in the Netherlands are Frequently asked questions Websites Welcome! a one-stop-shop for international employees living and working in the Netherlands. The websites of the several The Expat Centers support international Expat Centers provide the If you come to the Netherlands companies, their international employees, most comprehensive and to live, or work, you are likely to and self-employed persons by offering up-to-date information for have some questions about the a fast and easy procedure for Government foreign nationals living and working in the Netherlands. arrangements you need to make. formalities and provide information on the Netherlands. This brochure provides useful The Expat Center Procedure Social Media information about the Expat Our main goal is to make you The advantage of the Expat Centers is the special admission procedure for international The Expat Centers also Centers in the Netherlands. feel at home! These centers offer advice on employees. In order to make use of the Expat provide foreign nationals At the Expat Centers, international employees Center Procedure, international employees or with the latest up-to-date a wide range of topics and can complete the formal procedures required the company they work for, must be located in information via social are ready to help you with any for settling in the Netherlands, including the one of the participating municipalities. media. Check out their questions you might have about Municipal Basic Administration and residence Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter settling into the Netherlands. documents. The Expat Centers also provide Via the Expat Centers, companies can submit and Youtube accounts! localised regional information and organize the application for the official procedure while events for the international community. the employee is still in his or her country. This Services provided by the various Expat Centers allows employees (and their family members) may vary, so please check the relevant website to complete several important formalities in for the Expat Center in your region for more a single visit to the Expat Center. At the Expat south center holland expat source: Events information. Center the international employee is able Multiple services Official Expat Centers provide The Expat Centers organize to arrange the registration with the IND and International employees can accomplish several services to the expat community events for expats in their The Expat Centers are a joint initiative of simultaneously complete the necessary key administrative tasks at the Expat Centers. region. These events give the Government, Municipalities and the municipal registration. They can obtain their residence permit, complete expats an opportunity to Immigration and Naturalisation Services (IND). their registration and receive their BSN number in meet each other, and to get The Expat Centers are located in Amsterdam, More information on the Expat Center one single visit. In addition, several Expat Centers important information on Rotterdam, The Hague, Eindhoven, Tilburg, Procedure, can be found on the Expat Center offer the possibility to submit the 30% tax ruling expat-related topics. Maastricht, Hengelo, Wageningen, Utrecht, websites. application as part of the general application. and Groningen.