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Working Holiday Program

For which foreigners?

Foreigners from Argentina,  Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Japan, Uruguay, South Korea and Taiwan can easily obtain a residence permit for the Netherlands. It is a residence permit to get acquainted with Dutch culture and society. This permit allows this group of foreigners also work under some restricted conditions.

For Argentinians, Canadians, citizens of Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan the Working Holiday Program applies. For Australians and New Zealanders a similar program is called the Working Holiday Scheme.

Conditions

To be eligible for this residence permit, the foreign national must not be older than 30 years. Furthermore, the foreign national must demonstrate that he has sufficient means of subsistence to be able to buy an airline ticket to the country of origin.

Work without work permit

Foreigners holding a WHP / WHS permit are only allowed to do 'incidental work'. Incidental means:

  • In any case not working on a fulltime employment contract with a duration of one year. A shorter period, or part time is allowed.

The residence permit issued is valid for no longer than one year, and can not be renewed.

Foreigners holding a Working Holiday Program or Working Holiday Scheme permit that wishes to remain in the Netherlands following the expiry of their residence permit, may apply for another, indicating the purpose thereof. Candidates then have to be able to meet the requirements of the residence visit being applied for.

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Victoria Leong haar feedback was altijd duidelijk en zorgvuldig onderbouwd. Wanneer ik vragen had, kreeg ik snel een e-mail met heldere uitleg. Zij volgde mijn dossier nauwkeurig en hield mij gedurende het hele proces goed op de hoogte. Haar...
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Maureen
30 May 2026
I was blessed to have Anique helping me through my residence permit application, she was incredible throughout the entire process. She explained everything to me in detail and she answered all my questions patiently and kindly. Anique is an...
10
Terry-Ann Dos Santos
28 May 2026
Mr. Sander is an expert in his field—a highly skilled and experienced attorney who knows exactly what needs to be done.
10
Necati Idilman
28 May 2026
Dilara supported us throughout a complicated residence permit process and handled everything with great professionalism and care. Thanks to her guidance and expertise, we were able to achieve a positive outcome. She was always responsive,...
10
Eymen
27 May 2026
Inge was amazing throughout the entire process of getting my GVVA permit. She answered all of my questions patiently and explained everything clearly and kindly. I would highly recommend this law firm to anyone moving to the Netherlands.
10
Daniya
27 May 2026
The advocaat is very informative. Her name is Esther W. She explained everything in very detailed about what we need to prepared on processing my MVV visa. The requirements and what we need to do after I got MVV visa. My visa was granted...
10
Mey
26 May 2026
I had an excellent experience working with Esther Wolthuis at Kroes Advocaten for my permanent residence application. Esther was amazing throughout the entire journey. She was very attentive, took the time to answer all of my questions, and was...
10
Sarah
26 May 2026
My husband and me are very happy to have Sander and his office representing us. This is not the first time Sander was our lawyer and we are very thankful for everything he did. Even our case was almost a year long, he was so involved, accurate...
10
Branko Galic
25 May 2026
My case was a bit tricky to say the least… My documents that I needed were harder to obtain than normal and took much more time then expected but somehow my lawyer (Dilara) pulled every legal string possible to slow the process on the IND’s...
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Eric
20 May 2026
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