GVVA apprentice on work placement

You are going to work at a Dutch company to gain experience for your job in your country of origin. You are employed by an employer outside the Netherlands.

You are not taking up a regular position.

The foreign employer and the Dutch company have an agreement on the details of the learning pathway.

You have a work placement agreement with the employer in the Netherlands.

You have a return statement. In this statement, the foreign employer states that the apprentice on work placement will be re-employed, immediately after they return. Your employer declares to be your sponsor.

Your employer is registered in the Commercial Register of the Chamber of Commerce (in Dutch: Kamer van Koophandel or KvK). This applies only if your employer must register under the Commercial Register Act 2007 (Hrw 2007). Your employer is a company, organisation or official Dutch branch of a foreign company, established in the Netherlands.

The work experience is important for the foreign employer’s business. You have completed a sufficiently subject-oriented basic training programme. The number of students on work placement is no more than 10% of the employer’s permanent workforce. This only applies if your employer has more than 2 students on work placement.

You have a curriculum. The curriculum lasts for 24 weeks at most.

The residence permit says ‘Free to work in accordance with the additional document’ (in Dutch: Arbeid toegestaan conform aanvullend document). The additional document says for which employer you are allowed to work. It also sets out the conditions under which you are allowed to work. You may live and work for your employer in the Netherlands with the residence document and the additional document.

The period of validity of the single permit depends on the duration of your traineeship apprenticeship agreement. The single permit is valid for 1 year at most.

Is your residence permit valid for less than 1 year? Only in that situation you can sometimes extend the residence permit. But only if your traineeship or apprenticeship experience agreement has not yet ended.