01What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?
Employees in the supply of goods to foreign companies who check and assess delivered goods or pass on special knowledge or experience to colleagues.
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Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?
The applicant must come from the customer's country or be employed by the customer.
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What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?
No one else can do the work; salary at the standard market rate (on average the same as others in the same job and field of work).
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What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?
The permit allows work only for the employer named in the additional document and under the conditions set out there ('Free to work in accordance with the additional document'); on a change of employer the new employer must apply for a new residence permit. The official source does not state whether family members may accompany the holder.
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Limits of the record- Family accompaniment is not clearly established on the page (only an application form for family members of an employee via a recognised sponsor is listed).
- https://ind.nl/en/residence-permits/work/single-permit-gvva
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.
- https://ind.nl/en/residence-permits/work/single-permit-gvva
If you change employers, your old employer must notify the IND as required. Your employer will deregister you, but it is your responsibility to check with your employer that you have been deregistered. Your new employer must apply for a new residence permit.
How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?
The work lasts a maximum of 1 year, and the permit can be extended before expiry. The official source does not state a separate validity period or a longer-term residence direction for this category.
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Limits of the record- The page gives no separate validity period or longer-term residence direction for this category.
These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.
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