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Apply for family reunification within 3 months of your residence permit

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This step-by-step plan tells you how to apply for family reunification. This must be done within 3 months after you receive your residence permit. This is officially called 'gezinshereniging nareis asiel' (asylum family reunification post-entry).

Conditions for family reunification in the Netherlands

Applying for family reunification with the IND

Collecting and translating documents for family reunification

Waiting for the decision on your application for family reunification

This is what you arrange when your family member comes to the Netherlands

Applying for family reunification more than 3 months after your residence permit

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Moving after family reunification

If your family members come to the Netherlands and you have a home that is too small to live in together, the municipality will arrange another home for you. In this article you can read how this works.

A married man and woman finally see each other again after family reunification.

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After family reunification, you may be able to get your own residence permit

Did you come to the Netherlands because your family member applied for family reunification for you? Then you will not receive your own residence permit, but a residence permit linked to that of your family member. You can apply for your own permit. You can read more about it on this page.

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Divorce in the Netherlands if you have an asylum residence permit

Do you want a divorce from your partner? You can get divorced in the Netherlands, but how that works depends on your personal situation. Divorce can, for example, have consequences for your residence permit and your stay in the Netherlands. Read here how divorce works.

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Here is what you can do if the IND is late in deciding

The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) must decide on your application in time. If this does not happen, you can officially ask the IND to make a decision within 2 weeks. This is called 'in gebreke stellen' (notice of default).

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