Nineteen Restrictions, and Only One Asks About Money Alone
Answer
The general rule applies to you
No exception is recorded for citizens of Bolivia on this topic. That is the answer, not a gap - everything below is the rule you get, unchanged.
116 exceptions recorded across 45 countries · none match Bolivia to Netherlands · Residency on passive income
A Dutch residence permit is always granted under one of the restrictions listed in article 3.4 of the Vreemdelingenbesluit 2000, so that list decides whether a route exists at all. It names nineteen, and eighteen of them turn on something you do, someone you are related to, or a situation you are already in: family, employment, self-employment, a knowledge-migrant job, a blue card, seasonal work, an intra-company transfer, cross-border services, research, learning on the job, study, exchange, medical treatment, humanitarian grounds, and awaiting a decision under article 17 of the Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap. The nineteenth, residence as an economically non-active long-term resident, is the only one that asks for money and nothing else - and article 3.29a opens it to a single kind of applicant, the langdurig ingezetene, which the Act defines as the holder of an EU long-term residence permit. A person who simply has income and wants to live here is not in the list.
At a glance
- A residence purpose for living here on income from elsewhere
- None
Article 3.4(1) of the Vreemdelingenbesluit 2000 lists every restriction a permit may be granted under, and none of them is income or means alone.
- The nearest thing in that list
- Residence as an economically non-active long-term resident
Article 3.4(1)(b).
- Who may use it
- A long-term resident, meaning the holder of an EU long-term residence permit
Article 3.29a of the Vreemdelingenbesluit 2000, read with the definition in article 1 of the Vreemdelingenwet 2000.
- What it asks for
- Durable and independent sufficient means, a travel document, and no danger to public order or national security
- The amount of those means
- Not a figure in the Besluit: article 3.74(1)(a) sets it as the statutory minimum wage including holiday allowance, and the Minister publishes the standard amounts
- Where that permit comes from
- Another member state, or the Netherlands itself under article 45a of the Vreemdelingenwet 2000
Requirements
- An EU long-term residence permit, for the only restriction that rests on means alone
- Durable and independent sufficient means within article 3.74(1)(a)
- A valid travel document, and no danger to public order or national security
Country-level policy
Almost every residence route on this page has a step in front of it that the route itself does not mention. Article 16(1)(a) of the Vreemdelingenwet 2000 lets a fixed-term residence permit be refused where the foreigner does not hold a valid machtiging tot voorlopig verblijf matching the purpose applied for, and article 2.3 of the Vreemdelingenbesluit 2000 makes the same document a condition of entry for a stay of more than 90 days. It is obtained from a Dutch post abroad, which means the ordinary applicant has to leave to begin. Article 17(1) then lists eight categories for whom the absence of that document is not a ground of refusal, and the first of them is not about the applicant at all: nationals of states designated by ministerial regulation. The designation is article 2.2 of the Voorschrift Vreemdelingen 2000, and the annex it points at carries twelve entries.
What applies to you
Nothing changes for a citizen of Bolivia
We have no rule recorded that treats your citizenship differently here, so the general rule above is the one that applies to you. That is an answer, not a gap.
What the law says
«1 De in artikel 14, derde lid, van de Wet bedoelde beperkingen houden verband met: - a. verblijf als familie- of gezinslid; - b. verblijf als economisch niet-actieve langdurig ingezetene; - c. arbeid als zelfstandige; - d. arbeid als kennismigrant; - e. verblijf als houder van de Europese blauwe kaart; - f. seizoenarbeid; - g. overplaatsing binnen een onderneming; - h. arbeid in loondienst; - i. grensoverschrijdende dienstverlening; - j. onderzoek in de zin van richtlijn (EU) 2016/801; - k. lerend werken; - l. arbeid als niet-geprivilegieerd militair of niet-geprivilegieerd burgerpersoneel; - m. studie; - n. het zoeken naar en verrichten van arbeid al dan niet in loondienst; - o. uitwisseling, al dan niet in het kader van een verdrag; - p. medische behandeling; - q. tijdelijke humanitaire gronden; - r. het afwachten van een verzoek op grond van artikel 17 van de Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap ; - s. niet-tijdelijke humanitaire gronden.»Read for what is in it and what is not. Every limb but (b) is named after an activity or a relationship.
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The consolidated text of every Dutch regulation, each at a stable BWBR identifier and served whole as HTML. A date may be appended to the address to ask for the text as it stood on that day, and the page states the period the version it serves was in force.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The authentic text is Dutch. The English renderings that exist elsewhere are translations and may not be quoted as the instrument. Much of what decides a Dutch application is not here as law: the Vreemdelingencirculaire 2000 is a policy circular of the State Secretary, and the IND's own pages are an agency describing the law it applies. The reach of each instrument also differs inside the Kingdom - the Vreemdelingenwet 2000 governs the European Netherlands, the Caribbean Netherlands has its own admission Act, and Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten legislate their own admission entirely, while the Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap is a Kingdom Act and applies across all of it.
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«De verblijfsvergunning regulier voor bepaalde tijd wordt verleend onder een beperking verband houdend met verblijf als economisch niet-actieve langdurig ingezetene aan de langdurig ingezetene, die: - a. beschikt over een geldig document voor grensoverschrijding; - b. duurzaam en zelfstandig beschikt over voldoende middelen van bestaan als bedoeld in artikel 3.74, eerste lid, onder a ; - c. geen gevaar vormt voor de openbare orde als bedoeld in de artikelen 3.77 en 3.78 ; en - d. geen gevaar vormt voor de nationale veiligheid.»The whole of the economically non-active route. Note the words it opens with: the permit is granted to the long-term resident, not to anyone with means.
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The consolidated text of every Dutch regulation, each at a stable BWBR identifier and served whole as HTML. A date may be appended to the address to ask for the text as it stood on that day, and the page states the period the version it serves was in force.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The authentic text is Dutch. The English renderings that exist elsewhere are translations and may not be quoted as the instrument. Much of what decides a Dutch application is not here as law: the Vreemdelingencirculaire 2000 is a policy circular of the State Secretary, and the IND's own pages are an agency describing the law it applies. The reach of each instrument also differs inside the Kingdom - the Vreemdelingenwet 2000 governs the European Netherlands, the Caribbean Netherlands has its own admission Act, and Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten legislate their own admission entirely, while the Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap is a Kingdom Act and applies across all of it.
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«langdurig ingezetene: houder van een EU-verblijfsvergunning voor langdurig ingezetenen als bedoeld in Richtlijn 2003/109/EG van de Raad van 25 november 2003 betreffende de status van langdurig ingezeten onderdanen van derde landen, zoals gewijzigd door Richtlijn 2011/51/EU van het Europees Parlement en de Raad van 11 mei 2011 tot wijziging van Richtlijn 2003/109/EG van de Raad teneinde haar werkingssfeer uit te breiden tot personen die internationale bescherming genieten, dan wel van een door een andere lidstaat op grond van deze richtlijn afgegeven EU-verblijfsvergunning voor langdurig ingezetenen;»Our translation - not official
long-term resident: holder of an EU long-term residence permit as referred to in Council Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents, as amended by Directive 2011/51/EU, or of an EU long-term residence permit issued by another member state under that directive.
The definition that decides who article 3.29a reaches. It covers a permit issued by another member state under the same directive, which is why this route is open to people the Netherlands has never admitted before.
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The consolidated text of every Dutch regulation, each at a stable BWBR identifier and served whole as HTML. A date may be appended to the address to ask for the text as it stood on that day, and the page states the period the version it serves was in force.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The authentic text is Dutch. The English renderings that exist elsewhere are translations and may not be quoted as the instrument. Much of what decides a Dutch application is not here as law: the Vreemdelingencirculaire 2000 is a policy circular of the State Secretary, and the IND's own pages are an agency describing the law it applies. The reach of each instrument also differs inside the Kingdom - the Vreemdelingenwet 2000 governs the European Netherlands, the Caribbean Netherlands has its own admission Act, and Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten legislate their own admission entirely, while the Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap is a Kingdom Act and applies across all of it.
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«1 De in artikel 16, eerste lid, onder c, van de Wet bedoelde middelen van bestaan zijn in ieder geval voldoende, indien de som van het loon, bedoeld in artikel 16 van de Wet financiering sociale verzekeringen , uit arbeid in loondienst, het bruto inkomen uit een inkomensvervangende uitkering krachtens een socialeverzekeringswet waarvoor premies zijn afgedragen, de bruto-winst uit arbeid als zelfstandige en het inkomen uit eigen vermogen ten minste gelijk is aan: - a. het minimumloon, bedoeld in de artikelen 8, eerste lid, onder b , en 14, van de Wet minimumloon en minimumvakantiebijslag , met inbegrip van de vakantiebijslag, bedoeld in artikel 15 van die wet ; - b. in bij ministeriële regeling aangewezen gevallen: 150 procent van het minimumloon, bedoeld in onderdeel a.»The means test by reference. The Besluit states no euro figure at all: it points at the statutory minimum wage, and at 150 per cent of it in cases set by ministerial regulation.
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The consolidated text of every Dutch regulation, each at a stable BWBR identifier and served whole as HTML. A date may be appended to the address to ask for the text as it stood on that day, and the page states the period the version it serves was in force.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The authentic text is Dutch. The English renderings that exist elsewhere are translations and may not be quoted as the instrument. Much of what decides a Dutch application is not here as law: the Vreemdelingencirculaire 2000 is a policy circular of the State Secretary, and the IND's own pages are an agency describing the law it applies. The reach of each instrument also differs inside the Kingdom - the Vreemdelingenwet 2000 governs the European Netherlands, the Caribbean Netherlands has its own admission Act, and Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten legislate their own admission entirely, while the Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap is a Kingdom Act and applies across all of it.
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Practical notes
The absence here is of a route, not of a possibility. Someone with income can still be admitted under one of the other eighteen restrictions if they fit it, and a great many people with private income fit the self-employment one.
Article 3.74(4) leaves the standard amounts to be announced by the Minister. No announcement was read for this record, so no figure is stated.
- consolidatesVreemdelingenbesluit 2000
Overheid.nl, Wettenbank
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The consolidated text of every Dutch regulation, each at a stable BWBR identifier and served whole as HTML. A date may be appended to the address to ask for the text as it stood on that day, and the page states the period the version it serves was in force.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The authentic text is Dutch. The English renderings that exist elsewhere are translations and may not be quoted as the instrument. Much of what decides a Dutch application is not here as law: the Vreemdelingencirculaire 2000 is a policy circular of the State Secretary, and the IND's own pages are an agency describing the law it applies. The reach of each instrument also differs inside the Kingdom - the Vreemdelingenwet 2000 governs the European Netherlands, the Caribbean Netherlands has its own admission Act, and Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten legislate their own admission entirely, while the Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap is a Kingdom Act and applies across all of it.
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- consolidatesVreemdelingenwet 2000
Overheid.nl, Wettenbank
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The consolidated text of every Dutch regulation, each at a stable BWBR identifier and served whole as HTML. A date may be appended to the address to ask for the text as it stood on that day, and the page states the period the version it serves was in force.
Standing: Maintains the text in force
Cannot be cited for: The authentic text is Dutch. The English renderings that exist elsewhere are translations and may not be quoted as the instrument. Much of what decides a Dutch application is not here as law: the Vreemdelingencirculaire 2000 is a policy circular of the State Secretary, and the IND's own pages are an agency describing the law it applies. The reach of each instrument also differs inside the Kingdom - the Vreemdelingenwet 2000 governs the European Netherlands, the Caribbean Netherlands has its own admission Act, and Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten legislate their own admission entirely, while the Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap is a Kingdom Act and applies across all of it.
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