Increase in 2010 Minimum Salary Index for Skilled Migrant Workers (“Kennismigranten”) Residence Permit Applications

December 11, 2009 - The Dutch Immigration Department (“IND”) has established its 2010 salary thresholds for processing applications for residence permits for Highly Skilled Migrant Workers ("Kennismigranten"). Changes to the 2010 minimum salary requirements for the three categories under the Highly Skilled Migrant Workers residence permit (KMP) are as follows:

- Annual base salaries for highly-skilled foreign workers under the age of 30 will be raised from €35,997 to €36,801.

- Annual base salaries for highly-skilled foreign workers aged 30 or older will be raised from €49,087 to €50,183.

- Annual base salaries for foreign students who graduated with degrees in the Netherlands and who are hired as highly-skilled foreign workers will be raised from €25,800 to €26,376.

Evidence of the applicable salary must be submitted with applications. Satisfactory documents include:

- A signed Dutch payroll employment agreement.

- A signed company statement by the seconding foreign parent company; the employee to be transferred must remain on the home-country payroll.

Bron: http://www.usabal.com/news/2009/09Dec11.html