REGULATIONS FOR WORK & INTERNSHIP IN THE NETHERLANDS

Applicable only to students registered as full-time students at RSM or

graduates of RSM!!
An internship DURING your study:
Any student that wishes to do an internship in the Netherlands during their study
may do so without a work permit.
However, all non-EEA students, their internship company and university must then fill
out the following contract:
http://www.rsm.nl/portal/page/portal/RSM2/attachments/doc1/Nuffic
%20stageovereenkomst%20EN1.doc

An internship AFTER your study/graduation:

Whether persons without the Dutch nationality are allowed to work in the
Netherlands is established in the Wet Arbeid Vreemdelingen.
Citizen of the EU/EEA and Switserland
Citizens of the EU/EER and Switserland, with the exception of Romanians and
Bulgarians, have free access to the Dutch labour market. If someone wants to do an
internship after their study/graduation, the employer does not need to apply for a
Work Permit (TWV). This is in accordance with the EC treaty.
Citizens of Romania and Bulgaria
Romanians and Bulgarians also belong to the European Union but for them a
transitional provision in the law applies to the execution of labour. The limited access
of Romanians and Bulgarians to the Dutch labour market is based on the Legal Acts
of entry into the EU of Romania and Bulgaria. This transitional provision in the law
means that if Romanians and Bulgarians wish to conduct paid labour, the employer is
obliged to possess a Work Permit (TWV) for that person for twelve months. If that
person has conducted actual and practical labour with that employer, they will get full
access to the Dutch labour market.
- When a Romanian/Bulgarian does an internship during their study, the employer
does not need a Work Permit; only the internship agreement:
http://www.rsm.nl/portal/page/portal/RSM2/attachments/doc1/Nuffic
%20stageovereenkomst%20EN1.doc
- When a Romanian/Bulgarian does an internship after graduation and resides in the
Netherlands on the basis of the EC treaty, the employer needs to have a Work
Permit, unless the intern has already conducted actual and practical labour with an
employer that had a Work Permit for him/her.

- When a Romanian/Bulgarian does an internship after graduation and the

application for residence during the search year graduate has been approved, the
graduate can conduct labour during the search year without a Work Permit.
To apply for a search year:
http://www.ind.nl/nl/Images/0907%205007%20ENG_M35A_tcm5-591.pdf
and
http://www.ind.nl/nl/Images/ENG_bijlage_TBC_tcm5-183738.pdf
and
http://www.ind.nl/nl/Images/0907%205005%20ENG_M35E_tcm5-590.pdf
- When a Romanian/Bulgarian is in possession of a residence permit with the
additional labour market note labour free permitted, no Work Permit necessary
('Arbeid vrij toegestaan, TWV niet vereist'), that person can of course do an
internship after graduation and the employer does not need to apply for or have a
Work Permit.
Citizens of non-EU/EEA countries and Switserland
- When doing an internship during the study and the employer has the internship
contract with the student and university, the employer does not need to apply for a
Work Permit.
http://www.rsm.nl/portal/page/portal/RSM2/attachments/doc1/Nuffic
%20stageovereenkomst%20EN1.doc
- When the application for residence during the search year graduate has been
approved, the graduate can conduct labour during the search year without a Work
Permit. See Vreemdelingencirculaire (B) 15/ 10.3.
- When the person wishes to do an internship after the 'search year graduate' the
employer must have a Work Permit. The purpose of stay will have to be changed
from residence during search year graduate to work as an employee. See
Vreemdelingencirculaire (B) 5/ 2.5.
- When the person is in possession of a residence permit with the additional labour
market note labour free permitted, no Work Permit necessary ('Arbeid vrij
toegestaan, TWV niet vereist'), that person can of course do an internship after
graduation and the employer does not need to apply for or have a Work Permit.
- When the person is in possession of a EU/EEA residence document with the
additional note 'family member of a citizen of the Union', the person may do an
internship after graduation and the employer does not need to have a Work Permit.
Via the next link, you can find more information on the Law Labour Foreigners (Wet
Arbeid Vreemdelingen) http://www.wetarbeidvreemdelingen.nl/wav_faq.asp.

You can find the Vreemdelingencirculaire via the next link

http://wetten.overheid.nl/BWBR0012289/geldigheidsdatum_01-03-2010.
For more information www.ind.nl.
A job AFTER your study/graduation:
The same conditions as above apply for working under employment (permanent or
part-time job/contract) after studying.
A job DURING your study:
However, if you wish to work during your study, (not an internship), other conditions
apply.
Citizens of the EU/EEA and Switserland
Citizens of the EU/EEA and Switzerland, with the exception of Romanians and
Bulgarians, have free access to the Dutch labour market. If the student is employed,
the employer does not need a work permit.
Citizens of Romania and Bulgaria
If a Romanian or Bulgarian students wants to work during their study, the employer
must have a Work permit for the student, unless the student has already conducted
actual and practical labour with an employer with a Work Permit or if the Romanian
or Bulgarian is in possession of a Residence Permit with the note labour free
permitted, no Work Permit necessary ('Arbeid vrij toegestaan, TWV niet vereist').
Citizens of non- EU/EEA countries and Switserland
If a student has a Regular Residence Permit for Study, the student can work a
maximum of 10 hours per week or conduct seasonal work in the months June, July
and August. For conducting labour of additional kind the student needs a Work
Permit. If the student has a Residence Permit with the note labour free permitted,
no Work Permit necessary ('Arbeid vrij toegestaan, TWV niet vereist') or an EU/EEA
Residence Document with the note family member of a citizen of the Union
('familielid van een burger van de Unie'), the student may work during the study
without a Work Permit.