Newcomer
The Xpat Desk of The Hague Hospitality Centre
The Hague Hospitality Center is the first point of contact for (new) residents of The Hague. It has been created especially for expatriates who are working and living in The Hague.
The desk offers a welcome package to new arrivals and forms a point of contact between the individual expat and the municipal administration. It provides information on the services of various municipal departments (parking permits, marriages, registration of birth, converting driving licenses, rubbish collection etc.). The Xpat Desk also supplies basic information on health care and education, for example.
Expatcenter Amsterdam
The cities of Amsterdam and Amstelveen, together with the Immigration and Naturalisation Services (IND), have embarked on a combined effort to increase the efficiency of their services for highly skilled migrants in the Amsterdam Area. The ‘Expatcenter Amsterdam Area’ is situated in the World Trade Center in Amsterdam Zuid and provides a one-stop-shop service for highly skilled migrants and expats arriving in Amsterdam or Amstelveen.
Simplifying the process
A new process has been developed, whereby the employer can initiate the registration procedure for a residence permit prior to the new employee’s arrival in the country. Once in the Netherlands, the employee can then collect a national residence permit and complete municipal registration procedures in a single visit to the Expatcenter. Shortly after this visit, they will receive a citizen service number (BSN) by post, which is essential for opening a Dutch bank account, amongst other things
Access
ACCESS is a not-for-profit organization supporting the Expat Community in The Netherlands. Whether you are working here on an expatriate assignment, have recently relocated, studying or have made Holland your home, then our free information and range of services, including publications, courses, counselling referrals and community events are here to help support you.
Online information platform IamExpat
IamExpat is an online resource platform conceived and developed by expats that live in the Netherlands. It refers to the expat community in the Netherlands and covers the needs of any expat related topic; from official issues, career and housing, to education, lifestyle and more. IamExpat aims at covering the local needs of the expatriate population, who wish to socialize, share ideas and information as well as create and evaluate business opportunities.
Being an open organization, IamExpat welcomes expats of all colours, shapes & sizes to join and actively participate. Enriched with insightful comments, proposals, texts and inquiries of local and global expats on a daily basis, IamExpat is committed to providing up-to-date “inside” information.
Apart from the website, the concept comes together with online social networks, an interactive Expat Forum as well as offline events that provide the opportunity for interaction among the members. The IamExpat audience is not a unified group; its an amalgam of different internationals with unique needs: professionals & students, entrepreneurs & diplomats, as well as travelers, artists & adventurers from all over the world.
