Freelance Solutions for Highly Skilled Migrants
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High Skilled Migrant as a Freelancer
As a highly skilled migrant, are you able to arrange your own assignments with associated price agreements?
In the Netherlands, it is unfortunately not easy for highly skilled migrants to get started as a freelancer, so you cannot fully utilize your market value and you miss out on a lot of money.
Umbrella Services
- For knowledge migrants who (want to) work as a free agent and who want to continue to be covered by the highly skilled migrant scheme.
- Pre-financing of a honorarium is possible for a fee.
How we can help you
With Freelance Solutions from All About Expats you work carefree on your assignments and, just like your freelance colleagues from the EU, you benefit from your market value.
Conditions for Highly Skilled Migrants
- The highly skilled migrant has an employment contract with an employer who is a recognized sponsor and;
- the agreed wage is in line with the market and meets the salary criteria of the IND.
Do you want to operate as a freelancer?
Want to keep a residence permit as a highly skilled migrant?
Exploiting your market value?
Can I become a freelancer?
Highly skilled migrants are allowed to start their own company in addition to their job. However, the highly skilled migrant must continue to meet the conditions.
A residence permit as an independent entrepreneur is an alternative route, however, due to strict conditions, this is very complex, time-consuming and above all uncertain and you can no longer continue the 30% facility.
Benefits for Freelancer
- Higher earnings
- With retention of highly skilled migrant permit
With retention of 30% facility
- Responsible for your assignments
- No Chamber of Commerce (KVK) registration required
- No accounting
- Insured for employee insurances
- Retirement
- Accident insurance
Collective health insurance
- Liability insurance
- Extensive network of intermediaries for finding new assignments
Why the Netherlands is attractive to international talent?
Visit our knowledge centre for more information about working in the Netherlands.
Why All About Expats
With Freelance Solutions from All About Expats you work carefree on your assignments and, just like your freelance colleagues from the EU, you benefit from your market value.
We have extensive experience and knowledge in employment and immigration law, payroll management and related human resource issues.
All About Expats is fully certified: SNA, NEN 4400-1 and member of the NBBU.