Application and immigration process

Expat and immigration process

Are you an IT professional from abroad the Netherlands and experienced with working in the cloud and interested in living and working in the Netherlands long term? Great! We should talk!

First we need to determine if your skillset and your ambitions fit the company. We can determine this by following our ‘Application process’ displayed below.

Our application process

1st interview - General

The first interview is all about getting to know each other, and to see if we match.

Personal questionnaire

A personality questionnaire will help us to understand each other better

2nd interview - Technical

After the personal questionnaire we will schedule a second interview that will focus on your technical skills.

Technical assessment

It might be possible that we follow up the interview with a technical assessment.

Offer

Are we a good match and still enthusiastic? Great! An offer will follow on short terms.

Immigration requirements

Residence permit

Do you have a passport of a country that is a total member of the European Union? You are free to live and work in the Netherlands.

If you are immigrating from outside Europe we will need to request a residence permit for you as a highly skilled migrant.

There are certain requirement you have to meet:

The employer you will be working for needs to be a recognised sponsor. To obtain this you need to be a reliable partner for the IND (Immigration office) which will be tested using an application procedure. CloudFive is a recognised sponsor.
There are salary requirements you have to meet.

Salary criteria


Highly skilled migrants above 30 years																																																																€ 4,840 gross per month
Highly skilled migrants below 30 years																																																																€ 3,549 gross per month

Immigration process

Work permit (if needed)

If you want to start working in the Netherlands a work permit might be needed. This process can take up to a maximum of 12 weeks, but on average it will take 6 to 8 weeks.

Preparation

We will help you prepare and give you advise in topics such as housing, mobility and living costs.

Arrival

We want to make sure that you feel as comfortable as possible from day one. After we have arranged the flight tickets and you have landed safely, we will personally pick you up at the airport. We will then take you to your accommodation. This can be a hotel or a long term stay.

Help you with setting up

Once you have arrived we help you setting up by firstly registering at the city hall and applying for a fiscal number (BSN). After that we help you with opening a bank account, converting your drivers licences and the application for the 30% ruling (tax discount valid for 5 years).

Integration

Once you have settled in, we help you integrate in the Dutch society such as learning the Dutch language or find a proper school for your children.

Get in touch with us.

Interested in taking the next step for your career? Let’s get to know each other.