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Foreign students that would like to take paid work alongside their studies are allowed to do so. Depending on your nationality you can only do so for a limited amount of hours per week and if the employer has applied for a work permit for you.

If you want to do a traineeship it is also seen as work, thus certain rules apply. 

Work alongside your studies

If you’re a foreign student (non–EU/EEA/Swiss) and you have a valid residence permit with the aim to study, you can work alongside your studies (either full-time seasonal work in June, July and August, or part-time work of no more than ten hours a week). In this case your Dutch employer does need a work permit for you, but this is an easy process as the employer doesn’t need to show that there are Dutch or EU nationals capable of doing the job. As an EU/EEA/Swiss student you are free to work as many hours as you like alongside your studies. Your employer doesn’t need to have a work permit for you.

Download International students and part-time jobs (176 kB)

Traineeships

If you are enrolled as a student in the Netherlands or in another country, you may work as a trainee. A traineeship is any work placement or practical training arrangement that aims to give you experience of the world of work while you are studying. If you have already graduated, you will not be able to work as a trainee in the Netherlands. However, there is a similar arrangement that allows you to gain practical work experience in the Netherlands for up to six months. This is called residency with the purpose of work experience.

In some cases your employer will need to have a work permit for you. In other cases a so called special ‘trainee agreement’ is sufficient. To find out in which case your employer needs to apply for a work permit for you or that the ‘traineeship agreement’ is needed, download the factsheet ‘immigration procedures for foreign students doing a traineeship’

Download factsheet 'Immigration procedures for foreign students doing a traineeship' (159 kB)

Work Permit (tewerkstellingsvergunning, TWV)

Dutch employers that want to employ foreigners in the Netherlands need in most cases work permits for these people. Only residents with an EU, EEA or Swiss nationality, except for Bulgarians and Romanians, can work without their employer having a work permit for them.

 Your employer must apply for the work permit at the Central Organisation for Work and Income (CWI) in Zoetermeer. It will take about five weeks before a decision has been taken. You are not allowed to start working before a work permit has been granted, otherwise your employer can be fined.

Download the CWI application form

Links

• www.labourmobility.com, knowledge provider on international work issues
• working in the Netherlands
• www.undutchables.nl, website of recruitment agency for internationals

Whether or not a foreign national has to pay income tax on a scholarship or salary may depend on the bilateral agreements between your home country and the Netherlands. It is advisable to discuss your individual situation with your local tax office. The following are general rules that might be helpful.

Paid traineeships

Student-trainees from other countries - that is, foreign students doing a traineeship in the Netherlands - are exempted from paying Dutch income tax if all of the following is true:

• You will be staying in the Netherlands no longer than six months.
• You will be doing a traineeship (work placement) for educational purposes only.
• You will be receiving money that is intended only to cover your expenses.

Scholarships

Scholarships which you receive from an institution or organization, for instance from Nuffic, are exempt from income tax if they are paid out in one single amount, or in regular installments for no longer than one year. 

BurgerServiceNummer / BSN (old Social-fiscal number)

A ‘BSN’ (short for BurgerServiceNummer) is a general unique registrationnumber for every citizen and is to be used in contact with any government service. You receive your BSN when you are registered with your local municipality (GBA).

When you receive the confirmation from your local municipality that you have been succesfully registered in the GBA you will also find your BSN number in this letter.

The BSN replaces the old ‘sofi-number’, a unique personal number which the Dutch tax and customs administration (Belastingdienst) used to identify registered taxpayers.

Other people may also ask you for your BSN-number. For example, your employer, benefit provider, bank or insurance company may also need to know your BSN-number. This is because they are required by law to provide the tax and customs administration with any information that may be relevant to your tax situation.