For a foreign employee with a Sint Maarten employment contract and an employment-permit application or valid employment permit.
Sint Maarten
Sint Maarten sits in Caribbean. Its immigration system runs 19 distinct routes — led by study, family and independent means, each set out in official law. All 19 cite an official government source, shown on the route with the date we last read it. Who actually qualifies depends on your full profile.
- Immigration routes
- 19across 11 route categories, each set out in official law
- Source-cited routes
- 19 of 19cite an official government source, with the date we last read it
- Largest category
- Study4 of the 19 routes — see them under Study below
- Region
- Caribbean
- Capital
- Philipsburg
- Population
- 43,923
- Official language
- English, French · +1
- Currency
- ANG
- Time zone
- UTC-04:00
Immigration routes
All 19 routes, grouped by purpose — 19 of 19 cite an official government source directly.
Work
1 route
Investment
1 route
For an applicant investing at least XCG 900,000 in a Sint Maarten business, real estate, or a combination, and realising the stated intention within 12 months.
Business & self-employment
1 route
For a foreign company director holding the required Sint Maarten business and director licences and company registration.
Study
4 routes
For a Dutch intern using the admitted-by-law declaration route.
For a Dutch student using the admitted-by-law declaration route.
For a student enrolled abroad undertaking an internship with a company in Sint Maarten.
For a student enrolled at an educational institution in Sint Maarten with at least XCG 1,000 per month in maintenance.
Family
4 routes
For a partner who has cohabited with a Dutch or non-Dutch sponsor for at least two years.
For a parent of pension age joining an adult child who has held legal residence in Sint Maarten for more than five years.
For a dependent child joining a Dutch or non-Dutch legal resident in Sint Maarten.
For the foreign spouse of a Dutch or non-Dutch legal resident in Sint Maarten.
Independent means
2 routes
For a pensioner able to document official pension income and sufficient resources.
For a rentier able to demonstrate sufficient independent resources through bank statements and assets.
Residence-based status
1 route
For an applicant with five years of uninterrupted legal residence in Sint Maarten, income and good-conduct evidence.
Free movement
2 routes
For a Dutch national naturalised by Royal Decree who requires the admitted-by-law declaration.
For a US national applying under the official American Friendship Treaty residence category.
Short stay & visit
1 route
For a visa-required or visa-exempt visitor staying in Sint Maarten for up to 90 consecutive days in a 180-day period.
Ancestry & return
1 route
For a qualifying Dutch applicant whose parentage or historic Aruba/Netherlands Antilles residence places them outside the ordinary admission law.
Other & special
1 route
For a qualifying government employee admitted by law on the basis of an official Sint Maarten or Kingdom posting.
Official sources
- Government of Sint MaartenGovernment
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