Fixed-Term Residence - Independent Means

Caribbean NetherlandsLiving from your own income

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Is this aimed at retirees, pensioners, financially independent people, passive-income holders or another profile?

The form covers a pensioner or person with independent means, including a regular or winter resident profile.

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Limits of the record

The source does not define every passive-income profile.

MBES03 (literal, RCN/IND form, June 2020) -- section 6 purpose checklist
Pensioner/Person of independent means
MBES03 -- section 6 purpose checklist, independent-means descriptor
regular pensioners and people of independent means
MBES03 -- section 6 purpose checklist, winter-resident descriptor
people who spend the winter

Which types of income/assets are accepted according to the official source?

The listed evidence includes interest, pension-fund or other financial-resource evidence, together with a dwelling title or lease.

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Limits of the record

Acceptance of particular assets beyond the listed forms is not established.

MBES03 -- required-documents list, Pensioners and people of independent means
Pensioners and people of independent means • completed and signed application form; • copy valid passport of the foreign national; • proof of independent, sustainable and sufficient financial resources;
MBES03 -- required-documents list, pensioner bullet
pensioner: • declaration or letter from the pension fund which shows the amount and term of the pension benefit received; • document concerning financial resources other than from a pension (minimum USD 1.680 monthly); •

What income, savings or financial-resources threshold applies and how does family affect it where officially specified?

The form lists an interest statement of at least USD 20.160 annually for independent means, or other resources of at least USD 1.680 monthly.

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Limits of the record

The June 2020 thresholds require currentness validation.

MBES03 -- required-documents list, people-of-independent-means bullet
people of independent means: • declaration by a bank which states the amount of the interest received (minimum USD 20.160 annually) on the account(s) in the name of the applicant;
MBES03 -- required-documents list, pensioner bullet
pensioner: • declaration or letter from the pension fund which shows the amount and term of the pension benefit received; • document concerning financial resources other than from a pension (minimum USD 1.680 monthly); •

Can the holder work locally, run a business or perform other economic activity? What is the family position?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm whether the holder can work locally, run a business or perform other economic activity, or the family position.

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Limits of the record

Work, business and family rights are not fully stated.

MBES03 — independent-means documents
For independent means or pensioner routes, the form lists independent, sustainable and sufficient resources

How long is the status granted, what is required for renewal, what physical-presence obligations matter, and what longer-term residence direction exists?

The checked official sources did not provide enough route-specific evidence to confirm how long the status is granted, what renewal requires, any physical-presence obligations or the longer-term residence direction.

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Limits of the record

Physical-presence and long-term conditions are not route-specifically established.

MBES03 — purpose list
The purpose list includes family reunification, family formation, adoption or foster care, study, employment as employee/trainee/apprentice, company representative under the Dutch-American Friendship Treaty, self-employed director or one-man business, pensioner or person with independent means, investor, volunteer, readmission, continued residence and trafficking victim or witness-informer.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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Fixed-Term Residence - Independent Means

Is this aimed at retirees, pensioners, financially independent people, passive-income holders or another profile?

Which types of income/assets are accepted according to the official source?

What income, savings or financial-resources threshold applies and how does family affect it where officially specified?

Can the holder work locally, run a business or perform other economic activity? What is the family position?

How long is the status granted, what is required for renewal, what physical-presence obligations matter, and what longer-term residence direction exists?

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