GVVA — top-segment arts and culture employee

You apply to the IND for a single permit (GVVA). This permit allows you to live and work in the Netherlands.

Extra requirements for employees in art and culture You work in dance, classical music, opera, musical, theatre or stage. You are going to work in an occupation in the top segment of the list of jobs.

List of jobs in art and culture Occupation Principal 2nd violin, viola or double bass Actor Artistic director or deputy director of dance, musical or cultural workshop Artistic leader or artistic advisor music or opera Artistic project coordinator of cultural workshop Choreographer Dancer or musical artist Conductor Concert master Principal or soloist of wind section, principal harpist or principal timpanist Core guide cultural workshop departments Designer (including scenic design, costumes, light, sound, video) Deputy concertmaster Director Soloist music or opera Solo cellist Technical project or other specialist cultural workshop Singer or musical artist

Your employer’s company or organisation is registered in the Commercial Register (in Dutch: Handelsregister) of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (in Dutch: Kamer van Koophandel or KvK). This applies only if this entry is required under the Commercial Register Act 2007 (in Dutch: Handelsregisterwet 2007). Your employer has first looked for an employee in the Netherlands and the EU or EEA countries. For this purpose, your employer must have registered the vacancy at an employer service point of the Employee Insurance Agency (in Dutch: Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen or UWV).

Your employer arranges right housing for you.

You meet the income requirements. Your salary is in line with the collective labour agreement for the job.

The additional document says for which employer you are allowed to work. It also sets out the conditions under which you are allowed to work.

The period of validity of the single permit is a maximum of 3 year. Have you had a valid residence permit for work for 5 years? Then the single permit is valid for a maximum of 5 years.

If you change employers, your old employer must notify the IND as required. Your employer will deregister you, but it is your responsibility to check with your employer that you have been deregistered. Your new employer must apply for a new residence permit.

Will your residence permit expire soon? Then you can extend your residence permit.