Costs of applying & costs of living

Visa process & costs involved for the Dutch investment for residency program: 

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• One-time investment

  • Investment: a minimum of 500.000 EUR. 

    • USA & Japan citizens: minimum investment required 250.000 Euros. 

    • Note: due to an international business treaty, Americans and Japanese citizens are entitled to start a business in the Netherlands with a start capital of 4.500 Euros. OrangeVisas will help with starting this business if the business is an investment vehicle that will invest 250.000 EUR into the Dutch Venture Capital space (for US citizens and Japanese citizens only).

    • Intention:

      • There needs to be an intention of family, friends, business partners to also invest an other 4.500.000 Euros​. 

  • Note that this is an investment, not an expenditure: your investment may increase in value over time.

  • If the visa application is rejected by the Dutch government (IND), then the investment amount will be refunded (minus the setup costs involved of a few percent). 
     

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• One-time costs

  • OrangeVisas succes fee: no cure no pay, to be paid at the end of the process:

    • (in case client comes through Henley Global or other partner firm, then partner firm fees & conditions applies). 

      • [value] for single person (ex VAT)

      • [value] for a family of 2-4 people.

      • [value] for a family of 5+ people.

      • Note: this fee only needs to be paid, after your visa application is successful.

  • Financial administration office

    • fee for external financial administration office that will set up the complete setup of the investment vehicel and all administration around it: 25.000 EUR (ext VAT). 

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• Yearly recurring costs of investment

  • 12.000 EUR (ex VAT) a year for external financial administration office to organize your investment vehicle A-Z. ​

  • 50.000 EUR mandatory salary payout to yourself.

    • The Dutch government wants to see that you are able to financially support yourself. 

    • Meaning 38.000 EUR net on your Dutch bank account, to be received from your investment vehicle. 

  • ​Note: the above mentioned external financial administration office will take care 100% of the administration and payouts, thus, no hassle for you involved. 

  • Note: after 5 years, you can apply for a Permanent Residence Permit, or Dutch Passport, and thus stop your Dutch investment vehicle and/or stop the yearly salary-payouts to yourself.  ​

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• Return:

  • Note that the 500.000 EUR investment in a VC fund has (historically seen) a 14% expected return. Thus, if the VC in which you invested liquidates after (say) 10 years, then you could receive 1.800.000 EUR in return ​(looking at historic number; returns are not garantueed). 

  • This return might largely cover all your expenditures, fees and moving costs. 
     

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• Lawyer / attorney 

  • Not needed.

  • For legal questions, OrangeVisas consults an expert law firm; these costs are on us. Unless your case is an exceptional situation that is not following the standard procedure, in that case we will discuss with you how to deal with the costs. 
     

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• Fiscal advisor:

  • We highly suggest to consult an fiscalist to asses what are the implicants for your financial situation.

  • We recommend to consult a Dutch-based international fiscalist (and thus not a fiscalist from your native country). 

  • a Dutch fiscal advisor specialized in this field will costs ± EUR 275 an hour, depending on your situation, an advisor will bill 3-6 hours.
     

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• Renewal fee after 2 years:

  • OrangeVisas fee: EUR 5,000 for single person + 1,000 EUR per extra person ex VAT.

  • (this includes the fee to be paid to the government). 
     

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• Application for permanent residency or passport after 5 years:

  • Naturalisation (passport):

    • OrangeVisas fee: EUR 10,000 single person + 2,000 EUR per extra person ex VAT.
      (this includes the fee to be paid to the government). 

  • Permanent residence permit/Long-term EU residency

    • OrangeVisas fee: EUR 10,000 single person + 2,000 EUR per extra person ex VAT.
      (this includes the fee to be paid to the government). 

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