Key Points
- Beginning 1 January 2025, the Netherlands will increase its foreign national visa category minimum salary requirements by approximately 6.7%
Increase Salary Requirement by Visa Category
The Netherlands will introduce new salary criteria for highly skilled foreign nationals and their visas beginning 1 January 2025. According to Envoy Global’s Dutch team, this marks an increase of approximately 6.7%. The amounts by visa category are as follows:
| Type | Salary criteria 2024 gross a month excluding holiday allowance | Salary criteria 2025 gross a month excluding holiday allowance |
| Highly skilled migrants reduced salary criterion | EUR 2.801,- | EUR 2.989,- |
| Highly skilled migrants younger than 30 years of age | EUR 3.909,- | EUR 4.171,- |
| Highly skilled migrants of 30 years of age and older | EUR 5.331,- | EUR 5.688,- |
| European Blue Card reduced salary criterion | EUR 4.265,- | EUR 4.551,- |
| European Blue Card salary criterion | EUR 5.331,- | EUR 5.688,- |
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