Netherlands
Start-up residence permit
A time-limited route for actively developing an innovative business with a facilitator.
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Start-up Denmark
A route for actively running an innovative growth business approved by an expert panel.
Start here: Obtain Danish Business Authority expert-panel approval before applying to SIRI; document ownership and self-support.
What does this route allow?
- Work permission and limitations
- Work only in the permitted business. A salaried or sideline job requires the relevant additional permission.
- Family questions
- Check accompanying-family conditions and additional self-support evidence with SIRI.
- Costs to verify
- Verify SIRI’s current processing fee and required self-support funds; these are not an all-in relocation budget.
- Duration and next stage
- Check current initial validity and extension conditions on SIRI’s page. No processing-time promise is made here.
Application sequence
Use these steps to organize your research, not as a replacement for your authority’s current procedure.
- Submit the innovative business idea for expert-panel assessment.
- Prepare ownership and self-support evidence after approval.
- Follow SIRI’s permit-application and biometrics instructions.
Evidence to investigate
This is a preparation prompt, not an exhaustive consular document list. Your nationality, application location and circumstances determine the final requirements.
- Expert-panel approval
- Passport and ownership evidence
- Self-support evidence and fee receipt where required
Common planning traps
- An ordinary non-innovative business may not qualify.
- Business-plan approval is not the residence-permit decision.
Residence permission, permission to work, tax residence and short-stay travel rules are separate questions. No approval probability or settlement guarantee is calculated here.
Check the official instructions
Reviewed 2026-10-22; editorial review due 2027-01-22. This date is not a promise of live monitoring. Verify fees, eligibility, quotas and appointment availability again before paying or applying.