Guides tagged "visa"
Laid Off on a Dutch Highly Skilled Migrant Permit? Your 90-Day Financial and Residence Plan
Losing a job tied to a highly skilled migrant permit starts two clocks at once, not one — how to build a cash runway and a verified residence plan in the same first week, instead of treating them as separate problems.
6 min read
Investing Before Your Permanent Residency: A Checklist for Skilled Migrants
A broker account like DEGIRO or Meesman only needs a BSN and a Dutch bank account — not permanent residency. Here's the order of operations for investing during your temporary-permit years instead of waiting.
4 min read
FI for Non-EU Visa Holders: When Your Residence Is Tied to One Job
Being on an employer-sponsored permit doesn't just mean sizing a bigger emergency fund — it changes the liquidity-versus-growth tradeoff in your whole portfolio, and the permanent-residency timeline splits your FI plan into two distinct phases.
5 min read