Conditions for regular family reunification
If you want family members to come to the Netherlands, you must apply for family reunification. Certain rules apply to this. You can read more about those rules on this page.
This is the difference between "asylum family reunification post-arrival" and "regular family reunification"
After receiving an asylum residence permit, you have 3 months to allow your family members to come to the Netherlands through the asylum family reunification post-arrival procedure.
If you are not in time to apply for asylum family reunification post-arrival, you can apply for regular family reunification. This has some drawbacks:
Asylum family reunification post-arrival is free. Regular family reunification costs money.
With asylum family reunification post-arrival, you need to meet less stringent requirements than with regular family reunification. For example, with regular family reunification you have to meet certain income requirements. This is not required in the case of asylum family reunification post-travel.
You can apply for regular family reunification for your family members left behind if:
You have a Dutch residence permit and want to apply for family reunification more than 3 months after you received your permit.
You meet the income requirements of the
For these family members, you can apply for family reunification through the regular procedure:
Your spouse or partner Do you have more than 1 spouse? Then you may apply for family reunification for 1 spouse.
Your biological children and foster or adopted children under the age of 18 who were part of your family in your country of origin If the child's other parent stays behind abroad, they must give permission for your child to leave for the Netherlands.
For some other family members, you can apply through a different procedure
Do you want to apply for family reunification for other family members, such as children over 18 years old or your parents, brothers or sisters? Then this cannot be done through the regular family reunification procedure. It can sometimes be done through another procedure called "asylum family reunification 8EVRM".