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Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)
Decides on residence, asylum and naturalisation applications.
What this authority does
Assesses MVV and residence-permit applications, runs the recognised-sponsor and highly-skilled-migrant schemes, and decides naturalisation. It publishes processing times and salary thresholds updated each year.
Services for the public
- Residence permits
- Highly skilled migrant scheme
- Naturalisation
- Recognised sponsor register
Before you contact this authority
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