Europe
🇳🇱 Netherlands
Amsterdam is a premium European base: English everywhere, superb transit, and a mature startup scene, costs run high and long stays need a real residence route, not a tourist loophole.
Netherlands in short
We cover 1 city in Netherlands. A mid-range solo month in Amsterdam is about $2,800 (our planning estimate, method). No remote-work scheme for Netherlands is in the audited visa tracker yet, so plan around the ordinary visitor rules and check them with the official immigration authority before you book.
How this page is built: visa rows are read from the audited tracker, which links each figure to an official page and dates the check; city figures are editorial planning estimates (method). Rules change, so confirm with the authority before you apply. Researched from official immigration pages and the site's cost dataset.
Earlier summary of the visa route
Scheme
DAFT (Americans) / highly skilled migrant / other residence routes
Maximum stay
Varies by permit: no classic mass-market DN visa
Income or savings
DAFT has deposit/business requirements; other routes have salary thresholds
Difficulty
Involved
These summary figures were carried over from the earlier site and are not individually dated. This country is not in the audited tracker yet, so treat them as a starting point only.
Cities in Netherlands
Figures are planning estimates. Method
