Canal houses and bridges in Amsterdam, Netherlands

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.

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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

Summary figures carried over from the earlier site and not individually dated. This country is not in the audited tracker yet.

Cities in Netherlands

Figures are planning estimates. Method