Every official tab, in order

The Dutch immigration service. The DAFT permit lives here under 'self-employed person.' The only site that decides anything.

The Dutch business register. Your DAFT business becomes real here.

The consular front door for everything you do from abroad: appointments, document legalization, honest answers.

The official day counter. Run your last 180 days before you book anything.

The biometric border system counting your days automatically since April 2026.

The €20 travel authorization arriving late 2026. This is the ONLY real site. Every lookalike charging more is a scam wearing a flag.

The official state-by-state directory for ordering birth and marriage certificates. Order 2 to 3 certified copies of everything.

The Hague Convention's official list. State documents like birth and marriage certificates go to that state's Secretary of State. Federal documents go to the US Department of State Office of Authentications. The state fee is small. The middlemen are not.

The Dutch register of sworn translators, for when a document needs official translation. Confirm you actually need one before paying.

Registering before you have a permanent address, and the BSN that comes with it. Non-EU passports can only use the Breda and Venlo desks.

The citizen service number: the key that starts every other engine.

English-friendly housing hunt. Listings show registration status, which is the whole game.

The big Dutch housing site. Learn to read it in Dutch. Consider it homework.

The Dutch tax office. The expat ruling, Box 3, all of it. Bring coffee.

The mandatory insurance and the short enrollment window that starts when you register.

Your login to every Dutch government door. Apply early. The activation letter arrives by physical mail like it's 1998.

The English front door of the whole Dutch government. When in doubt, start here and click outward.