Need 2+ yrs residency in Schengen zone? Are you American with 00? Then try DAFT!
07-04-2014, 03:36 AM
I'm sorry to have just posted this in the Latvia thread on residency - it provoked my research BELOW - but I then realized that this information is so useful to many that it deserves it's own thread so that it's searchable and can be discussed directly)
NEED legal residency in the Schengen Zone for up to 2 years? Are you an American? Do you have $6,000 in capital to put toward your self-employment? Or else towards buying a business in the Netherlands?
That's basically all you need (oh and about two months bureaucracy-time, plus fees for official translations of your relevant documents into Dutch - and a non-hotel address) under DAFT (the Dutch/American Friendship Treaty)! Anything like art, freelancing, etc, (but NOT law or medicine).
After two years, it can be renewed - if you get to five years, you can apply for citizenship (whose only important stipulation is demonstrating basic Dutch language skills - only one of the easiest languages for English speakers).
Oh - and you will have to pay taxes on the business income from that $6,000 you've invested.
Here's at least two women who've done it quite recently, Shannon (30 years old with a Dutch BF) and Susan (near retirement age with husband) :
http://playmeahappysong.blogspot.com/search/label/DAFT
HERE'S a briefer Dutch law office's outline, without the play-by-play
http://www.expatlaw.nl/dutch_american_fr...treaty.htm
Shannon decided to simply ask officials for help, using her BF as a translator (when English didn't suffice).
THIS ought to be comforting option for many here who seek to extend there stays in the Schengen Zone - by doing it street legal!
NEED legal residency in the Schengen Zone for up to 2 years? Are you an American? Do you have $6,000 in capital to put toward your self-employment? Or else towards buying a business in the Netherlands?
That's basically all you need (oh and about two months bureaucracy-time, plus fees for official translations of your relevant documents into Dutch - and a non-hotel address) under DAFT (the Dutch/American Friendship Treaty)! Anything like art, freelancing, etc, (but NOT law or medicine).
After two years, it can be renewed - if you get to five years, you can apply for citizenship (whose only important stipulation is demonstrating basic Dutch language skills - only one of the easiest languages for English speakers).
Oh - and you will have to pay taxes on the business income from that $6,000 you've invested.
Here's at least two women who've done it quite recently, Shannon (30 years old with a Dutch BF) and Susan (near retirement age with husband) :
http://playmeahappysong.blogspot.com/search/label/DAFT
HERE'S a briefer Dutch law office's outline, without the play-by-play
http://www.expatlaw.nl/dutch_american_fr...treaty.htm
Shannon decided to simply ask officials for help, using her BF as a translator (when English didn't suffice).
THIS ought to be comforting option for many here who seek to extend there stays in the Schengen Zone - by doing it street legal!
“There is no global anthem, no global currency, no certificate of global citizenship. We pledge allegiance to one flag, and that flag is the American flag!” -DJT