VisaStaff suppliers in the Netherlands face a December registration deadline
IND’s November newsletter directs recognised sponsors to prepare for the new labour-supply accreditation system.
Official source date: 2026-11-05
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Identify whether the business supplies staff rather than contracted services
Existing businesses supplying employees to work under another company’s direction should assess the new Dutch labour-supply accreditation system now. The responsible authority, NAU, defines staff supply through three features: making an employee available to another business, receiving payment and placing the worker under that other business’s supervision. The scope can include payroll and secondment providers, businesses whose main activity is elsewhere, and overseas suppliers sending staff to work in the Netherlands.
NAU distinguishes contracted services where the supplier retains supervision, transfers within the same corporate group and qualifying temporary, non-profit staff lending. Those distinctions matter before registration. This is a business compliance task, not an individual visa application or a rule that every employer hiring a foreign worker must obtain labour-supply accreditation. Establish the actual supervision and payment arrangement rather than relying on the company’s trading name.
Record both transition deadlines and the immigration consequence
IND’s 5 November Business Newsletter warns recognised sponsors about the new system under the Provision of Personnel (Accreditation) Act, known as Wtta. The phased system starts on 1 January 2027, while accreditation enforcement begins on 1 January 2028. IND says missing the transition steps can require a supplier to stop operating without accreditation and may also affect its recognition as a sponsor.
The transition route has two steps: register between 1 November and 31 December 2026, then apply for accreditation or exemption between 1 May and 30 June 2027. Registration now is not the later application. NAU’s detailed guidance gives a qualification absent from the newsletter’s broad warning: a business holding the SNA quality mark on 30 June 2027 need not register for the transition scheme, although NAU advises doing so to protect against losing that mark earlier in 2027. Check that specific position before treating registration as universally mandatory.
Prepare digital access and the information for registration
NAU’s registration page requires eHerkenning at level three or higher and a Berichtenbox, the government’s digital business mailbox. Register the mailbox name in the Chamber of Commerce register and check the company’s information, which NAU retrieves. Arrange access before the December deadline.
Registration asks for expected total net turnover for 2026 and the anticipated application type: an inspection-based, provisional or SNA-based accreditation, or exemption. No inspection institution needs linking at this stage. NAU says not to obtain the conduct certificate for registration; it belongs to the later accreditation application. Use the official registration link; no registration was submitted for this report.
Prepare payroll and records for the later assessment
NAU’s preparation guidance explains why early registration alone does not complete compliance. A supplier needs records showing who works for which client and for how many hours, with timesheets linked to payslips. Contracts and identity details must be kept, only people permitted to work in the Netherlands may be assigned, and the specified personnel administration must be retained for at least seven years.
The authority also identifies wage, holiday-pay, tax and social-insurance compliance, information about employment terms and appropriate housing where supplied. An inspection report is part of the assessment process, but NAU explicitly says a positive report does not automatically secure admission. Its assessment also considers information from tax authorities, the Labour Inspectorate and the business register. Keep the worker’s immigration permission and the supplier’s accreditation evidence as separate checks; success on one does not answer the other.
Budget for the deposit without calling it an application fee
NAU’s financial-guarantee page lists EUR100,000 for suppliers, with EUR50,000 initially for a starter holding provisional accreditation and a later increase to EUR100,000. This is a guarantee against unmet obligations such as wages, taxes or fines, not an immigration fee. Payment is requested after substantive assessment when NAU intends to grant accreditation, rather than described as a payment required to register this December.
A first-application exemption can apply to established suppliers meeting the stated four-year registration and actual staff-supply conditions, supported by a recent tax-payment statement. Return of a guarantee is conditional too. The reviewed guidance mentions an annual contribution but does not establish its amount here, nor one universal inspection price. Budget those separately and ask NAU which exemption and cost categories apply to the business before committing funds.
