Netherlands permanent residence: security and reach.
How far this permit travels, the days it costs to keep, and where it leads — years to permanent residency and citizenship. The whole deal, with official sources.
How secure it is
“Days to keep” — the physical-presence rule that keeps the status alive — is the column no other index publishes. It’s also exactly what Countly counts.
National PR: no fixed month count, judged case-by-case on 'centre of life'. EU long-term resident status (the separate EU-wide upgrade): lost after 12…
Moving main residence/centre of life abroad, a criminal conviction serious enough to threaten public order, or providing false information…
staying past 183 days typically makes you a tax resident — a different count, also worth tracking.
What it unlocks beyond Netherlands
Where it leads
How many days must you spend to keep Netherlands residence?
National PR: no fixed month count, judged case-by-case on 'centre of life'. EU long-term resident status (the separate EU-wide upgrade): lost after 12 consecutive months outside…
How long from Netherlands residence to citizenship?
0 yrs. Not allowed.
Your permit has a day counter. So does Countly.
Track the presence days that keep your residence permit — and your tax residency — alive. Automatically and privately.
Countly keeps a verifiable ledger of your presence days: for the permit, and for the tax line right behind it.