The source explains that persons who apply for a regular residence permit are not asylum seekers, but foreigners coming to work or study in the Netherlands. Non-Dutch nationals that are not EU or EER citizens wishing to stay for over 3 months in the Netherlands need a residence permit.
The source defines family reunification as the act of reuniting family members with family members who already immigrated to the Netherlands, with the purpose of living together in the Netherlands. This includes partners and children under the age of 18. Family formation means that a partner moves to the Netherlands with the purpose to marry or live together with a partner already living in the Netherlands, but with whom he or she had not lived with before.
* The numbers from 2012 to 2015 are provisional.
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Family reunification residence permits approved in the Netherlands 2015, by type
This statistic shows the total number of family reunification/formation residence permits approved by the Netherlands from 2008 to 2015, by type. It shows that the total number of permits for family reunification and family formation issued between 2008 and 2015 remained relatively stable between * and * granted permits.
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Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (December 15, 2016). Total number of family reunification/formation residence permits approved by the Netherlands from 2008 to 2015, by type [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 05, 2026, from /statistics/527332/number-of-family-reunification-formation-residence-permits-approved-by-the-netherlands-by-type/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Total number of family reunification/formation residence permits approved by the Netherlands from 2008 to 2015, by type." Chart. December 15, 2016. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed August 05, 2026. /statistics/527332/number-of-family-reunification-formation-residence-permits-approved-by-the-netherlands-by-type/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. (2016). Total number of family reunification/formation residence permits approved by the Netherlands from 2008 to 2015, by type. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: August 05, 2026. /statistics/527332/number-of-family-reunification-formation-residence-permits-approved-by-the-netherlands-by-type/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek. "Total Number of Family Reunification/Formation Residence Permits Approved by The Netherlands from 2008 to 2015, by Type." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 15 Dec 2016, /statistics/527332/number-of-family-reunification-formation-residence-permits-approved-by-the-netherlands-by-type/
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Total number of family reunification/formation residence permits approved by the Netherlands from 2008 to 2015, by type ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/527332/number-of-family-reunification-formation-residence-permits-approved-by-the-netherlands-by-type/ (last visited August 05, 2026)
Total number of family reunification/formation residence permits approved by the Netherlands from 2008 to 2015, by type [Graph], Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, December 15, 2016. [Online]. Available: /statistics/527332/number-of-family-reunification-formation-residence-permits-approved-by-the-netherlands-by-type/
