Knowledge migrant

Knowledge migrants, also known as highly skilled migrants, include all labour migrants who have migrated to the Netherlands on the basis of the Netherlands’ highly skilled migrant scheme or a related schemes, including those for self-employed people, scientific researchers and potantial knowledge migrants. See also: Highly Skilled Migrant | Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND).

The majority of knowledge migrants make use of the highly skilled migrant scheme. Other schemes under which knowledge migrants can come to the Netherlands include the scheme for scientific researchers and the ICT scheme. These schemes provide more detail on the migration motives of knowledge migrants.