Official sources and their status
These are the site's primary sources: what we use each one for and the limits we know of. Every procedure page and article also cites its own.
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Laws
| Source | What we use it for | Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Landsverordening toelating en uitzetting (LTU) | Admission, permits, their withdrawal (art. 14) and leaving the country. | The text published by the Toelatingsorganisatie. A 2014 amendment changed the fees. |
| Landsverordening arbeid vreemdelingen (LAV) | The work permit (tewerkstellingsvergunning), applied for by the employer. | Curaçao's consolidated text (P.B. 2025, no. 105). The copy on lokaleregelgeving.overheid.nl (CVDR1591) is the 2001 Netherlands Antilles version: there the permit was granted by each island's executive council (bestuurscollege); in Curaçao it is granted by the Minister of Social Development, Labour and Welfare (SOAW). |
| Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap | Dutch nationality: option and naturalisation (arts. 8 and 9). | A Kingdom law: the same on every island. |
| Toelatingsbesluit | Rules implementing the LTU, such as the guarantee deposit. | Its Art. 2 gives up to 3 months as a tourist to nationals of countries with a visa waiver with the Kingdom; the “Tourist” page says 30 days for almost everyone. The Toelatingsorganisatie confirmed in writing on October 12, 2026 that the 30 days apply; to reach 90 you must apply for the tourist stay extension. |
Policies and instructions
| Source | What we use it for | Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Toelatingsorganisatie policy of April 1, 2026 | Permits of up to 3 years, incomplete applications and indefinite residence. | It says each year applied for is paid in advance ('aantal jaren × leges en retributies'), but not which fee each year carries. The Toelatingsorganisatie confirmed it in writing on September 30, 2026, with its current payment order: the first year at the first-application rate and the rest at the renewal rate. It also confirmed that if a work-based residence permit is for 3 years, the work permit is requested for 3 years, and that the employer renews it until there is an indefinite permit. |
| Rib'e Lugá policy | Regularisation for people who arrived before November 13, 2025: requirements, fees and decision period. | Only for those who registered by October 31, 2026, when registration closed. |
| 2006 instruction (HIG) | Renewal (3.1.2), reporting changes (3.1.3), address and time abroad (3.9), collecting the permit (3.12) and relationship breakdown (4.6). | Written for the Netherlands Antilles, before 2010. Sections 2.5, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5 and 3.14 have been repealed since 2019. It names authorities that no longer exist, such as the Gezaghebber and the Vreemdelingendienst. |
| Ministerial order on investors (2014) | Investment permits. | For the indefinite permit, the Spanish translation says ANG 1,000,000 at one point, by mistake: the rest of that translation, the English version and the 2026 policy say 1,500,000. The Toelatingsorganisatie confirmed in writing (October 12, 2026) that it has 4 months to decide, and that investors do not renew: they apply again and pay the fee for their investment level again. |
| Work permit moratorium (P.B. 2025, no. 78) | Occupations that get no work permit since June 20, 2025. | Replaces the 2021 regulation (P.B. 2021, no. 44). |
| 2026 minimum wage (P.B. 2025, no. 236) | The hourly minimum wage (XCG 11.93 from age 21) quoted in the work articles. | It sets the hourly figure; the youth minimums (65% to 90%) and the monthly figure come from the SOAW ministry's announcement. |
Official pages and forms
| Source | What we use it for | Limits |
|---|---|---|
| Toelatingsorganisatie (immigrationcur.org) | Requirements, fees, forms and application status. | Its sitemap lists about 30 Rib'e Lugá pages without the language prefix (/es/, /en/, /pap/), and at those addresses they give a 404 error; with the prefix they do exist, and that is how we cite them. Its Spanish and Dutch versions do not always match (for example, on study and short stay): where they differ, the page says so. |
| Toelatingsorganisatie FAQ | The 3-month tolerance when renewing, students' waiting rules, Van Rechtswege, who does not need a work permit, when a permit is withdrawn and how applications are submitted online. | It is on its application portal; the “FAQ” link on immigrationcur.org returns an error. Some answers are out of date (for example, they say fees are paid at Girobank): when they clash with the current policy or with the page for the procedure, we follow those. Copy saved on October 26, 2026. |
| Official forms and payment order | The 19 .docx forms that “Fill in the official Word” completes in your browser. | The payment order lists every fee: you have to mark the row that applies to you. |
| Government Loket Digital | Work permit, Kranshi registration and sédula. | Its work permit page still says that only TWVs of up to 12 months are processed; the Vergunningenloket confirmed in writing on October 8, 2026 that 24- and 36-month ones can now be applied for. |
| SVB | Basic health insurance (BVZ) and pension (AOV). | — |
| Governor's Office | Nationality: option, naturalisation and their fees. | Fees are indexed every year. |
| NetherlandsWorldwide and CDC | Visas and vaccines for travelling to Curaçao. | The visa depends on nationality; the vaccine on the country you travel from. |
Court rulings
The 172 rulings come from rechtspraak.nl and are all listed on Case law (in Spanish), with their island. A ruling decides one specific case, and those from Aruba, Sint Maarten and Bonaire apply a different admission law: that is why we use them as examples and not as Curaçao rules.
When they were checked
The copy of the official website is compared every week. The LTU, the 2006 instruction, the 2026 policy, the Rib'e Lugá policy, the Rijkswet, the 2014 investor order, the 2025 moratorium and the 2026 minimum wage were reread on September 28, 2026. On October 12, 2026 the LTU, the 2006 instruction, the 2026 policy, the Rib'e Lugá policy, the Toelatingsbesluit, the 2014 investor order, the work permit lists, the Customs leaflet on moving goods and the archived FAQ were compared with the site again. Every procedure page and article also says when it was reviewed.
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