How to submit any application

Who does this apply to?

• Anyone applying for a permit or a declaration

Requirements

• All the requirements for the specific procedure scanned as PDF (straight, in color, legible, no staples/clips/fingers, about 2cm of margin, no translucent background)

Steps to apply

1. If your purpose of stay is available on the digital portal: submit it at https://permit.immigrationcur.org/.
   How to get this done

   First check at https://permit.immigrationcur.org/ whether your specific purpose of stay already has a digital form enabled — if it does, the whole procedure is handled right there online, with no need to send separate emails.

2. If it is not available online: scan the form and the documents and email them to intake@immigrationcur.org.
   How to get this done

   How to scan your documents correctly

   The scan (or photo) of each document must meet ALL these criteria, or the system may reject your application: (1) it must be a scan of an ORIGINAL document, not a copy of a copy; (2) scanned as straight as possible, not tilted; (3) no staples, paper clips or fingers visible in the image; (4) not edited or retouched; (5) avoid folds and creases; (6) all data must be sharp, legible and not blurry; (7) no crossed-out, covered or overwritten data; (8) for identity documents the image must show the WHOLE document in colour (passport: top and bottom page; cédula: front and back); (9) leave about 2 cm of margin around the image; (10) the document must NOT have a translucent/transparent background.

   • Use a real scanner if you have access to one (office, library, copy shop): it gives better results than a phone photo.
   • If you use your phone, do it in good daylight, without direct flash, with the document on a flat, dark surface so the edges are clearly visible.
   • Save each document as a PDF (not a loose JPG) when the procedure explicitly asks for PDF format.

Important notes

• Not all residence purposes can be applied for online yet; the site is still being digitalized.

Related real case law (1)

Real cases from the courts of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Caribbean Netherlands, which share the Joint Court of Justice. We show the island of each one, because each island's rules can differ. Each number links to the original text.

Legal review: pending This page summarises court rulings and has not yet been reviewed by a lawyer. It is not legal advice. What this means

• ECLI:NL:OGHACMB:2012:BW7351CuraçaoForeign national won

  Won: the application was signed by the husband instead of the applicant and the minister left it unprocessed 11 months later. It cannot be rejected for a formal defect like that without first giving the chance to correct it.

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