ICT Intra-EU Mobility is a set of rules that allows non-EU managers, specialists, and trainee employees transferred within a multinational to work in a second EU member state on the basis of a permit already issued by a first member state. It is established under Directive 2014/66/EU and transposed into Dutch law in the Vreemdelingenwet 2000.
There are two mobility routes. Short-term mobility allows work in the Netherlands for up to ninety days in any 180-day period following a simple notification by the host entity to the Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND). Long-term mobility applies to assignments longer than ninety days and requires a dedicated Dutch residence permit, which is processed on an accelerated timeline for recognised sponsors.
The framework covers intra-group transfers only. The home employer and the Dutch host entity must belong to the same corporate group, the assignment must be temporary, and salary and working conditions must comply with Dutch law and collective agreements.