If you applied in time, you usually keep the rights of your previous permit.

The basic rule

Under Vw 14 and IND Werkinstructie practice, if the IND received your extension or change-of-permit application before your previous permit expired, you retain the lawful-residence status that previous permit gave you, during the IND's processing. This includes the right to work (if the previous permit allowed it), to healthcare under the basic insurance, to remain in the Netherlands, and to use public services.

The key is "in time". Filed one day before expiry: you keep your rights. Filed one day after expiry: a more difficult "no-fault residence (buiten schuld)" or new-application route applies.

What "in time" means

• Extension of the same permit. Application received by the IND on or before the expiry date.
• Change to a different permit type. Same rule: received by the expiry date of the previous permit.
• Asylum extension. Asielvergunning extension applications carry the same in-time logic.
• First application (no previous permit). No previous rights to retain. The applicant relies on the application itself, which gives a procedural right to remain pending decision but usually no work rights without an additional document (e.g., TWV).

The proof

The IND issues an automatic confirmation of timely receipt (the "ontvangstbevestiging" with a tijdig-indiening notation) when the application is filed on time. This is the document an employer or healthcare provider asks for as proof of continued rights. Some IND units also issue a sticker in the passport confirming the extension is pending; others operate paper-only. The Mijn IND portal shows the same information online.

Work specifically

Healthcare and other services

• Basisverzekering (basic health insurance). Continues, with the same insurer, as long as the residence right continues.
• BRP registration. Continues. The applicant remains registered at their municipal address.
• Bank accounts and DigiD. Continue. The BRP registration plus a valid identification document is the operational proof.

Exceptions and edge cases

• Asylum first-instance applicant during AA-procedure. Specific work rules apply (waiting period before labour-market access). The continued-work rule is for permit-holders, not first-time asylum applicants.
• Schengen short-stay visa overstay. Different statute (Schengen Code); not covered by Vw 14 continued-work mechanics.
• Late application by one day. The IND may apply the "hersteltheorie" if the delay was excusable, but this is not guaranteed. Application timing is the most important compliance question.
• Employer changed during the pending application. The change-of-employer process under the highly-skilled migrant scheme requires a new IND-acknowledged sponsorship; the previous permit's rights are tied to the previous employer.

What if the IND takes too long?

The continued-work rights persist for the entire processing period, regardless of how long the IND takes. The applicant is not penalised for the IND's delay. The Notice of Default route applies in parallel: the procedural lever pressures the IND to decide, while the applicant continues working under the previous permit. The two run independently.

Where MigrationProvision sits

We do not provide HR or employment-law advice. What we do: when a highly-skilled migrant or family-reunification extension is past the IND's statutory term, we file the Notice of Default within 24 hours of the file being opened, so the procedural pressure begins immediately. The continued-work rights remain in place throughout. The €8.75 file fee covers the audit, the Notice, and the registered mail.