{"id":1040,"date":"2025-03-25T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2026-09-14T19:21:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T18:21:14","slug":"netherlands-warehouse-jobs-work-permit-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/netherlands-warehouse-jobs-work-permit-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands Warehouse Jobs: The Work Permit Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Netherlands warehouse jobs<\/strong> are genuinely plentiful, genuinely well paid for the skill level, and genuinely open to people with no Dutch. Whether they are open to <em>you<\/em> depends almost entirely on your passport, and most guides on this subject avoid saying so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This one says it first, because it saves a non-EU reader from a search that is far harder than the adverts suggest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/netherlands-warehouse-jobs-work-permit-process\/#With_an_EU_passport_there_is_no_process\" >With an EU passport, there is no process<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/netherlands-warehouse-jobs-work-permit-process\/#Without_one_the_labour_market_test_is_the_obstacle\" >Without one, the labour market test is the obstacle<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/netherlands-warehouse-jobs-work-permit-process\/#Route_one_seasonal_work_up_to_24_weeks\" >Route one: seasonal work, up to 24 weeks<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/netherlands-warehouse-jobs-work-permit-process\/#Route_two_stop_applying_for_warehouse_jobs\" >Route two: stop applying for warehouse jobs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/netherlands-warehouse-jobs-work-permit-process\/#The_two_permits_and_which_one_you_would_get\" >The two permits, and which one you would get<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/netherlands-warehouse-jobs-work-permit-process\/#How_to_find_the_work\" >How to find the work<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"With_an_EU_passport_there_is_no_process\"><\/span><strong>With an EU passport, there is no process<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you hold an <strong>EU, EEA or Swiss passport<\/strong>, you need no work permit for the Netherlands. You can travel, apply and start. Register with the municipality, get a citizen service number, and that is the whole of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warehouse and logistics work around Venlo, Tilburg, Rotterdam and Schiphol recruits continuously, often through agencies, frequently with housing attached. If this is you, the rest of this page is background rather than instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Without_one_the_labour_market_test_is_the_obstacle\"><\/span><strong>Without one, the labour market test is the obstacle<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a non-EU worker, a Dutch employer has to clear a <strong>labour market test<\/strong> before a permit can be issued. The requirements are specific:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The vacancy must be advertised to EU and EEA candidates for <strong>at least five weeks<\/strong> before the application, or <strong>three months<\/strong> where UWV classes the role as difficult to fill.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The employer must show <strong>genuine recruitment effort<\/strong> in the Netherlands and across the EEA, not a token advert.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The vacancy must be notified to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwv.nl\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UWV<\/a>, the Dutch employment agency, which decides whether the test has been met.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now apply that to warehouse work specifically. The test asks whether any EU worker could do the job. For picking, packing and general warehouse roles the honest answer is that a great many could, and many already are. <strong>Genuine sponsorship for basic warehouse work is the exception rather than the norm<\/strong>, and an advert promising it freely is worth checking carefully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is not a reason to give up. It is a reason to aim at the two routes where the test is passable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Route_one_seasonal_work_up_to_24_weeks\"><\/span><strong>Route one: seasonal work, up to 24 weeks<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where there is a genuine shortage, an employer can apply for a <strong>TWV<\/strong> for seasonal work of up to <strong>24 weeks<\/strong>. In warehousing that shortage is real and predictable: it arrives with the summer and with the Christmas peak, when volumes rise faster than the local labour market can absorb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So the timing of your application matters more than its wording. An approach in September for Christmas cover meets an employer who has a shortage they can evidence. The same approach in February meets one who does not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Treat a season as a foothold rather than a destination, which is the argument in <a href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/11-countries-offering-seasonal-work-visas-in-europe\/\">11 European countries offering seasonal work visas<\/a>: it gives you a Dutch work history and a Dutch reference, and those are what make the next conversation different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Route_two_stop_applying_for_warehouse_jobs\"><\/span><strong>Route two: stop applying for warehouse jobs<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The blunt version, and the one that actually works. The labour market test is hard to pass for <em>general<\/em> warehouse work and much easier for roles the Dutch market is short of. Several of those sit inside the same buildings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th>Instead of<\/th><th>Aim at<\/th><th>Why the test gets easier<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>General picking and packing<\/td><td><strong>Forklift and reach truck operation<\/strong>, with certification<\/td><td>A certificated operator is a smaller pool than a general warehouse worker<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>General warehouse work<\/td><td><strong>Technical and maintenance roles<\/strong> on automated systems<\/td><td>Automation is spreading faster than the engineers to maintain it<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shift work at entry level<\/td><td><strong>Supervisory and planning roles<\/strong>, or logistics coordination<\/td><td>These can clear a salary threshold, which changes the route entirely<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>The same sector, very different immigration positions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That last row is the real exit. If a role pays enough to qualify as <strong>highly skilled migrant<\/strong> work, the labour market test does not apply at all: the threshold is EUR 5,942 a month at 30 or over, EUR 4,357 under 30, and EUR 3,122 on the reduced criterion for recent graduates and former orientation year permit holders. Detail in <a href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/netherlands-highly-skilled-migrant-salary-threshold-2026\/\">the Dutch salary thresholds<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/a-guide-to-the-dutch-highly-skilled-migrant-scheme\/\">the highly skilled migrant scheme<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_two_permits_and_which_one_you_would_get\"><\/span><strong>The two permits, and which one you would get<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><thead><tr><th><\/th><th>TWV<\/th><th>GVVA, the single permit<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>What it is<\/td><td>A standalone work permit<\/td><td>Residence and work authorisation in one document<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>When it applies<\/td><td>Stays under 90 days, or where you already hold a Dutch residence permit<\/td><td>Employment contracts running longer than 90 days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Applied for through<\/td><td>UWV<\/td><td>IND, with UWV advising on the labour market test<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cost<\/td><td><strong>EUR 423<\/strong>, paid by the employer<\/td><td>Employer cost<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>How long<\/td><td>Up to five weeks, so allow six to eight<\/td><td>Longer, because two authorities are involved<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>The Dutch work permits for non-EU employment, 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note who pays. <strong>The employer carries the EUR 423<\/strong>, as they do everywhere legitimate. If an agency asks you to cover a permit fee or a placement fee, that is not an unusual arrangement, it is the shape of a fraud.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_find_the_work\"><\/span><strong>How to find the work<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Check whether your employer is an IND recognised sponsor.<\/strong> The register is <a href=\"https:\/\/ind.nl\/en\/public-register-recognised-sponsors\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public and updated monthly<\/a>, and it held 12,883 organisations at 1 July 2026. An employer on it has done this before.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Apply into the peak<\/strong>, not away from it. September for Christmas, spring for summer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Get certificated before you apply.<\/strong> A forklift or reach truck ticket is weeks of work and moves you into a smaller pool.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ask about housing.<\/strong> Warehouse work in the Netherlands frequently comes with accommodation through an agency, and the terms of that matter as much as the wage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ask which permit they intend to apply for.<\/strong> An employer who cannot name TWV or GVVA has not done this before.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/how-to-get-your-first-factory-job-in-netherlands\/\">getting your first factory job in the Netherlands<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/work-visa-without-a-degree-2026\/\">work visas that need no degree<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/blog\/common-visa-application-mistakes\/\">common visa application mistakes<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/shortagejobs.com\/jobs\">Browse warehouse and logistics roles with visa sponsorship<\/a> on our board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Last checked September 2026. Labour market test periods, permit fees and salary thresholds are set by UWV and IND and revised periodically. Confirm the current position before applying.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netherlands warehouse jobs are genuinely plentiful, genuinely well paid for the skill level, and genuinely open to people with no Dutch. 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