Use this timeline as a planning aid, not as a substitute for the deadline attached to your own visa, employer, municipality, pet or transport situation.
1-3 months before
- Immigration/work route confirmed
- Housing search and registration-address requirement understood
- Original civil-status documents collected; legalisation/translation checked
- Pet/vehicle rules started early
- Moving budget and emergency buffer set
- Medical/prescription continuity planned
2-4 weeks before
- Municipality registration appointment booked where possible
- Travel and temporary/permanent accommodation confirmed
- Belongings inventory and insurance checked
- Employer/sponsor has arrival/start details
- Critical documents scanned and originals packed separately
Arrival week
- BRP/municipality registration
- BSN process confirmed
- Phone/data and transport working
- Health-insurance deadline checked
- DigiD process started when eligible
First month
- GP/pharmacy setup
- Banking and recurring payments
- Tax/benefit obligations checked
- Vehicle/licence steps if applicable
- Dutch-learning and social routine started