Immigration on humanitarian grounds

Applicants whose situation does not come under a specific purpose of stay might qualify for immigration on humanitarian grounds. Their circumstances should be individual and distressing, also sometimes referred to as urgent humanitarian reasons.

Examples of such urgent humanitarian reasons can be found in case of victims of domestic violence or human trafficking, women who are left behind against their will in their countries of origin, foreign nationals who cannot leave the Netherlands through no fault of their own and/or any other situation in which there is not another clearly defined ground for residence. There should be a combination of special circumstances that make it impossible for the foreign national in question to go back to his country of origin.

Applications for immigration on humanitarian grounds are complex from both a legal and a factual point of view. As much evidence as possible should be collected of the special distressing circumstances.