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Here is the related info from Dutch IND website:

New directive concerning the status of ‘third-country nationals who are long-term residents’ not yet in force in the Netherlands.
A new EU directive (2003/109/EC on third-country nationals who are long-term residents) should have been implement in the Netherlands by 31 January 2006. This directive concerns migrants from outside the EU (‘third-country nationals’) and establishes the right to a new, permanent EC residence status. This status allows them to settle in another Member State, on the condition that they have fulfilled the requirements set in the directive Unfortunately, the Netherlands has not yet implemented this directive. An advice is still required from the Council of State on necessary amendments to the legislation concerning aliens. Then the Second Chamber of the States General must make a number of choices, for example about the form that the application is to take. As a result, applications for permanent EC resident status cannot yet be processed.

The municipality does not have extra information concerning the permanent EC resident status. As soon as further clarity is achieved on the date and manner in which the EC resident status can be applied for, this will be published on this website.

To be eligible for the permanent EG residential status, the migrant must meet a minimum of three conditions:

He/she, in possession of a valid residence permit, has been living for an uninterrupted period of five years in a EU Member State. This concerns migrants with a standard permanent residence permit, whereby the purpose of stay is not of a temporary nature, such as stay with partner or salaried employment. Asylum seekers, refugees and EU citizens are not eligible. Who do qualify, however, are the family members of EU citizens who have the nationality of a non-EU country and who have been legally living, without interruption, for at least five years in a EU Member State.
He/she has a fixed and regular income to maintain the own family.
He/she has taken out health insurance.


When assessing the application, the authorities also look at whether the migrant could pose a threat to public safety. Whether any other conditions will be imposed, and what these will be, is not known at this stage.

The new EC residence status will grant the migrant a number of rights. The most important are a permanent right of residence and the right to equal treatment, for example with regard to education and work. Also significant is the right, subject to certain conditions, granted to migrants to work, study or live of private means in any of the 21 other EU Member States. In order to stay in another EU country, the migrant must first acquire permanent residence status in the own country of residence. Then, he/she can submit an application for a residence permit to the authorities of another EU country.

While the new EC residence status significantly improves the status of migrants, their position is still weaker than that of persons of EU nationality.