Annual figures IND; Recently, the Dutch Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND) published the annual figures for 2021.

As every year, IND has used the statistics of the following categories in its overview:

• Family
• Knowledge & Talent
• Startups
• Students
• Migrant workers
• Brexit (as of 2020
• Naturalization (i.e. application for a Dutch nationality) and Asylum applications.

In general, the main conclusion is that compared with 2020 more applications have been submitted in 2021. However, when comparing with 2019 the number of applications is more or less the same. The 2020 Annual Report of the IND already showed that in 2020 less applications were submitted in general due to the Covid-19-crisis.[1]

For more information, please click on the link to the article Annual Figures 2021 IND

[1] https://ind.nl/nieuws/Paginas/Jaarverslag-2020-door-corona-minder-aanvragen-ingediend.aspx