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</div> <div class="header__caption"> <div class="header__caption-plane"> <div class="container"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-7"> <h1 class="header__title header__title--large" tabindex="0">Our organisation</h1> <span class="header__description"><p>At the IND, we receive between 100,000 and 150,000 applications for residency every year. In addition, we process applications for naturalisation from people who have been living here so long that they feel Dutch and would like to apply for a Dutch passport.</p> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section> <div class="container"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-12"> <div id="indsitewidealertmeldingen" class="block block-ind-custom"> <div class="no-gutters row"> <div class="col-12"> <div data-sitewide-alert data-sitewide-alert-type="notification"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="container px-0"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="col-12 col-xl-8"> <section class="pane--intro pane pane--default" data-pane-type="intro"> <div class="container pr-0"> <div class="no-gutters row"> <div class="col-12"> <div class="pane__content"> <div class="paragraph--call-to-action-button"> <div class="row no-gutters"> <div class="text-lead d-block col-lg-11"> <h2>What we do</h2> <p>Around 75 percent of applications for residency are from people who want to work or study here, or who want join someone already living here. Around 25 percent are asylum applications. These are from people who have fled their home becasue they not longer feel safe there.</p> <p>On the next pages, you can find out more about our contributions in the fields of <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="b4d76fca-33a0-4c6c-993a-7d5a331c9148" href="/en/about-us/our-work-areas/asylum" title="Asylum">asylum</a>, <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="2a2b974f-ec06-4e6d-b281-4ce0c532e778" href="/en/about-us/our-work-areas/economy" title="Economy">economy</a>, <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="36cdc938-d397-4898-bb3d-83a5f0711252" href="/en/about-us/our-work-areas/naturalisation" title="Naturalisation">naturalisation</a> and <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="851f205d-7b34-42a6-81ec-f17f33f7da45" href="/en/about-us/our-work-areas/family" title="Family">family</a>.</p> <h2>Attention for every application</h2> <p>Our decisions have a great impact on people’s lives. 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There are also European and international treaties and conventions we must follow. So we do not make the rules ourselves: we implement them.</p> <p>Our organisation is an agency with a Managing Director. We come under the Ministry of Asylum and Migration. The Minister for Migration Faber-van de Klashorst is politically responsible.</p> <p><a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="52477c1d-73c7-4dee-89f2-7fe8b8933385" href="/en/about-us/our-organisation/organisational-chart" title="Organisational chart"><u>View the organogram of our senior management.</u></a></p> <h2>Enforcement</h2> <p>Enforcement is an important part of our work. We are on the alert for fraud because people are not supposed to abuse the system. After granting a residence permit, we also check whether people continue to meet the requirements. In this way, we help the Netherlands stay safe.</p> <h2>International cooperation </h2> <p>Migration crosses borders. 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