Netherlands Visa Sponsors: search the IND recognised sponsor register and get new-sponsor alerts

Search the Dutch Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) public register of recognised sponsors for the residence purposes work and highly skilled migrant, and get one clean row per organisation with its KVK (Chamber of Commerce) number and legal form. Or switch on watch mode and each run returns only the organisations that are newly recognised since your previous run.

The data is the IND's own register, read fresh on every run (about 12,700 organisations, updated by the IND once a month). No browser, no proxy, no login.

Made for job seekers and relocation firms who want Dutch employers that can sponsor a work permit, recruiters and immigration consultants checking whether a client or candidate's employer is recognised, and analysts or AI agents that need a structured list of Dutch recognised sponsors.

What you get

• Organisation fields: organisation, kvkNumber, legalForm (BV, NV, Stichting, Vereniging and so on, read from the name).
• Watch mode extras: changeType (new, or notListed on request) and previousListUpdated.
• Provenance: register, listUpdated (the date the IND gives), source and attribution on every row.

Input example

{
  "query": "software",
  "legalForms": ["BV"],
  "maxResults": 100
}

Check a list of employers by KVK number:

{
  "kvkNumbers": ["16051874", "17037842"]
}

Watch mode (run it monthly, after the IND update):

{
  "watchMode": true,
  "storeName": "nl-sponsors-tech",
  "query": "tech"
}

The first watch run saves a free baseline of the register in the named store. A later run on an unchanged register is free and says so. When the IND has updated the register, the run returns the organisations that appear in it but not in your saved copy (filters still apply), then moves the baseline forward. A run capped by maxResults or the charge limit does not advance the baseline, so no change is lost.

Leave the input empty to run a 5-row example.

Output example

{
  "mode": "search",
  "changeType": null,
  "organisation": "Example Software B.V.",
  "kvkNumber": "12345678",
  "legalForm": "BV",
  "register": "work",
  "listUpdated": "5 October 2026",
  "source": "https://ind.nl/en/public-register-recognised-sponsors/public-register-work",
  "attribution": "Source: Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND), Public register recognised sponsors (ind.nl)",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-11-02T08:00:00Z"
}

Pricing

Pay per result: $0.0008 per organisation returned in search mode and $0.002 per new organisation in watch mode. Baseline, unchanged and error notice rows are free. Example: checking 200 employers by KVK number costs $0.16; the whole register costs about $10. A run bills only what it returns, and maxResults and your run's maximum charge both cap it.

Data source and attribution

Source: Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND), public register recognised sponsors. The IND's website says reuse of its content is allowed if you mention the source; keep the attribution field if you republish. The Actor is independent and not endorsed by the IND or the Dutch government. It makes one request to the register page per run.

Responsible use

• Recognition as a sponsor is not a job offer, not a guarantee that an organisation is hiring and not immigration or legal advice. Check the IND before relying on a row.
• The register covers organisations. Names that look like a private person are dropped and no personal data is returned. The check is deliberately cautious, so some small businesses with a two-word name may be dropped too; the status message says how many.
• Do not use the data to contact people in ways that break the law where they live; obligations for what you do with it rest with you.

FAQ

How fresh is it? The IND updates the register once a month; listUpdated shows its date.

Does it include emails, phone numbers or websites? No. Rows hold the organisation, KVK number and legal form only.

Does it cover the research, au pair or education registers? Not yet; this Actor reads the work register.

Why is an organisation missing? The IND lists organisations after the next monthly update, and organisations with an unrecognised name pattern for a private person are dropped.