Rights of third-country nationals from Ukraine

Required to leave Schengen area if court denies application for review

As a third-country national with a temporary Ukrainian residence permit you are required to leave the Schengen area if the court denies your application for review. You will be notified of this by the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND). You may have already been notified. In that case, you must leave.

You may no longer stay in a Schengen country. The Schengen countries are the EU member states (except for Cyprus and Ireland) and Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland.

When you must leave depends on your situation

Until 4 September 2025 third-country nationals were entitled to accommodation, residence and healthcare and were allowed to work. When you are required to leave depends on your situation.

See the situation that applies to you follows:

• As a third-country national you did not submit an application for review
  In July 2025, you received a letter from the IND. The letter stated the date by which you were supposed to leave the Netherlands.Until that date, you were entitled to accommodation, healthcare and municipal services, but you were no longer allowed work.
• You are a third-country national who submitted an application for review and you are allowed to stay while awaiting the outcome of the proceedings
  If the court declares your application for review unfounded, you will no longer be entitled to reception services and healthcare once the departure period ends. After the court issues the judgment declaring your application for review unfounded, you will no longer be allowed to work. The dates that apply are different for different people. The court cannot process all the cases at the same time.
• You are a third-country national and your application for asylum is being processed
  You are entitled to reception at an asylum seekers’ centre operated by the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA). If there is room for you at a COA facility, COA will let you know. Until then, you will stay in a municipal reception facility.
• You are a third-country national and your application for a regular residence permit is being processed
  Since 4 September 2025, you have been responsible for your own housing, income and healthcare. You are no longer allowed to stay in a municipal reception facility. You no longer receive a subsistence allowance and meals.

See also: Residency non-Ukrainians with temporary Ukrainian residence permit on the IND website.

If you have questions about reception services ending

As a third-country national, you can you contact the municipality you live in if you have any questions.

Proof of residence

See the IND website to find out how to show that as a third-country national you have a right to protection.