Evidence covers four of the five requested steps with 2024–2026 first-person completed-result reports (16 for orientation year, 22 for highly skilled migrant, 201 for permanent residence, 200 for naturalisation — the last two counts may be inflated by duplicate page-level matches), alongside official IND decision times. No supported EU Blue Card timing was recovered, so it is shown as a coverage gap, not a value.
| Step | Official IND decision time | Fastest reported | Typical (median) | Slowest reported | Inburgering level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| orientation-year permit | For a completed application submitted digitally for the 'Orientation Year for Highly Educated Persons', the IND strives to take a decision within two weeks (a target, not a statutory maximum) ind.nl official |
20 d "20ish days" reddit.com anecdote |
90 d median of 16 reports anecdote |
90 d "exactly 90 days" reddit.com anecdote |
None found |
| highly skilled migrant permit | The IND must decide on the application within 90 days, but strives to decide within 2 weeks, on condition that the application is complete; for extension applications the IND aims to decide within 2 weeks, also on condition that the application is complete; in the process overview, if the employer is a recognised sponsor and the application is complete, assessment can be done within 2 weeks. ind.nl official |
5 d "5 days" reddit.com anecdote |
33 d median of 22 reports anecdote |
167 d "5-6 months" reddit.com anecdote |
None found |
| permanent residence after 5 years | Unresolved in captured sources ind.nl official |
2 d "two days" reddit.com anecdote |
30 d median of 201 reports anecdote |
274 d "9 months" reddit.com anecdote |
A2 |
| naturalisation | Option procedure: approximately 3 months after the option statement has been taken delivery of. Naturalisation procedure: approximately 1 year (assessment and approval of the application for naturalisation takes approximately 1 year). ind.nl official |
2 d "2 days" reddit.com anecdote |
122 d median of 200 reports anecdote |
2922 d "8 years" — outlier, needs verification reddit.com anecdote |
A2 |
| EU Blue Card | Coverage gap — no sufficiently supported 2024–2026 first-person completed-timeline report was recovered; no value is invented. | ||||
Retaining Pakistani nationality after Dutch naturalisation is only possible if Pakistani law and the current designated-country rules permit it and the person falls under a Dutch renunciation exemption; otherwise Dutch naturalisation generally requires renouncing Pakistani citizenship. The captured Pakistani extraction does not establish whether the Netherlands is on the current gazetted dual-nationality list, so the answer cannot be an unqualified yes.
Pakistani statutory exceptions (Citizenship Act 1951 s.14) cover minors under 21, subjects of an Acceding State, citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies or other gazetted countries, and Pakistani women married to non-citizens. Source: dgip.gov.pk
You do not have to renounce your current nationality/nationalities if: (1) by becoming a Dutch citizen you automatically lose your current nationality; (2) legislation in your country does not allow loss of your nationality; (3) you are a minor; (4) you are married to or the registered partner of a Dutch citizen; (5) you were born in the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao, or St. Maarten and are a resident there at the time your application is submitted; (6) renouncing requires paying a disproportionally large sum of money to the authorities in your country (must be proven); (7) you would lose certain rights causing serious financial losses, e.g. inheritance law (must be proven); (8) you must perform (or buy off) military service before you can renounce (must be proven); (9) according to the law of your current nationality you can only renounce after becoming a naturalised citizen (after naturalisation you do have to renounce); (10) you cannot be expected to contact the authorities of the State of your current nationality; (11) you have a special reason why you cannot renounce; (12) you are a national of a state not recognised by the Netherlands; (13) you are a national of a State Party to the Second Protocol of the Strasbourg Convention; (14) you have been recognised as a refugee in the Netherlands, Curaçao, Sint Maarten or Aruba; (15) you live in the Netherlands, are of age and were a minor on the starting date of your Ranov residence permit.
Data: 4 rows, one per immigration step, assembled from IND forms and pages, DutchNews, the Pakistan DGI&P dual-nationality page, and Reddit r/Netherlands first-person reports dated 2024–2026; durations measured in calendar days from application to decision as reported; EU Blue Card omitted for lack of supported reports; full exemption and legal texts shortened for space where noted.