As of July 1, 2025, Rusco Lamidi has been appointed as the head of the Immigration and Naturalization Service Caribbean Netherlands (IND CN). His own migration background gives this appointment a personal touch: as a child, he came from Suriname to Bonaire and became a Dutch citizen here.
“It feels very special for me to now lead the organization that, in a way, was once my own counter,” says Lamidi.
Further Building on Service
The IND CN has been committed for years to a customer-oriented approach to service. Lamidi wants to build on this by further improving processes and making the service even faster, clearer, and more customer-friendly. Residents and newcomers in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba often depend on the IND CN to build their daily lives, for example for work, study, or family reunification. Therefore, it is important that procedures run smoothly, with good information provision and personal approach.
Human Scale and Carefulness
For Lamidi, the human scale is an important principle. At the same time, he emphasizes the importance of careful execution of the admission and enforcement policy, so that abuse and fraud are effectively countered. “This is always done with respect for people and within the framework of the law,” says Lamidi.
Experience and Background
Lamidi was born in 1991 in Paramaribo, Suriname, and moved to the Caribbean Netherlands as a baby of ten months. He attended Kolegio San Bernardo in Bonaire until he was ten. Later, he studied Dutch law (specialization in constitutional and administrative law) at the University of Groningen.
He previously worked at the IND in The Hague and since 2022 at the IND CN, where he temporarily had the daily management of the front office. With his new role as head, Lamidi can build on his conscious choice to use his knowledge and experience for the Caribbean Netherlands, in the interest of all residents and newcomers in Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba.