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They are different permits. The start-up route is a one-year residence permit with a facilitator and an RVO innovation/plan advice. Self-employed is a separate IND scheme. After the start-up year you typically apply for self-employed; you do not extend start-up.
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They are different doors. DAFT is the Dutch-American Friendship Treaty route, grouped by the IND under self-employed. The Startup Visa is a one-year innovative-founder permit with a facilitator. US nationality does not make start-up optional if DAFT is the better legal fit, or the reverse.
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