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The Council of State, serving as the highest administrative judicial authority in the Netherlands, delivered its verdict on the pilot cases concerning the IND’s decision to end the temporary protection by September 4, 2023 for non-Ukrainians holding a temporary residence permit in Ukraine. The Council of State rules the Minister did not have the authority to […]

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Application fees for Dutch citizenship requests, by naturalization or option, are revised annually. As of 1 January 2024, the IND charges the following amounts: Category Application fees in 2024 Application fees in 2023 Single option request € 217 € 206 Option request with partner € 370 € 351 Child < 18 joining option request € 24 € 23 Single naturalization request € 1.023 € 970 Naturalization […]

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We end this year on a high note. Earlier this month we witnessed two of our paralegals, Leonie Haenen and Sofia Helbing being sworn in as lawyers, marking the start of their apprenticeship within our firm. On top of that, we are delighted to announce that as of January 1st 2024, our dear colleagues Thomas […]

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If you are Dutch, then Dutch law governing names, applies. Even if you have another nationality besides the Dutch nationality. If you are not Dutch, then the law governing names of your nationality applies. In that case, the Dutch authorities must recognize any changes in names that have taken place outside the Netherlands. This does […]

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Naturalisation Day is celebrated every year on 15 December. On this day, an extra festive naturalisation ceremony takes place at Dutch municipalities. The ceremony is the final requirement for acquiring Dutch nationality. During the ceremony, new Dutch citizens make the Declaration of Solidarity in which they promise to respect the freedoms and rights that come […]

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Today, the new salary thresholds for highly skilled migrants, intra-company transfers, Blue Card holders, and recent graduates in the Netherlands were published. The following salary thresholds will apply per January 1st, 2024: The above presents the minimum gross salary per month, excluding 8% holiday allowance. All applications filed after 31 December 2023 will need to […]

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Today, the highest administrative court in the Netherlands, the Administrative Law Division of the Council of State (the Council of State), ruled in two judgments that the Employee Insurance Agency (UWV) may no longer impose the requirement that asylum seekers can only work a maximum of 24 weeks per year. According to the Council of […]

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On October 1, 2023, the Law on Determination of Statelessness entered into force. One of the reasons for this new law is criticism from the Advisory Commission on Aliens Affairs (ACVZ) on the Dutch approach to statelessness. Before this law entered into force, the Netherlands did not have a procedure in place to determine statelessness. […]

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On October 24, 2023, a draft legislative proposal amending the Dutch Citizenship Act (RWN) was published. The accompanying Explanatory Memorandum can be found here. An earlier version of this bill was released in 2016. The Advisory Division of the Council of State issued an advisory opinion in February 2017. In October 2023, the initiators came […]

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On 8 September 2023, the Dutch Supreme Court ruled in a case that is relevant for (some) descendants of Dutch women who want to become Dutch citizens through an option procedure. They are called ‘latent Dutch citizens’. Who are ‘latent Dutch citizens’? Latent Dutch citizens are persons born before 1 January 1985 of a Dutch […]

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