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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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There has been much discussion recently about the position of so-called “third-country nationals” with a temporary residence permit in Ukraine (further: third-country nationals). Some of them fled the war in Ukraine in early 2022 and were granted rights in the Netherlands based on a generous application of the Temporary Protection Directive (hereinafter: the directive).  The […]

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Everaert Advocaten is proud to announce that Marcel Reurs and Muhyadin Mohamud have authored the chapter on corporate immigration laws and regulations in the Netherlands for the latest edition of the Global Legal Group’s International Comparative Legal Guide. For practical insights into corporate immigration law in the Netherlands, please feel invited to read their chapter which can be accessed […]

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On Tuesday May 9th, 2023, followed by the introduction by Irma van den Berg from SIX Advocaten, also chairman of Lawyers for Lawyers, Claudia González Orellana from Guatemala, and Salah Hammouri from Jerusalem received a warm welcome from the office of Everaert Advocaten. Both later delivered us an unforgettable and inspiring speech. Claudia González Orellana is granted the […]

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On May 28th 2023, as part of the Electoral College festival, Eelco Keij (SNBN) conducted an interview with one of our partners, Hermie de Voer. In the interview, Hermie shed light on the Netherlands Nationality Act (Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap), with special attention to double nationality. The interview (in Dutch) can be viewed here:

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On 13 March 2023 a consultation was started regarding the bill to amend the Netherlands Nationality Act (RWN). The consultation is ending on 15 May 2023. Anyone may and can respond to the bill until that date. The bill introduces an option procedure for former Dutch nationals who had dual nationality but lost their Dutch citizenship after 1 April […]

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