UPDATE: the injunction court of the District Court of Amsterdam rejected the petition for preliminary relief, but now the underlying legal question, of whether the plaintiff can be said to lose her right of permanent residence even though she visits frequently, will...
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[OUT OF DATE] Americans without Dutch partners can now become dual citizens of the Netherlands, under certain circumstances
[7 March 2023: NOTE! This possibility no longer exists, due to the fact that the US State Department has announced that the fee for renouncing US citizenship will be reduced to US$450.00. For Dutch law to consider a fee paid for renunciation to be a hardship, it has...
Court of Justice of EU rules that “spouse” includes same-sex spouse in free movement of EU citizens
On the morning of 5 June, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) issued its decision (press release) in the Coman case, based on preliminary questions that had been referred to it by the Romanian Constitutional Court on the proper interpretation of the EU...
FAQs from expat parents going through a divorce / separation
Attorney Peggy Franssen has published an article on the website IamExpat dealing with the legal issues expat parents may encounter when they are going through a divorce or separation from the other parent. To read it, click on the link:...
BREAKING: Upper chamber of Dutch parliament defeats bill to change nationality law
The Eerste Kamer, the upper chamber of the Dutch parliament, has voted to defeat the bill introduced by the government to make changes to Dutch nationality law. The standard period of legal residence in the Netherlands required for an immigrant to become a Dutch...
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