UPDATE (28 January 2020): It now looks likely that the Withdrawal Agreement, which has been passed by the British Parliament, will also be ratified by the European Parliament and enter into force on 1 February. Therefore, the unilateral policy of the Dutch government...
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How long does a British citizen get to keep a right of permanent residence in the Netherlands? (See more recent posting)
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...
[OUT OF DATE] Americans without Dutch partners can now become dual citizens of the Netherlands, under certain circumstances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:...
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