(See, for the previous news item on this matter: https://www.franssenadvocaten.nl/english/status-proposed-change-dutch-nationality-law-increase-residence-requirement-naturalization-5-years-7-years/ ) The plenary debate in the lower chamber of Parliament (the Tweede...
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Decisions from the high court concerning inburgering (the language and cultural integration requirement for non-EU citizens)
The Central Appeals Tribunal (Centrale Raad van Beroep, CRvB) of the Netherlands, the highest administrative court in the area of integration requirements (at least until 2012, as it still was at the time these appeals were filed) has handed down decisions...
Custody in the Netherlands
According to Dutch law, as a married father of a child born in wedlock, you automatically share custody of your child with your wife. In the case of unmarried couples, sole custody of any children goes to the mother unless the parents request to register joint...
[OUT OF DATE] Status of proposed change to Dutch nationality law to increase residence requirement for naturalization from 5 years to 7 years
[THIS NEWS ITEM IS OUT OF DATE: SEE https://www.franssenadvocaten.nl/english/bill-change-natu…house-parliament/ ] Several years ago, the Dutch government (a coalition of the conservative-liberal VVD party and the social-democratic Labor party) sent Parliament a...
What did the EU Court say about the civic integration exam (inburgeringsexamen)?
On 4 June 2015, the Court of Justice of the European Union handed down its decision in the case P. and S., about two clients of attorney Jeremy Bierbach. (Press release from the Court) It is now up to the Centrale Raad van Beroep, the Dutch court of appeals which had...





