Tozo and self-employed residence permit holders: the latest summary
25 May 2020: I thought it might be a good time to summarize the current state of affairs (and respond to some frequently asked questions) with regard to Tozo (the income support available to all self-employed persons in the Netherlands) for holders of residence...
Can EU/EEA/Swiss/British citizens (and their family members) in the Netherlands receive coronavirus support?
In most cases, yes. Of course it's the Dutch government's job to always note, as a technically correct statement, that "it can affect an EU citizen's right of residence" if they receive social assistance (by which they hope to discourage EU citizens from even...
YES THEY CAN! (Can residence permit holders apply for the coronavirus support (“Tozo”) for ZZPers?)
[NOTE! I am leaving this messy posting of chronological updates up only for historical interest; I've written a consolidated and updated posting here.] Friday evening, 17 April 2020 YES! The State Secretary of Justice and Security has communicated to Parliament that...
Brexit is coming (for real this time): what do British citizens in the Netherlands need to know?
(published 28 January 2020) by Dr. Jeremy B. Bierbach In the first part of this month, now that it is a sure thing that the United Kingdom will withdraw from the European Union at midnight on 31 January 2020, I received a number of increasingly panicked phone calls...
Dutch immigration authority is giving British citizens faulty information about their rights of residence after Brexit
UPDATE (as of Jan. 9, the day after this complaint was filed): the IND did correct its website to change the reference to "sufficient income" to a reference to "sufficient resources" (the correct term of EU law), and removed the hyperlink to the page with incorrect...
