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...
Getting a divorce as an expat in the Netherlands
Our family lawyer, Peggy Franssen, wrote an article about things to keep in mind when getting a divorce as an expat in the Netherlands, such as: rules concerning your residence permit, rules concerning parental authority, rules concerning relocation, the registration...
Council of State rejects government challenge to partners’ permission to work
In August 2016, the district court of Amsterdam handed down a decision ordering the IND (the Dutch immigration authority) to issue a new residence permit card to a non-EU citizen that expressly notes that she is allowed to work in self-employment; she lives in the...
Inburgering: Municipality failed to take personal circumstances into account
In the case of P. and S., the Court of Justice of the European Union already issued a decision on 4 June 2015 on the questions referred to it by the Central Appeals Tribunal (Centrale Raad van Beroep, CRvB) of the Netherlands, specifically whether non-EU citizens...
