[OUT OF DATE] Partners of entrepreneurs are now also allowed to work
(12 July 2020: this post from 16 August 2016 is now only maintained as a historical archive post, because the Dutch government changed the law, as of 1 January 2020, to say that partners of entrepreneurs are now allowed to work wherever they like, including in...
Now that Brexit looks certain: consequences for Brits in the Netherlands?
Updated on 1 August 2016 CET to reflect new insights Ever since prime minister David Cameron announced that the UK would hold a referendum on whether to leave or stay in the European Union on 23 June 2016, we at Franssen Advocaten have been getting questions from...
Bill passed to help Dutch citizens who lost their citizenship by the passage of time
On 28 June, the lower house of the Dutch parliament passed a bill to help former Dutch citizens living abroad who lost their Dutch citizenship on 1 April 2013 by neglecting to have a passport issued to them in 10 years. If this bill also passes the upper house of...
Bill to change naturalization requirement passed by lower house of Parliament, with some good news
(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...
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...
