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About NATO
Should the NATO allies increase their defence spending up to a level of 5% of GDP?
What does the Secretary-General of NATO do?
Buying medicines online
Can I safely order medicines online without a prescription from an online doctor?
How do I check whether an online medicine supplier can be trusted?
What are the risks of falsified medicines?
Why is it better to get medicines on prescription from a doctor or pharmacy?
Cohabitation agreement
What do I need to take into account if I decide to enter into a cohabitation agreement?
Will cohabitation affect the tax I pay?
Educational institutions and the ban on face coverings
Does the ban on face coverings apply at all educational institutions?
FAQs
What cannabis products can coffee shops offer during the Controlled Cannabis Supply Chain Experiment?
What does the experiment mean for me as a consumer?
What is the difference between cannabis, weed, hemp and hash?
What legislation is the Controlled Cannabis Supply Chain Experiment based on?
Foreign laws and customs
Should I take account of laws and customs for clothing and behaviour in other countries?
General
Does the ban on face coverings apply in Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba as special municipalities of the Netherlands?
What does the partial ban on face coverings entail?
Where does the ban on face coverings apply?
Government building and the ban on face coverings
Does the ban on face coverings apply at all government buildings?
Guardianship
How do I become a child’s guardian?
What are the rights and duties of a guardian?
When do I stop being a guardian?
Health and care
Am I covered by my health insurance when I go on holiday outside the Netherlands?
What do I need if I take my medication outside the Netherlands?
Where can I get advice on travel vaccinations?
Healthcare institutions and the ban on face coverings
Does the ban on face coverings apply at all healthcare institutions?
Journey and flight
What should I do if I have a complaint about an airline?
When can I get my money back for a booked journey or stay outside the Netherlands?
Where can I find the list of airlines banned within the European Union (EU)?
Will I get my money back if my flight or other travel arrangements are delayed, cancelled or double booked?
Marriage and registered partnership
What are my rights and obligations within marriage and civil partnership?
What do I need to take into account if I decide to get married or form a civil partnership outside the Netherlands?
What do I need to take into account if I decide to marry or form a civil partnership?
What do I need to take into account if I want to marry a foreign national in the Netherlands?
What kind of property arrangements are possible in marriage and civil partnerships?
NATO Summit
How much will the NATO Summit cost?
What happens at a NATO Summit?
Why was the 2025 NATO Summit being held in the Netherlands?
Needing help while outside the Netherlands
What is the risk if I take drugs outside the Netherlands with me?
Parental responsibility
As a minor, how can I get responsibility for my child?
As the father, how do I get responsibility for my child if I’m not married or in a registered partnership?
How can my partner and I apply for joint responsibility for a child?
What are the rights and duties of parental responsibility?
What does responsibility for a child involve?
What happens to the responsibility for my children if I get divorced?
When do I automatically get responsibility for a child?
When does parental responsibility end?
Who gets responsibility for my child if I die?
Parenthood
As the duomoeder, how do I become the legal parent of my partner’s child?
What are the legal rights and duties of parents?
What are the rights and duties of parental responsibility?
What is the difference between biological and legal parenthood?
Who is the father if I get divorced or my husband dies before the child is born?
Who looks after children if their parents die?
Personal overview
Getting married: what do I need to arrange?
Registered partnership: what do I need to arrange?
Turning 18: what do I need to arrange?
Public transport and the ban on face coverings
Does the ban on face coverings apply on public transport?
Tackling identity fraud
How do I make a secure copy of my ID using the KopieID app?
How do I prevent a copy of my ID being used for fraudulent activities?
Which organisations are allowed to make a copy of my ID?
Travel documents
What travel documents do I need when travelling outside the Netherlands?
Miscellaneous
After a death: what do I need to arrange?
Am i a frontier worker?
Am I allowed to drive under the influence of drugs?
Am I allowed to work as a prostitute in the Netherlands?
Am I covered by the Long-term care act (WLZ)?
Are selfdriving vehicles allowed on Dutch roads?
Are the Netherlands and France working together on St Maarten/St Martin?
Are there currently self-driving trucks driving in convoy on the public roads?
As a Dutch employer, how can I hire a highly skilled migrant?
As a foreign employer, for which occasional work do I not need to provide notification of my workers?
As a foreign national, do I need to inform the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) if I move?
As a foreign self-employed person, can I work in the Netherlands?
As a foreign worker, can I work in the Netherlands?
As a prostitute, where can I report unsafe working conditions?
As a self-employed person working in the Netherlands, when do I need to provide notification?
As a tenant, do I need the owner’s permission if I want to install a stairlift or elevated toilet?
As a witness, how can I report forced prostitution?
As an EU citizen, how can I stay in the Netherlands for longer than three months?
Bringing a child under the age of 18 to the Netherlands: what do I need to arrange?
Bringing a foreign partner to the Netherlands: what do I need to arrange?
Can an adopted child undo the adoption?
Can I also call 112 from abroad?
Can I be reimbursed for the cost of living organ donation?
Can I bring a pet from another country to the Netherlands?
Can I buy used materiel from the Ministry of Defence?
Can I disinherit my spouse or children?
Can I donate an organ or tissue while I am alive?
Can I get a correspondence address if I don’t have a fixed home address?
Can I get a grant for conservation or landscape management?
Can I get a grant to remove my asbestos roof?
Can I let someone else cast my vote for me?
Can I make a complaint about the Child Protection Board?
Can I renounce my Turkish citizenship if I haven’t completed my compulsory military service?
Can I take my assistance dog with me everywhere I go?
Can I take my medication abroad?
Can I use my DigiD to access public services online in other EEA countries?
Can I use my phone while driving?
Can I use other people’s texts, music or photographs?
Can I view, change or erase my passenger information?
Can my child go on holiday beyond the school holidays?
Can my employment be terminated when I reach 65?
Can my nearest relatives override my wishes about donation?
Can the families of asylum seekers come to the Netherlands?
Can the municipality refuse to provide social support under the WMO if my income is too high?
Coming to the Netherlands for work: what do I need to arrange?
Could I lose my Dutch citizenship by having dual citizenship?
Do I have to accept an inheritance?
Do I have to comply with Dutch civic integration requirements?
Do I have to pay towards the cost of social support under the WMO?
Do I need a licence to export dual-use goods?
Do I need a licence to produce or export chemical substances?
Do I need a licence to provide services for military goods or dual-use goods?
Do I need a residence permit if I want to stay in the Netherlands for a long period of time?
Do I need an exemption from the knowledge embargo?
Do I need to notify Rijkswaterstaat when I receive hazardous and noxious substances transported by sea?
Do I need to start civic integration before I arrive in the Netherlands?
Do schools have to report and file criminal complaints in cases of sexual abuse?
Does my employer also have to provide notification for foreign posted workers if I am a cross-border commuter?
Has normal air traffic resumed in St Maarten?
How are the school holidays spread by region?
How can I adopt a Dutch child?
How can I apply for a patent?
How can I apply for a WLZ care needs assessment?
How can I avoid calling 112 by accident?
How can I bid for contracts on NATO projects?
How can I get a place in a care home or nursing home nearby?
How can I get nursing and personal care at home?
How can I help prevent a terrorist attack?
How can I help victims of conflicts or natural disasters in other countries?
How can I obtain an export licence for strategic goods or dual-use goods?
How can I prevent my child being abducted and taken outside the Netherlands?
How can I protect my intellectual property rights?
How can I request an extract or an official copy of a civil status record?
How can I supplement my state pension?
How can I tell if a quality label is reliable?
How can I tell whether someone has dementia and what can I do?
How can I use 112 if I’m deaf or hard of hearing or if I have a speech impediment?
How can my company obtain certification for the import of military goods?
How do I apply for a certificate of conduct (VOG)?
How do I apply for a European patent?
How do I apply for a residence permit for the Netherlands?
How do I apply for a short-stay Schengen visa for the Netherlands?
How do I apply for an exemption from the knowledge embargo?
How do I apply for financial compensation as a victim of exposure to asbestos?
How do I apply for state pension?
How do I benefit if a product or service has a certificate?
How do I donate my body to medical science after my death?
How do I get social support from my municipality under the Wmo?
How do I have a spelling mistake on a birth certificate corrected?
How do I inform the municipality of a change of address?
How do I know if my passport number includes a number ‘0’ or a letter ‘O’?
How do I register as an organ or tissue donor?
How do I report the arrival of foreign workers?
How does the Ministry of Defence purchase materiel?
How is a place in a care or nursing home financed?
How long do asylum seekers stay in an asylum seekers' centre (AZC)?
How many school holidays do pupils have?
How many smoke detectors do I need to have in my home?
How much does adoption cost?
How much state pension will I receive?
How old do I need to be to buy alcohol or have it in my possession in public?
How soon must a room in a care or nursing home be vacated after the resident’s death?
I am a foreign employer. How do I provide notification of the arrival of foreign workers?
I am a healthcare innovator with an idea for eHealth. How can I take it a step further?
I am coming to live or work in the Netherlands. When do I need to take out compulsory health insurance?
I can’t log in with my European eID. What can I do?
I carry out regular assignments in the Netherlands. How should I provide notification in the online portal for foreign workers?
I dispatch international drivers to the Netherlands. Do I have to report them?
I have a WLZ care needs assessment for residential care. Can I be cared for at home instead?
I have a WLZ care needs assessment. Do I have to pay towards the costs of my care?
I have been called on by the authorities in St Maarten to return for work reasons. Who will arrange my accommodation?
I hold a foreign qualification for handling biocides. How can I get this qualification recognised in the Netherlands?
I live in Bonaire, what can I do to help?
I live in the Caribbean and I would like to study in the Netherlands: what do I need to do?
I want to offer assistance to St Maarten, St Eustatius and Saba. How can I do this?
I work for an international organisation and I am covered under the Dutch social security system. What does this mean?
I work for an international organisation, but its social security scheme does not apply to me. How will this affect me?
I work for an international organisation. How are my partner and children covered for social security purposes?
I work for an international organisation. My partner doesn’t work and is covered by the Dutch system. How does this affect their social security situation?
I work for an international organisation. My partner works in the Netherlands or receives Dutch benefit. How does this affect their social security situation?
I work in the transport sector. Do I have to provide notification in the Netherlands through the online notification portal?
I'd like to rent a home. Can my landlord ask me to pay a deposit?
I'm having a baby: what do I need to arrange?
If I am a registered donor, what will happen to my body after my death?
Is cooperation taking place with the Red Cross?
Is entering into a sham marriage a criminal offence?
Is there a statute of limitation on reporting child sexual abuse?
I’m a victim of honour-based violence: how can I get help?
I’m considering abortion. What should I do?
Looking for someone or want to report that you are safe?
More Q&As about health insurance in the Netherlands
My child has mental health problems. Where can I go for help?
My state pension will start later due to the higher state pension age. How can I bridge the period until I receive the pension?
On which public holidays are schools closed in the Netherlands?
Q&A DIETS Programme Tender
Q&A Soil Fertility Programme Tender
Q&A's grant policy framework migration and displacement 2023 - 2028
Q&A's grant policy framework Strengthening the Humanitarian Sector 2024-2027
Q&A's subsidy framework Contributing to Peaceful and Safe Societies 2024-2031
Questions and answers about the intervention in Statia
Retiring: what do I need to do?
Someone I know is on the verge of becoming radicalised. Where can I find help or information?
Step-by-step plan: what should I do if I discover asbestos?
The Dutch social security system does not apply to my children. What does this mean?
The international organisation I work for has a social security scheme that applies to me. How does this affect my social security situation?
The international organisation I work for has a social security scheme that applies to my partner. How does this affect their social security situation?
What are the criteria for patenting my invention?
What are the different parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands?
What assistance can I get at home from my municipality?
What can asylum seekers expect in the Netherlands?
What can I do if I can’t reach 112?
What can I do if I disagree with the result of a breath analysis or blood test after driving under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol?
What can I do if I disagree with the results of a breath analysis or blood test after a violent offence?
What can I do if I know or suspect that a child is being abused?
What can I do if my child has been abducted and taken abroad?
What can I do to make my home future-proof?
What care can I get under the Long-term care act (WLZ)?
What do I need to arrange if I’m moving to the Netherlands?
What do I need to do if I want to import a car into the Netherlands?
What do I need to do in the event of a disaster?
What do I need to pay particular attention to if I am supplying goods or services to Iran?
What do I need to pay particular attention to if I am supplying goods or services to Russia?
What do I need to vote in the municipal elections?
What do I pay for prescription drugs?
What does the Dublin Regulation mean for asylum seekers in the Netherlands?
What does the duty to report mean for foreign citizens working in the Netherlands?
What does the emergency kit contain?
What does the EU Services Directive mean for my business?
What does the EU Services Directive mean for public authorities?
What does the UN Security Council do?
What forms of honour-based violence are there?
What happens at a naturalisation ceremony in the Netherlands?
What happens if I accidentally call 112?
What happens if I want to continue working after I reach state pension age?
What happens when I call 112 for an ambulance?
What happens when I call 112 from a landline?
What happens when I call 112 from my mobile?
What has been arranged after I have arrived in the Netherlands?
What information is in the Personal Records Database?
What is a Declaration of Performance for construction products?
What is a personal digital healthcare environment?
What is an internal compliance programme (ICP), and when do I need one?
What is Brexit?
What is CE-marking for construction products?
What is my local emergency radio station?
What is the current situation with regard to the TTIP?
What is the Declaration of Amsterdam on selfdriving and connected vehicles?
What is the licence holder’s task during the adoption procedure of a child from abroad?
What is the optimum length of a convoy of self-driving trucks and the distance between the trucks?
What is the private copy levy?
What is the time limit for having an abortion?
What medicines are covered by insurance?
What permits do foreign workers need?
What products must have CE marking?
What should I bear in mind when choosing a given name for my child?
What should I do if I contract a foreign business?
What should I do if I have concerns about the end user or end use of my goods?
What should I do when the public warning siren sounds?
What should you do if you don’t agree with the results of a breath analysis or blood test?
What transitional arrangements apply to people receiving long-term care under the AWBZ?
What travel documents do posted foreign workers need?
What types of leave are there?
What will change if I acquire Dutch citizenship?
When and how can I change my health insurance?
When and how can I offer my business and products to the Ministry of Defence?
When are shops open in the Netherlands?
When are the sirens tested?
When can I call 112?
When can performers from abroad work in the Netherlands?
When do I lose parental responsibility over my child?
When do I need a certificate of succession?
When do I need a transit licence for military goods?
When do I need an export licence for military goods?
When do I pay capital transfer tax?
When do you pay inheritance tax?
When is an artist eligible for resale right protection?
When is my company or organisation required to pay reproduction fees?
When is someone granted asylum in the Netherlands?
When should I deregister from the Personal Records Database?
When should I register with the Personal Records Database as a resident?
When will my child be placed under supervision?
Where can I apply for remigration benefit?
Where can I buy medicines in the Netherlands?
Where can I find information about my medication in the Netherlands?
Where can I fly a drone?
Where can I get help for mental health problems?
Where can I get help if I am being forced to work as a prostitute?
Where can I get help with gambling problems?
Where can I give my opinion on TTIP?
Where can I live if I need care?
Where can I lodge a complaint about 112?
Where can I report a suspected human rights violation in the Netherlands?
Where can I report medicine side effects?
Which days are official public holidays in the Netherlands?
Which surname can I give my child?
Which vehicles must be fitted with a smart tachograph?
Which visa do I need to travel to the Netherlands?
Who can I contact with questions about strategic goods?
Who can municipalities contact about issues like providing support to and the reception of people from St Maarten?
Who should provide notification of foreign workers in the case of subcontracting?
Why do the clocks change twice a year?
Why is it important for trucks to drive in convoy on Europe’s roads?
Will I build up state pension if I go to live or work outside the Netherlands?
Will I receive state pension if I was not born in the Netherlands?
Will my early retirement pension, pre-pension or benefits continue if I start receiving state pension later?
Will the operator immediately see my number and location if I call from my mobile?
