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There are a whole lot of things linked to this registration from taxes to parking permits. I am not sure if registration is strictly speaking necessary to obtain a “citizen number” but that's the regu …

So it can be a nasty surprise the first time but it's not really an issue that could or should be “solved”, it's just the way it works in the Netherlands. …

Leiden University publishes a list of diplomas that should be considered sufficient to meet the minimal requirements. If you want at least some certainty, then you do need to get a diploma that's on i …

Another difficulty is that since your husband comes from the Dominican Republic, he needs a visa to enter the Netherlands. … If you move to the Netherlands, it's also necessary to register with your municipality of residence within a few days (that's unrelated to the visa/permit aspect and also applies to Dutch citizens). …

In the Netherlands, what's withheld (called loonheffing in Dutch) includes both taxes (loonbelasting) and some tax-like contributions that provide most of the funding of the health insurance and basic …

Nettoloon is indeed your net salary and more-or-less the amount of money that will be transferred to your bank account. Assuming your wages haven't been garnished to cover some debt and depending on …

The train is more like 35 min and you can shave off 5 min from the total by having a bike and leaving it at the station in Leiden. That's what most locals would do in your situation. The trains can be …

Tenants do not really need this certificate for anything, I certainly never had to present it anywhere. But this is presumably designed to enable you to make an informed decision when moving in. An ac …

If you live in the Netherlands, you almost certainly need a Dutch work and residence permit (the one exception that comes to mind is posted work but that's apparently not your status). … You can get a BSN has a non-resident but that's moot, even if you somehow managed to live in the Netherlands without one (which would make interaction with all public services difficult), you would still …

That's certainly how all the rental agreements I have had in the Netherlands worked (one year then one-month notice). …

Particularly relevant is the fact that any period of residence in the Netherlands in the past 25 years would be subtracted from the period during which you can benefit from the 30%-rule. … been trained abroad and stayed away for a few years would not be enough, you basically need to have lived elsewhere for more than 17 years to be able to benefit from the rule when coming back to the Netherlands …

It's mostly intended for kids who arrived recently to settle in the Netherlands and should therefore join the regular Dutch system (and not for expats who will move shortly to another system) but it could …

In spite of widespread perception and commentary, so far the Netherlands has actually done worse than France in the current crisis. … Furthermore, the Netherlands is really bureaucracy central. The bureaucracy is efficient and generally pleasant to deal with, but still. …

There is a kind of tax on savings and capital in the Netherlands but my understanding is that you won't have to pay it after leaving the country. … After that, if you live abroad, you do not have to pay taxes on all your savings but only on certain things like real estate property in the Netherlands. …

exception) do not use the European Arrest Warrant system for this type of things (which is why the police station in Spain would have no traces of it) but it could come back to bite you if you go to the Netherlands …