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Very good news for Chavez- parents!
After years of having no prospect of permanent residence and naturalisation, the Court of Justice of the EU ruled on 7 September 2022 that the Chavez residence right was non-temporary and that Chavez parents can indeed obtain an EU long-term resident residence permit if they meet the other conditions.
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Today is national naturalisation day. Every year, extra festive naturalisation ceremonies are organised on 15 December. The ceremony concludes the option or naturalisation procedure and is the official moment for acquiring Dutch citizenship. During the ceremony, new Dutch citizens make the declaration of commitment and receive the decision of Dutch citizenship. Thereafter, they are officially Dutch nationals.
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The 2023 salary thresholds for highly skilled migrants, Blue Card holders, key personnel of intra-corporate transfers (ICT) and recent graduates in the Netherlands have been published.
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On 18 November 2022, the State Secretary of Justice and Security (hereafter: state secretary) answered questions of the House of Representatives concerning a possible modernisation of the Dutch Nationality Act.
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On behalf of Lawyers for Lawyers, Elles Besselsen attended as an international observer the final hearings in the mass trial that began in 2013 against 22 lawyers from the ÇHD (Progressive Lawyers Association) and the HHB (People's Law Office). More than 60 lawyers from 9 countries were present to monitor the hearing and show support for fellow lawyers in Turkey.