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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.
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Since 1 November 2021, holders of a residence permit on the basis of the Settlement of the Former Aliens Act Estate Scheme (RANOV) do not have to provide a passport or birth certificate when filing a naturalization request. If there is reasonable doubt about the alleged identity and nationality of the RANOV permit holder, the naturalization request may still be rejected. Similarly, if there is doubt about the alleged identity and nationality of a parent, the naturalization request of the now adult child may be rejected.
On 31 October 2022, State Secretary of Justice and Security announced a policy change based on a memorandum from the Directorate General of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (IND).
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Application fees for Dutch citizenship requests, by naturalization or option, are revised annually. As of 1 January 2023, the IND charges the following amounts:
