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From 1 January 2026, the administrative duty of recognised sponsors will be expanded. They will be required to include additional information in their records. This concerns proof that highly skilled migrants or EU Blue Card holders actually received their salary. For example, a statement from the business bank account or an overview of a batch […]

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Two years ago, the South African High Court ruled that the provision stating that South African nationality is automatically lost when you acquire another nationality is unconstitutional. At that time, we wrote that this did not change anything yet, because the South African Constitutional Court still had to look into it. On 6 May 2025, […]

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In its ruling of 22 October 2025, the Administrative Jurisdiction Division announced the revised assessment framework. The revised assessment framework contains a number of changes compared to the assessment framework set out in the Division’s ruling of 4 May 2022. The changes comprise the following five points. 1. Clarification of the concept of ‘further evidence’ […]

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Application fees for Dutch citizenship requests, by naturalization or option, are revised annually. As of 1 January 2026, the IND charges the following amounts: Category Application fees in 2025 Application fees in 2026 Single option request € 231 € 241 Option request with partner € 395 € 412 Child < 18 joining option request € 26 € 27 Single naturalization request € 1.091 € 1.139 Naturalization […]

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The Dutch Bar Association (NOvA) has once again set up an independent committee of academics and lawyers to assess election programs in terms of their constitutionality. The committee cites migration as the most worrying issue: a halt to asylum, austerity measures in reception facilities, and the abolition of priority for status holders in social housing. […]

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There are scammers posing as our lawyer, Muhyadin Mohamud. They are contacting people through Facebook groups, using a mobile number and a Gmail address. They often request payments via Tikkie. This is not how our office operates. We do not use mobile numbers or Gmail addresses, and we never request payments via Tikkie. Have you […]

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“If foreigners are only allowed to naturalise after ten years, this will only slow down their integration.” This is the response of Danielle Snaathorst, Leonie Haenen and Elles Besselsen to the outgoing cabinet’s bill to extend the naturalisation period from five to ten years. Their opinion piece was published last week in Het Parool. The […]

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The Dutch government has proposed a significant amendment to the Dutch Citizenship Act. The main change: extending the standard residence requirement for naturalisation from 5 to 10 years. Key changes in the proposal What’s next? At this stage, nothing has been finalized. This proposal comes from an outgoing government. With general elections scheduled for 29 […]

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On 12 October 2025, the European Union will begin the phased implementation of the Entry/Exit System (EES), a new digital registration system for all non-EU nationals entering or leaving the Schengen Area. What will change with EES? Instead of passport stamps, fingerprints and facial images will be collected at the border. Entry and exit data […]

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On 29 July 2025, the IND published the Naturalisation and Option Monitor 2018-2024. This shows that the number of naturalisation requests has increased. The previous measurement period was 2014-2017. Naturalisation Of all decisions on naturalisation applications made by the IND in 2018-2024, 97.3% were positive. Like previous years, most applicants (52%) obtain Dutch citizenship after […]

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