Application procedure

All you need to do to apply for a remigration
grant is to fill in a claim form, which can be
obtained by Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), or
contact the Netherlands Migration Institute
(NMI).

Together with the claim form and depending your
personal situation, you will have to enclose
certain documents, which prove that you meet
all the requirements. These include:

› Valid proof of identity of the applicant and of
any other person who remigrates with the
applicant.

› A copy of your residence permit (if applicable).

› Proof that you have permission to live in the
country of destination.

› Proof that you do not have any debts with the
Dutch Authorities. If you have debts then you
need to provide assurance that you are you
going to sort out the debt.

› In case your partner or/and your children
already live in the destination country you need
to prove that they are alive.

What comes next?

After remigrating, it will always be possible for
you and your family to visit the Netherlands,
either for holidays or for a short period. After
leaving the Netherlands permanently, you will
have to renounce your Dutch nationality (if you
have one) and bear in mind that any Dutch
national insurance scheme will cease to be valid.

Within one year after you remigrated, the
procedure of returning back to live permanently
in the Netherlands remains quite simple.
However, if there has been more than a year
after you moved to the new country of residence,
then you will have to follow the normal admission
procedure for living in the Netherlands (more info
at residence permit and Visa sections). You will
also have to pay back the remigration grant,
unless you return in the Netherlands after three
years of the remigration date.