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Understanding the Schengen Area The first thing that is important to understand is that if you are entering the Netherlands by air or by sea from outside Europe, you are also entering the Schengen Area (all the green or light green countries on this map): (credit: European Commission [...]

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25 May 2020: I thought it might be a good time to summarize the current state of affairs (and respond to some frequently asked questions) with regard to Tozo (the income support available to all self-employed persons in the Netherlands) for holders of residence permits for the purpose of [...]

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In most cases, yes. Of course it's the Dutch government's job to always note, as a technically correct statement, that "it can affect an EU citizen's right of residence" if they receive social assistance (by which they hope to discourage EU citizens from even applying); but speaking as a scholar [...]

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[NOTE! I am leaving this messy posting of chronological updates up only for historical interest; I've written a consolidated and updated posting here.] Friday evening, 17 April 2020 YES! The State Secretary of Justice and Security has communicated to Parliament that claiming a Tozo benefit [...]

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(published 28 January 2020) by Dr. Jeremy B. Bierbach In the first part of this month, now that it is a sure thing that the United Kingdom will withdraw from the European Union at midnight on 31 January 2020, I received a number of increasingly panicked phone calls from British citizens living[...]

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