I was initially a non-eu citizen and I have been in netherlands as knowledge mirgrant for the last 7 years since I was 24 years old. I haven't contributed to any pension scheme with my employer or privately. This year I've got the dutch nationality through naturalisation (along with my wife and a child). Now, We are planing to move to UK permanently at the end of 2012.
Can there be any problem with my Dutch nationality because of moving permanently (by e,g informing gemeente and stoping health insurance, etc) to UK?
Will I be able to keep renewing the passport at the dutch embassy in UK?
Will I lose my Dutch nationality if I later on apply/get UK nationality in the future?
After moving to UK now, will I be able to get any dutch state pension when I turn 65+?
My wife has not done any job here. She might be able to get one in UK. Will she be able to get any benefit from dutch AOW?
Is there anything else that I need to take care of before moving?
Can there be any problem with my Dutch nationality because of moving permanently (by e,g informing gemeente and stoping health insurance, etc) to UK?
answer) As UK comes in EU so no problem,you will loose all your benefits here in NL but u will get them in UK so no problem
Will I be able to keep renewing the passport at the dutch embassy in UK?
ans) yes u can
Will I lose my Dutch nationality if I later on apply/get UK nationality in the future?
yes you will loose your Dutch nationality once you get your UK one.
After moving to UK now, will I be able to get any dutch state pension when I turn 65+?
(ans)I don't think so
My wife has not done any job here. She might be able to get one in UK. Will she be able to get any benefit from dutch AOW?
nooo but from UK might well
Is there anything else that I need to take care of before moving?
Did you compare cost of living, racism,taxes,society,schooling,creche charges,benefits etc in NL and in UK etc etc do ur home work before u go
Iam also thinking of moving to UK i recently got dutch citizenship, i lived in UK before for 6 yrs
but i get confused when i compare life in NL and UK
i would like to talk to you on UK issue, hope it will help me to clear my mind, pls pm me ur mail id etc etc if you dont mind
Xpatriate said:
I was initially a non-eu citizen and I have been in netherlands as knowledge mirgrant for the last 7 years since I was 24 years old. I haven't contributed to any pension scheme with my employer or privately. This year I've got the dutch nationality through naturalisation (along with my wife and a child). Now, We are planing to move to UK permanently at the end of 2012.
Can there be any problem with my Dutch nationality because of moving permanently (by e,g informing gemeente and stoping health insurance, etc) to UK?
Will I be able to keep renewing the passport at the dutch embassy in UK?
I think these questions are coming from a misconception that a 'Dutch passport' is just another kind of residence permit that you might lose if you take a wrong step. Nothing could be farther from the truth. You are a Dutch citizen for life now. The only two things you can do to lose your Dutch nationality are
a) if you have maintained another nationality, live outside the European Union for more than 10 years continuously without doing anything to send a signal to the Dutch state that you want to keep your Dutch nationality (in particular, without renewing your passport all that time); or
b) voluntarily acquire another nationality without qualifying for one of the exemptions on being able to keep your Dutch nationality (in particular, you can keep your Dutch nationality if you are married to a person who has the nationality you acquired).
Will I lose my Dutch nationality if I later on apply/get UK nationality in the future?
See above.
After moving to UK now, will I be able to get any dutch state pension when I turn 65+?
My wife has not done any job here. She might be able to get one in UK. Will she be able to get any benefit from dutch AOW?
You are thinking WAY off into the future. If I can take a guess at your age from your question, then you are not about to turn 65 anytime soon. By then, there might not be any AOW anymore, since the people of the baby boom generation will have used it all up.
Note that AOW is NOT nationality based. AOW is accrued by everyone who lives and works legally in the Netherlands, and their partners. You have a right to get it paid out (of course, pro-rated by the number of years you lived int he Netherlands) wherever you live in the world when you turn 65.
Jeremy Bierbach, LLM
www.immigrate.nl
