Greetings:

 

I recently apply for the zoekjaar, and I am still covered by my student insurance with IPS Lippmann. I consulted with them and told me that I could continue with it until I got a job (the same information is in nuffic so it should be OK). I received a letter from CVZ last month telling me I need to get Dutch health insurance (in a period of 3 months), but when I called then and explain my situation and told me to fill a form and send it to SVB, their answer is they will do an research telling me wheater or not I need to take dutch insurance.

 

I am aware I need to take basic Dutch health insurance once I got a job. And I believe SVB/CVZ will tell me to get Dutch health insurance, since I'm staying here more than a year. So my question is

Once I get Dutch insurance will the company make me pay retroactively for all the time without it? Can I prove I was insured with my student policy?

 

In adition when I did my internship I was deducted taxes but also pay a concept for insurance (ZVW - Zorgverzekeringswet) which I understand is dutch health insurance, so I complied with the law there.

 

Regards

I've been told the same by my insurance company and the same info is in Nuffic. But what happens once you find a job? Do you get a fine for your previous year for not taking Dutch public healthcare insurance?? Regards

Hi Christian: Thanks a lot for the reply. With the zoekjaar, once I find a suitable job (highly skilled) do I need to apply for a work permit or it is not necessary?. (I know I need to change my resident permit status), and the age is considered in the minimum wage or just the salary for highly skilled migrant (€ 26.605,00)?

Hi all:

 

I'd like to know your advice about which of this options is more convinient, since you can only choose 1, I'm a master graduate student in information management. I understand the zoekjaar is more convinient because I don't need a work permit even if I found a job as a high skilled migrant, however I believe I have few posibilities. For the other option I could travel home study some things (even dutch), get more job experience and then apply from home for the high skilled admission scheme and come back here, disadvantage is that I need a work permit to start working, so far I found information that getting that work permit is complicated and employees are not willing to do that. Any advice or your personal experience would be appreciated. Regards