John, Finally found someone who is in the same situation. If you take the redeployment option you will still be in the payroll of the company so nothing will change regarding your immigration status. Once your time with the redeployment centre will be over then you officially become redundant. From this date you will have 3 months to find a new job provided your KM permit is still valid for the next 3 months. The tricky part is the 30% ruling. I have been researching about this for months knowing that I will be made redundant shortly but NO EXPERT can answer what is the legal point on this. As per law any redundancy payment is not applicable for 30% ruling as it is considered not an income from employment but compensation for loss for future income. However being in redeployment centre is not a loss of future income so is it eligible for 30% ruling or not is not explicitly clear. My company stops the 30% ruling after 3 months in the redeployment centre. This is normally the grace period for keeping the 30% ruling when you loose the job. Once it is lost, it is lost for ever unfortunately. I am still interested to know what is the legal psotition on this issue. I have not heard of anyone who has challenged this in court. I really wish someone could answer this. I will let you know if I know more and you let me know if you know more. btb... do you work for a bank??? I think so..... RBS/ING/ABN? Cheers!

50K + Health insurance + once a year flight ticket is a good salary in my opinion. Most of the Indian companies pay less than this for its employees here on long term projects.

However everything is subjective and depends on individual circumstances and preferances.

You will be eligible for 30% ruling with 50K because you are 28. For below 30 years the gross must be more than 38K to be eligible for the ruling.

 

Your Net per month will be 3400. You should save around 1000-1200 depending on your spending nature. This is excluding childs education if you want to send him/her to a international school. Pulic dutch schools are completly free while international school will cost you around 5K -20K depending on the school you choose.

 

Should you move here? You should decide this...  From your post I think you are wondering if you could save as much as you could in India... It depends if your wife works or not in India... Finding work here is very difficult here nowdays.... If she works in India and earns good may be its is not interesting in the long run in money terms as here you will be the only one working atleast until your wife finds a job. If your wife doesnt work in India just move here.

 

Hope this helps.

I have to agree with Freespirit8. India is a very big country and so culturally diverse that one answer does not fit everyone. I am from the south and none of the mixer that are available here in the Netherlands can do the blending/grinding we do at home. We tried many that are available here before finally bringing one from India.

No it is not required.

Milkwood, Very good post (s). Thanks for sharing your experiences. I am sure many would benefit on this forum. One question: Will you be willing to share the MS word documents? Thanks.