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Parent's point are highly exaggerated, see my sibling comment. For children born in the Netherlands to parents with a valid resident permit, there is close to z
by em500 4y ago
Parent's point are highly exaggerated, see my sibling comment. For children born in the Netherlands to parents with a valid resident permit, there is close to zero administration involved. (I can go into exact details if interested.)
It's of course more difficult for the newly immigrated and the undocumented, but that's the case in practically every country in the world and the Netherlands is probably not any worse than other developed countries in that regard.
- throwaway2037 4y agoThank you to clarify. These types of comments are important to provide much needed nuance.
- jacquesm 4y agoJust one small problem: the comment is wrong in important ways and shows a fair amount of disconnect between their knowledge of these systems and the practical implications. For one example: a child living abroad with one parent whilst the other half is living in the Netherlands has theoretically as much right to that support as one living in NL, but in practice the hoops they have to jump through + the risk of having to pay back the money increased with some arbitrary (but substantial) fine is so large that many people in that situation end up foregoing the aid. It all works well when you are on the happy path, but if you are even a little bit outside of the 70% case ('normal') then the system will work against you in all kinds of unpredictable ways. And some of those ways would have you labeled a fraudster, even if you do your utmost to play by the rules. And finally: the government itself doesn't know what the rules really are so if you call one of their hotlines you may well get faulty advice that will eventually cause you to be labeled a fraudster.