Child Allowance
Everyone who lives or works in the Netherlands has a right to Child Benefit (Kinderbijslag) for children (including step- and foster-children) under the age of 18. This benefit is meant to allay the expenses of care for a child, such as clothing, sports activities, and so forth. The Social Insurance Bank (Sociale Verzekeringsbank, SVB) implements the arrangement and payment of the child benefit.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for child benefit, the following conditions must be satisfied:
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You work or live legally in the Netherlands or you work outside the Netherlands for an employer established in the Netherlands.
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You have children, stepchildren or foster children who are younger than 18 years of age.
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When these children, step or foster children, are older than 16, they go to school and receive an additional income of no more than an annually fixed amount.
Contact the Social Insurance Bank for more information about the amounts. You will find further information on the SVB website.
Application
You will automatically receive an application package from the SVB with an application form after you have notified the municipality
of the birth of your first child. The registrar passes on your data and those of the child to the SVB. Then you can mail the application or submit it online (using DigiD). Upon the birth of additional children you will receive a letter from the SVB containing information about child benefit. If you foster a child, you must contact the SVB yourself. They will then send you an application package.
Coming from abroad
If you are coming from abroad with your children, you must request an application form from the SVB yourself. The office in your particular region will determine whether you are entitled to child benefit.
Changes
Changes in your situation may affect the child benefit. You can notify the SVB of changes online (using DigiD). If you do not have DigiD, you can fill in the form on the website, print it out and send it by post.
Contacts
Sociale Verzekeringsbank
Postbus 2040 1500 GA Zaandam
Stationsstraat 112 1506 DK Zaandam
Telephone: General +31 (0)75 655 1000
Telephone: Child benefit +31 (0)75 655 1020
Expatcenter Partner: Childcare Services
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