Newcomers claim through Mijn SVB
Kinderbijslag (child benefit) helps with the costs of children under 18. You can claim if you are insured under the Dutch scheme and your child meets the conditions. From July 2026, it pays €298.40–€426.29 per child each quarter, based on age. Newcomers apply through Mijn SVB (External site, opens in a new tab), run by the Sociale Verzekeringsbank (External site, opens in a new tab).
This guide is for parents who live or work in the Netherlands, including families with children or work abroad. Start by checking your insurance and claim route.
Can you claim kinderbijslag?
The SVB checks whether you are insured under the Dutch child-benefit scheme. Living or working in the Netherlands is the starting rule. Foreign work, temporary work assignments abroad, temporary study and international employers can change the result. The scheme is based on the Algemene Kinderbijslagwet (AKW, General Child Benefit Act).
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| Check | Question | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch insurance | Do you live here, or work here and pay Dutch tax and social-insurance contributions? | Use the SVB insurance check (External site, opens in a new tab). Ask the SVB if you work abroad, in several countries, for an international organisation or under a posting certificate (proof of which country insures you). |
| Residence | Does the SVB regard your life as based in the Netherlands? | The SVB residence assessment (External site, opens in a new tab) considers work, family, your home and why you came. Registration with the gemeente (municipality) alone is insufficient. |
| Residence status | Are you a citizen of a country outside the EU (European Union), EER (European Economic Area) or Switzerland? | Check the residence permit required for insurance. The SVB says this also applies if you are married to an EU citizen. |
| Eligible child | Is the child under 18? Is this your child (including an adopted child), your partner’s child living with you, or a child in your care, such as a foster child, who meets the SVB conditions? | Check who cares for the child, who pays support, where the child lives and whether anyone else receives child benefit. |
| Age and living arrangements | Is the child 16 or 17, or living away from home? | Check the education conditions at 16–17 and the support test for a child sleeping at home fewer than 4 nights a week. |
| Another country | Does a parent work or live abroad, does the child live abroad, or does another country pay family benefits? | Give both parents’ work, residence and foreign-benefit details to the SVB for a coordinated decision. |
A Dutch payslip, residence card or municipal registration may support your case. The SVB decides whether you qualify. Temporary students without employment, workers insured in another country and some international staff can fall outside Dutch insurance. Give the SVB your circumstances and check its decision before counting on a payment.
For Ukrainian refugees under temporary protection, residence alone is insufficient. The parent working in the Netherlands can claim, including agency workers and self-employed workers with the required permission. Report promptly to SVB if that work stops, because child benefit stops. A partner who still works can apply instead.
How do you apply?
You normally claim through Mijn SVB with DigiD (Dutch digital identity) (External site, opens in a new tab). The DigiD guide explains how to obtain and activate it. If you cannot claim online, contact the SVB and ask how to submit your claim.
For a first child born in the Netherlands, you claim after the SVB letter. Newcomers submit a claim themselves. Choose the row that matches your situation:
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| Situation | Action | Condition or exception |
|---|---|---|
| First child born in the Netherlands | Register the birth with the gemeente, then complete the claim in Mijn SVB after the SVB letter. | The application page gives 3–6 weeks for the letter. The claim FAQ gives 4 weeks. Check the missing-letter advice below. |
| You already receive child benefit and have another child in the Netherlands | Register the birth with the gemeente. The SVB normally adjusts the payment and sends a decision automatically. | If you live abroad, report the birth directly to the SVB. |
| You recently started living or working in the Netherlands | Submit a claim yourself through Mijn SVB. | Use the newcomer route rather than waiting for a birth letter. The SVB still checks insurance and qualifying quarters. |
| An adopted child, partner’s child or foster child joins you | Use the SVB situation tool. Register an adoption with the gemeente and report the child as instructed. | For a foster child, all the care, residence and support conditions below must be met. |
| You cannot use Mijn SVB | Contact the SVB and ask for a paper or assisted claim route. | Use official channels for identity and child documents. DigiD Machtigen (DigiD authorisation) (External site, opens in a new tab) lets a trusted person arrange online SVB affairs for you. |
For a newcomer claim, follow the SVB application-information page (External site, opens in a new tab) in this order:
- Open the SVB application-information page.
- Choose the situation for someone who recently started living or working in the Netherlands.
- Follow its link to Mijn SVB and submit your claim.
If your insurance start is unclear or DigiD is delayed, contact the SVB about submitting the claim in time. A request for help does not replace a claim.
If SVB needs a foreign birth certificate, send the original by post. Uploading a scan through Mijn SVB does not replace the original.
How far back can your claim start?
The AKW claim rule (External site, opens in a new tab) allows ordinary child benefit to start at most one year before the first day of your application quarter. Each earlier quarter must still meet the insurance and child conditions.
For example, you apply on 20 July 2026. Your application quarter began on 1 July 2026, so the earliest possible start is 1 July 2025. You qualify for those earlier quarters only if you met the conditions on each quarter’s first day.
How much do you get and when?
Kinderbijslag pays a basic amount per child per quarter. Your income does not reduce that amount. Rates are indexed on 1 January and 1 July. The SVB amounts and payment dates (External site, opens in a new tab) show these 2026 rates:
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| Child’s age | 1st and 2nd quarters 2026 | From 3rd quarter 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| 0 to 5 | €295.07 | €298.40 |
| 6 to 11 | €358.30 | €362.35 |
| 12 to 17 | €421.53 | €426.29 |
The SVB pays after the quarter ends. These 2026 payment dates cover the quarter that has already finished:
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| 2026 payment date | Quarter paid | Rate used |
|---|---|---|
| 2 January 2026 | 4th quarter of 2025 | 2025 rate |
| 1 April 2026 | 1st quarter of 2026 | First-half 2026 rate |
| 1 July 2026 | 2nd quarter of 2026 | First-half 2026 rate |
| 1 October 2026 | 3rd quarter of 2026 | Rate from July 2026 |
The assessment dates are 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October. Your child’s age on that day sets the age band for the whole quarter. A baby born on that day can qualify for that quarter. A baby born later normally qualifies from the next quarter.
Insurance and other eligibility conditions also depend on the quarter’s first day. A move or insurance change during a quarter does not automatically create a right for that whole quarter. Check the current rates before budgeting for a later quarter.
Which children and parents qualify?
The SVB eligible-child rules (External site, opens in a new tab) cover your children, including adopted children. Your partner’s child living with you, a foster child or another child you raise as your own may also qualify under the conditions below. In co-parenting, the claim is held in one parent’s name. Parents can agree how to divide the payment.
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| Situation | Rule | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Your child, including an adopted child | A child under 18 can qualify, including a child adopted from another country. An adoption must be reported and may need municipal registration. | Use the claim route for a child living in or outside the Netherlands. |
| Partner’s child lives with you | A spouse’s, registered partner’s or cohabiting partner’s child may qualify. | Agree who claims and tell the SVB about arrangements with the other parent. |
| Foster child | All must apply: the child lives with you; you provide daily care, upbringing and support; no fostering allowance is paid; nobody else receives child benefit. | Report the child in Mijn SVB and keep proof of care, residence and support. |
| Child moves mainly to the other parent | The parent with whom the child lives receives the benefit. A stay of 4 or more nights a week with the other parent must be reported. | Report the living arrangement as well as the divorce. |
| Co-parenting | The child lives with each parent for roughly equal time. Both share care and costs roughly equally under an agreement signed by both parents or a court decision. | Parents may agree how to divide the benefit. Otherwise each receives half. Check the child-budget effect too. |
The SVB has separate rules if you support someone else’s child as your own. It first checks whether you have legal guardianship. With guardianship, you must support the child as your own and receive no fostering allowance. Without guardianship, you must support and care for the child as your own. In either case, nobody else may receive child benefit for that child.
For a foster child or someone else’s child you raise as your own, a living birth parent usually receives the child benefit. You can arrange with that parent to have it paid into your bank account.
Kindgebonden budget (child budget) normally goes to the parent whose name holds the kinderbijslag claim. In co-parenting, a lower-income parent may receive more child budget. Family and cross-border circumstances also affect the calculation. Check the SVB family-situation rules (External site, opens in a new tab) and the SVB child-budget rules (External site, opens in a new tab) before changing the claimant.
What changes when your child is 16 or 17?
At 16 and 17, your child must meet extra education conditions. A startkwalificatie (school-leaving qualification) means a HAVO (senior general secondary education) or VWO (pre-university education) diploma, or an MBO (secondary vocational education) diploma at level 2 or higher.
At 16 and 17, the education route depends on your child’s qualification, exemption and place of residence. The Dutch school-system guide explains these school types. Choose the row that matches your child:
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| Situation | Condition | What to check |
|---|---|---|
| No school-leaving qualification | Your child follows full-time education and attends classes. | Examples include VMBO (pre-vocational secondary education), HAVO, VWO, VAVO (adult general secondary education), HBO (higher professional education) and MBO level 2 or higher. |
| Already has a qualification | Child benefit may continue under the SVB education rules. | Use the SVB education check for ages 16 and 17 (External site, opens in a new tab). A diploma alone does not settle entitlement. |
| Exempt from obtaining the qualification | An exemption can apply through special education, mental or physical disability, or exemption from compulsory education. | For the praktijkschool (school for practical training) route, your child needs a diploma or getuigschrift (school certificate) and must follow a suitable programme. Keep the decision or school evidence the SVB requests. |
| Child lives abroad | Separate conditions cover full-time study, a useful vocational qualification, completed study, or inability to study because of illness or disability. | Use the foreign-child route in the SVB education check. |
Your child’s paid work does not reduce kinderbijslag, whatever they earn. The SVB earnings rule (External site, opens in a new tab) says you do not need to report that income. Student finance also does not itself end child benefit.
What if your child lives away from home?
If your child sleeps at home fewer than 4 nights a week, the SVB normally counts them as living away. You need to pay at least €540 per quarter towards their support in 2026 for the ordinary rate. The SVB living-at-home and living-away rules (External site, opens in a new tab) include care, hospital and co-parenting exceptions.
The SVB also counts your child as living at home for a quarter if you, the other parent, or both together stay with them for at least 46 days. Give the SVB the dates of those stays.
When can you get double kinderbijslag?
Double kinderbijslag can apply when a child needs extensive care at home or lives away for a qualifying reason. The two routes have different conditions. A separate yearly extra payment has its own claim and income test.
What if your child needs extensive care at home?
Your child must be aged 3–17, sleep at home at least 4 nights a week and need extensive care because of illness, disorder, a condition or disability. The SVB home-care route (External site, opens in a new tab) requires a Wet langdurige zorg (Wlz, Long-term Care Act) indication or positive advice from CIZ (Centrum Indicatiestelling Zorg, Care Needs Assessment Centre) (External site, opens in a new tab).
CIZ shares Wlz indications issued on or after 1 July 2024 unless you told CIZ not to share them. The Dutch SVB home-care page (External site, opens in a new tab) explains this rule. The SVB then checks the age and home-living conditions automatically. If you opted out, have an older indication or have no Wlz indication, claim through Mijn SVB.
A claim can be backdated by at most 2 quarters, subject to the conditions. The SVB claim FAQ says it decides a claimed case within 8 weeks. Keep the CIZ and SVB letters, indication dates, nights at home and support costs.
When does living away qualify for double benefit?
The SVB double-rate living-away route (External site, opens in a new tab) covers qualifying education, a qualifying top-level sport centre, illness or disability. In 2026 you must pay at least €1,432 per quarter towards support. Combined stays by both parents of 46 days or more in a quarter exclude the double rate.
Foreign study must be comparable to a Dutch course and unavailable within 25 km of home. Hospital stays and the funding of institutional care have separate rules. Use the SVB situation tool or contact the SVB to check the exact education, sport or care arrangement.
Can you get the yearly extra payment?
If you received the home-care double rate for all 4 quarters of a calendar year, you may qualify for an extra payment. The Dutch SVB yearly-extra rules (External site, opens in a new tab) give €2,702.13 for 2025. You claim once for that year, even with several qualifying children. The yearly extra is a separate application.
For 2025, full-year tax partners normally qualify only if one has work income above €6,145 and the other has no work income or at most €6,145. The SVB disregards income if you had no tax partner for all or part of the year. It also disregards income in qualifying cases of full and permanent incapacity for work. Use its checker for the disability-benefit conditions.
The work-income test differs from total taxable income. Check the SVB definitions and deductions before applying. The AKW deadline (External site, opens in a new tab) is before 1 December of the following calendar year: for the 2025 payment, apply before 1 December 2026.
What if a parent or child is abroad?
The SVB needs to know where each parent lives and works, any posting certificate, and all family benefits from another country. These situations can change which country insures you or pays:
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| Situation | Possible effect | Action |
|---|---|---|
| You live here and work abroad | Dutch insurance may stop. The other country may become responsible. | Check with the SVB before or when work starts. A posting certificate can change the result. |
| You live abroad and work here | Dutch insurance may apply. The SVB parent-abroad rules (External site, opens in a new tab) restrict payment in some situations to an EU, EER or treaty-country residence. | Give the SVB your residence, employer, tax, contribution and posting details. |
| You work in 2 or more countries | EU rules can assign insurance based on residence, employers and the share of work. | Ask the SVB for an insurance assessment. A Dutch employer alone does not settle it. |
| Your child lives abroad | Payment is possible only for a child in the EU, EER, Switzerland or a treaty country. In some countries, you receive a lower amount. The law sets a percentage based on that country’s prices. | Use the SVB child-abroad country checker (External site, opens in a new tab) and report the move. |
| Another country pays family benefits | You cannot receive both countries’ full amounts. | Report the foreign benefit and amount so the authorities can apply priority rules and any supplement. |
The SVB rules on which country pays (External site, opens in a new tab) give one country’s family benefits priority. If that country’s total is lower than the Dutch total, the Netherlands may pay the difference. Wait for the authorities’ calculation before budgeting for payments from both countries.
The Dutch supplement can include kinderbijslag, child budget and kinderopvangtoeslag (childcare benefit) in one quarterly SVB payment. In that case, Dienst Toeslagen (the benefits service) (External site, opens in a new tab) does not pay those coordinated parts separately.
For an EU cross-border claim, applying on time in a country where either parent is entitled to family benefits protects the application date when the claim is forwarded to another competent country. Check national deadlines and keep proof of submission.
Can you also get kindgebonden budget?
Kindgebonden budget is a monthly payment from Dienst Toeslagen. It depends on your income and assets. Kinderbijslag is the quarterly SVB payment. To check the wider allowance rules, use the toeslagen (allowances) overview. For daycare costs, use the childcare and kinderopvangtoeslag guide.
Your application route depends on whether you already receive another allowance:
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| Situation | Application route | Limit |
|---|---|---|
| You receive childcare, rent or healthcare benefit | Dienst Toeslagen normally considers child budget automatically and sends a notice if you qualify. | After a birth, check after 8 weeks. If no notice arrives and you think you qualify, apply. |
| You receive no other allowance | The parent whose name holds the child-benefit claim applies through the Mijn Toeslagen (My Allowances) login page (External site, opens in a new tab). | Apply promptly. Give your annual income and, where relevant, your partner’s annual income. |
| Co-parenting | Parents choose whose name holds child benefit; child budget follows that claimant. | A split child-benefit payment does not mean Dienst Toeslagen splits child budget in the same way. |
| Cross-border coordination | The SVB may include child budget and childcare benefit in a Dutch supplement. | The coordinated amount is not also paid separately by Dienst Toeslagen. |
Child budget normally ends when your child turns 18. There are limited cases where it continues for a 16- or 17-year-old after kinderbijslag stops. The SVB child-budget check (External site, opens in a new tab) covers school and support conditions, including support for a child living away. Check your case before stopping the payment yourself.
Which changes must you report?
If you live in the Netherlands, the gemeente reports some Dutch events to the SVB. Report these events to the gemeente on time. You must report other changes directly. Check the SVB child-change list (External site, opens in a new tab) and SVB parent and partner change list (External site, opens in a new tab) for your situation.
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| Change | Examples | Reporting route |
|---|---|---|
| Gemeente normally reports | Whole-family move within the Netherlands, birth, marriage or registered partnership, divorce, nationality change, or death in the Netherlands of a child or family member who was living here. | Report to the gemeente on time. Still report any separate child residence, care or payment change that follows. |
| Child or support change | Child moves away or home, enters care or detention, support costs change, parents stay with the child for 46 days, or a fostering allowance starts. | Use “Wijziging doorgeven” (Report a change) in Mijn SVB. Keep dates and cost evidence. |
| Education change | At 16–17, direct reporting is required for private or foreign education. Living-away education changes have additional cases. | Check the exact school and living arrangement against the SVB child-change list. |
| Foreign work or benefits | A parent starts or stops foreign work, the family leaves the Netherlands, foreign family benefits begin or change, or a death occurs abroad. | Report directly to the SVB. Provide the foreign decision or work evidence. |
You can use a paper form if you prefer. DigiD Machtigen lets another person handle your online SVB affairs. Late, wrong or incomplete information can lead to repayment and a warning or fine. The SVB fines and measures page (External site, opens in a new tab) also explains deductions for failing to answer SVB requests. Report the change and contact the SVB about any information it needs.
What can go wrong with your claim?
If your first-child letter has not arrived after 4 weeks, use the SVB claim FAQ (External site, opens in a new tab) to check what to do. The application page gives a 3–6-week window and says to contact the SVB after 6 weeks. New residents or workers use the separate newcomer route.
If the payment covers fewer quarters than you expected, check the insurance start and each quarter’s first-day conditions in the decision. If the child lives away, keep evidence of your support payments. For a cross-border case, give the SVB the other country’s benefit decision and both parents’ work and residence details.
What if you disagree with the SVB decision?
Your SVB decision sets the payment and covered quarters. If you disagree, follow these steps:
- Check the child, claimant, insurance status, quarter start, age band, living arrangement, support costs, country coordination and amount. A correct total can still cover the wrong starting quarter or claimant.
- Call the number in the decision. Ask which fact or rule determined the result. The objection deadline still applies while you ask for an explanation.
- Submit bezwaar (formal objection) through the route in the decision if you still disagree. The Rijksoverheid (Dutch government) objection guide (External site, opens in a new tab) gives the usual deadline as 6 weeks. Follow the receipt deadline stated in your SVB letter.
Include all required details: your name, address, date, the decision you challenge, your reasons and signature. Also state the outcome you want and attach relevant evidence. Objection itself is free. A paid adviser or lawyer may charge for their help.
After the objection decision, follow its appeal instructions if you still disagree. The letter gives the court route and deadline. A service complaint and an objection serve different purposes; use an objection to challenge the decision.
What happens when your child turns 18?
The SVB age-18 rule (External site, opens in a new tab) stops kinderbijslag automatically. If your child is already 18 on the quarter’s first day, that quarter is not paid. Otherwise, you receive the full quarter containing the birthday, paid after it ends. Child budget also ends at 18.
Your child may qualify in their own name for studiefinanciering (student finance) or tegemoetkoming scholieren (allowance for school pupils). DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs, the Dutch education service) (External site, opens in a new tab) provides both. Your child may also qualify for zorgtoeslag (healthcare benefit). Each has separate conditions. Check the studiefinanciering (student finance) guide when child benefit stops.
Keep your SVB decision and the evidence you sent. Recheck rates and support thresholds when a new quarter begins.
If you are still arranging your BSN (citizen service number), DigiD and insurance after arrival, put those tasks in order. If you have a decision to challenge, check its deadline first. These guides help with those tasks and other family allowances:
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Official Sources
- SVB: Child benefit amounts and payment dates (External site, opens in a new tab) - The 2026 age-band amounts, four payment dates, payment after each quarter, and the first-day-of-the-quarter rules for age and a new child.
- SVB: How to claim child benefit (External site, opens in a new tab) - The first-child, later-child, adoption, foster-child and newcomer routes; the current 3-to-6-week letter window; My SVB; offline help; and the 4-month health-insurer deadline.
- SVB: Questions about claiming child benefit (External site, opens in a new tab) - The separate current statement that a first-child letter arrives within 4 weeks, plus separation, co-parenting and double-rate decision information.
- SVB: Insurance under the child benefit scheme (External site, opens in a new tab) - The “as a rule” test for living or working in the Netherlands and exceptions for foreign work, postings, diplomats, international organisations, transport and temporary study.
- SVB: Wonen in Nederland (living in the Netherlands) (External site, opens in a new tab) - That municipal registration alone does not establish residence for child benefit, the factual residence factors, lawful-residence requirement and temporary-study or visit limitation.
- Wetten.overheid.nl (Dutch legislation database): Algemene Kinderbijslagwet (External site, opens in a new tab) - The statutory insurance, indexation and claim rules, including the one-year ordinary backdating limit and six-month limit for the double rate.
- SVB: Which children qualify? (External site, opens in a new tab) - Own, adopted, partner’s and foster children, including the foster-child residence, daily-care, support, no-allowance and no-other-claimant conditions.
- SVB: Changes in your family situation (External site, opens in a new tab) - First and later children, separation, co-parenting, who receives child benefit, child-budget consequences and changes that may stop entitlement.
- SVB: Living at home or away from home (External site, opens in a new tab) - The 4-night, 46-day and €540-per-quarter support tests, plus care, hospital and co-parenting situations.
- SVB: Education at ages 16 and 17 (External site, opens in a new tab) - The study, school-leaving qualification and exemption routes; full-time education; rules for a child abroad; student finance; and €540 support for a child away.
- SVB: A child’s earnings (External site, opens in a new tab) - That a child’s paid work and earnings do not affect child benefit and need not be reported.
- SVB: Your child turns 18 (External site, opens in a new tab) - Automatic stopping, the first-day-of-the-quarter rule, the last payment and possible next routes in the young adult’s own name.
- SVB: Double rate for extensive care at home (External site, opens in a new tab) - English summary of home-care conditions and backdating; the Dutch source below gives the current data-sharing rule.
- SVB: Double rate for a child living away (External site, opens in a new tab) - The €1,432 support test, qualifying education, sport, illness or disability situations, the 46-day parent-stay rule and foreign-study conditions.
- SVB: Extra yearly child-benefit payment (External site, opens in a new tab) - The all-4-quarters calendar-year condition, tax-partner work-income test and rule that the payment is available once even with more than one qualifying child.
- SVB: A child living outside the Netherlands (External site, opens in a new tab) - Eligible EU, EEA, Swiss and treaty-country destinations and possible price-level adjustment.
- SVB: A parent living or working outside the Netherlands (External site, opens in a new tab) - How foreign residence or work can end Dutch insurance and the destination restriction for some people working in the Netherlands while living abroad.
- SVB: Family benefits from two countries (External site, opens in a new tab) - The priority-country rule, prohibition on receiving both full amounts and the Dutch supplement when the priority country pays less, including coordinated child budget and childcare benefit.
- SVB: Changes in a child’s situation (External site, opens in a new tab) - Municipality-fed child changes and child moves, care, education, allowances and deaths abroad that must be reported directly.
- SVB: Changes in your, your partner’s or ex-partner’s situation (External site, opens in a new tab) - Municipality-fed adult changes and direct reporting of separate moves, support, foreign work, foreign benefits and other family benefits.
- SVB: Reporting a change (External site, opens in a new tab) - The My SVB and paper routes, 4-week deadline in the Netherlands, 6-week deadline abroad and DigiD Authorisation.
- SVB: Fines and measures (External site, opens in a new tab) - Repayment, warnings, fines for late or incorrect information and measures for not responding to SVB requests.
- SVB: Child budget (External site, opens in a new tab) - The separate monthly, income-tested payment, automatic and manual routes, co-parenting, the 8-week letter check and limited cases without child benefit.
- Dienst Toeslagen: Applying for child budget (External site, opens in a new tab) - Automatic consideration for recipients of childcare, rent or healthcare benefit; otherwise application through Mijn Toeslagen by the child-benefit claimant.
- Rijksoverheid: Objecting to a government decision (External site, opens in a new tab) - The usual 6-week objection deadline, required contents, free procedure and instruction to follow the decision for the exact route.
- SVB: Kinderbijslag aanvragen (claiming child benefit) (External site, opens in a new tab) - Dutch source of record for the first-child, newcomer, adopted-child and partner-child application routes and the 3–6-week letter window.
- SVB: Double child benefit for extensive care at home (Dutch) (External site, opens in a new tab) - Wlz indication or positive CIZ advice, age and nights-at-home conditions, automatic sharing unless opted out, pre-July-2024 and manual routes, and two-quarter backdating.
- SVB: Double child benefit for a child living away (Dutch) (External site, opens in a new tab) - The 2026 support threshold, qualifying education, sport-centre and care arrangements, 46-day stays, foreign-study distance and care-funding conditions.
- SVB: Extra yearly child benefit (Dutch) (External site, opens in a new tab) - The €2,702.13 extra payment for 2025, €6,145 work-income threshold, tax-partner and incapacity exceptions, income definitions, deductions and separate application.
- Staatsblad (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees) 2024, 78: Child-benefit claim and backdating rules (External site, opens in a new tab) - Article II sets the one-year ordinary and six-month double-rate backdating limits, and the annual-extra deadline before 1 December of the following calendar year.
- Staatsblad 2024, 79: Commencement of the child-benefit changes (External site, opens in a new tab) - Commencement of the automatic-award and backdating changes on 1 July 2024.
- Staatscourant (Government Gazette) 2025, 44508: January 2026 child-benefit indexation (External site, opens in a new tab) - Twice-yearly indexation on 1 January and 1 July and the January 2026 basic amount.
- Staatscourant 2026, 21999: July 2026 child-benefit amounts (External site, opens in a new tab) - Age-band amounts effective from 1 July 2026.
- SVB: Child benefit increases from 1 July 2026 (External site, opens in a new tab) - The increase effective from 1 July 2026 and first payment of the new rates in October 2026.
- Staatsblad 2024, 6: Child-benefit indexation and income (External site, opens in a new tab) - The basic child-benefit payment is independent of income.
- SVB: Insurance when working in several countries (External site, opens in a new tab) - Insurance for work in several EU countries can depend on residence, employers and the share of work.
- Dienst Toeslagen: Can I receive child budget? (External site, opens in a new tab) - Child-budget income and asset conditions and automatic or manual application routes.
- SVB: If you do not follow the rules (External site, opens in a new tab) - Repayment of overpaid benefit, possible fines and the four- or six-week reporting deadlines.
- DigiD: Official English website (External site, opens in a new tab) - Official digital identity, application, activation and authorisation services.
- Rijksoverheid: Child benefit explanation (External site, opens in a new tab) - Written transcript confirming paper claims, child-income and student-finance rules, later children and the end of child benefit at 18.
- SVB: Education for children aged 16 and 17 (Dutch) (External site, opens in a new tab) - Dutch source of record for the praktijkschool diploma or getuigschrift and suitable-programme condition, education routes and startkwalificatie.
- SVB: Your child turns 18 (Dutch) (External site, opens in a new tab) - Quarter-based stopping and the separate studiefinanciering, tegemoetkoming scholieren and zorgtoeslag routes.
- SVB: What is an A1 certificate of coverage? (External site, opens in a new tab) - A posting certificate shows social-insurance coverage during temporary work abroad.
- CIZ: Official website (External site, opens in a new tab) - CIZ assesses long-term care eligibility and advises the SVB on double child benefit.
- DUO: Student finance overview (External site, opens in a new tab) - Official student-finance service and the need to check its separate eligibility conditions.
- SVB: Mijn SVB login (External site, opens in a new tab) - Official entry point to Mijn SVB for claims, changes, messages and documents.
- SVB: DigiD Machtigen (External site, opens in a new tab) - Authorising another person to submit claims, report changes, send messages or upload documents through Mijn SVB.
- Dienst Toeslagen: Mijn Toeslagen login (External site, opens in a new tab) - Official login page for applying for allowances, changing details and viewing decisions.
- SVB: Aanvragen kinderbijslag voor Oekraïense vluchtelingen (External site, opens in a new tab) - For Ukrainian refugees under temporary protection, residence alone is insufficient. The parent working in the Netherlands can claim, including agency workers and self-employed workers with the required permission. Report promptly to SVB if that work stops, because child benefit stops. A partner who still works can apply instead.
- SVB: Documenten uploaden (External site, opens in a new tab) - If SVB needs a foreign birth certificate, send the original by post. Uploading a scan through Mijn SVB does not replace the original.
- Your Europe: Family benefits (External site, opens in a new tab) - For an EU cross-border claim, applying on time in a country where either parent is entitled to family benefits protects the application date when the claim is forwarded to another competent country. Check national deadlines and keep proof of submission.