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1. 7 OctStep 1.1: Within the Kingdom, with a door of its own · Explanation updated
2. 7 OctStep 1.2: Know your route: employment, business or private means · Explanation updated
3. 7 OctStep 1.3: Explore the island before you decide · Explanation updated
4. 7 OctStep 1.4: Get a picture of what it's going to cost · Explanation updated
5. 7 OctStep 1.5: The family conversation · Explanation updated
6. 7 OctStep 1.6: Choose your target date · Explanation updated
7. 9 OctStep 2.3: AOW, AOV and child benefit: the mildest safety net outside Europe · Explanation updated
8. 9 OctStep 2.4: Know where you'll be paying tax · Explanation and sources updated
9. 9 OctStep 2.5: Deregister and stop the allowances · Explanation updated
10. 9 OctStep 2.7: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 2.8: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
12. 7 OctStep 5.2: School: in Dutch, with an Aruban heart · Explanation and sources updated

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1. 9 OctStep 1.3: Calculate your indicative points · Explanation updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.2: Collect your basic documents · Explanation and sources updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.4: Police certificates: map out which ones you need · Explanation and sources updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.7: Pet: start the import process now · Title updated
5. 9 OctStep 3.5: Result in: cash in or improve · Explanation updated
6. 9 OctStep 4.2: Apply for state nomination (route 190 or 491 only) · Explanation and sources updated
7. 9 OctStep 4.6: The waiting period · Explanation and processing time updated
8. 9 OctStep 5.3: Book your pet's transport · Explanation updated
9. 9 OctStep 5.4: Arrange the import of your car · Explanation, costs and sources updated
10. 9 OctStep 5.5: Close the Netherlands neatly · Explanation and sources updated
11. 9 OctStep 5.6: The first week in order · Explanation and sources updated
12. 9 OctStep 5.7: Housing, school and transport · Explanation and sources updated
13. 10 OctStep 5.10: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated

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1. 10 OctStep 2.1: Arrange your healthcare: the basic insurance stops on moving day · Explanation updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.2: AOW and pension: the friendliest treaty on the site · Explanation updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.4: Stop allowances and child benefit · Explanation and sources updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.5: Deregister with the municipality · Explanation updated
5. 10 OctStep 2.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines with the Netherlands · Sources updated
6. 9 OctStep 2.7: Documents: multilingual extracts, no apostille and no translation agency · Explanation and sources updated
7. 9 OctStep 2.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
8. 10 OctStep 2.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 3.3: The pet: EU passport, and the dog into the register · Explanation and sources updated
10. 10 OctStep 4.1: Find your home: know the rules of the game before you sign · Explanation and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 4.4: ID Austria: the digital key, by appointment · Explanation updated
12. 10 OctStep 5.2: Work: fourteen salaries, and the collective agreement is your minimum wage · Explanation and sources updated
13. 10 OctStep 5.3: Get to know the healthcare system: panel doctor or private doctor · Explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 2.4: Child benefit and allowances: the EU order of priority · Explanation and sources updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.5: Deregister with the municipality · Processing time updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.6: DigiD, bank and your vote · Sources updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
5. 10 OctStep 2.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated

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1. 9 OctStep 2.2: AOW and pension: the accrual stops, the benefit travels well · Explanation updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.3: The protective assessment: the strict regime applies here · Explanation updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.4: Stopping allowances: all of them, and yourself · Explanation updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.5: Deregister and take the proof with you · Explanation updated
5. 9 OctStep 2.6: DigiD, Berichtenbox and the bank: arrange it now · Sources updated
6. 9 OctStep 2.7: Documents: recent certificates, no apostille · Explanation and sources updated
7. 9 OctStep 2.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
8. 10 OctStep 2.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
9. 9 OctStep 4.2: The declaration of admission by operation of law · Explanation updated
10. 9 OctStep 4.4: The sédula: your identity card, carried from the age of twelve · Costs and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 5.1: Clear the container and the car · Sources updated
12. 10 OctStep 5.2: Work: check your contract for what's not in it · Sources updated
13. 9 OctStep 5.6: The dollar household: electricity, water and the exchange · Explanation and sources updated
14. 10 OctStep 5.7: Driving licence and the last threads with the Netherlands · Explanation and sources updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.4: Get a picture of what it's going to cost · Explanation updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.4: Choose your gate: the VITEM visa in advance, or the application in Brazil · Explanation and sources updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.6: Partner and children: family reunion on your permit · Explanation updated
4. 10 OctStep 3.1: Arrange your healthcare before you deregister: no CAK, but a policy, and later the SUS · Explanation updated
5. 10 OctStep 3.4: Deregister and tell the SVB, with the married rate in hand · Explanation and sources updated
6. 10 OctStep 3.5: If children come along, the child benefit stops · Explanation updated
7. 10 OctStep 3.7: The house in the Netherlands: sell, let or keep · Explanation updated
8. 9 OctStep 3.8: Annuity or company: the protective assessment without automatic deferral · Explanation updated
9. 9 OctStep 4.2: The household goods: bagagem desacompanhada, and the window of three to six months · Explanation, costs and sources updated
10. 10 OctStep 4.3: The car: Brazil doesn't admit used cars, so sell · Explanation and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 5.8: From your residence date: the carnê-leão every month, the return in spring · Explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 2.1: Gather your basic documents · Explanation and sources updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.4: Deregister and tell the SVB · Explanation and sources updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.5: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
4. 10 OctStep 2.6: Partly staying in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
5. 10 OctStep 3.2: The car: on plates within a month, with an environmental fee by age · Explanation and sources updated
6. 9 OctStep 3.5: Tell the Dutch tax authority: the M return and the provisional assessment · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 4.1: Apply for the residence certificate, within three months · Explanation, processing time and sources updated
8. 10 OctStep 4.2: Register your S1 at the regional health fund office and choose a GP · Explanation updated
9. 10 OctStep 5.1: The driving licence: nothing to exchange · Explanation updated
10. 10 OctStep 5.2: Living and buying: free, and since 2024 the land too · Explanation updated
11. 10 OctStep 5.3: After five years: permanent residence · Explanation and sources updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.2: Calculate your points, and discover what French does · Explanation and sources updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.3: Create your profile and enter the pool · Sources updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.5: Arrange your police certificate and medical examination · Explanation and sources updated
4. 10 OctStep 3.2: AOW and pension: what goes with you, and who taxes it · Sources updated
5. 9 OctStep 3.3: Know what you lose fiscally · Explanation and sources updated
6. 10 OctStep 3.7: Arrange DigiD and your vote · Explanation and sources updated
7. 9 OctStep 3.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep 3.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 5.7: Get your Canadian tax affairs on track · Explanation and sources updated

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1. 10 OctStep 2.3: Maak je profiel aan en ga de pool in · Sources updated
2. 10 OctStep 5.7: Zet je Canadese belastingzaken op de rit, en je Belgische aangifte als niet-inwoner · Explanation and sources updated
3. 10 OctStep A.3: Schrijf je in bij het Belgische consulaat in je nieuwe land · Explanation updated
4. 10 OctStep A.5b: Je rijbewijs buiten de EU: kijk de regels van je nieuwe land na · Explanation and sources updated
5. 10 OctStep C.4: Vraag je pensioen zelf aan, ten vroegste 12 maanden vooraf · Explanation updated
6. 10 OctStep D.2: Vraag zelf de speciale aangifte aan en dien ze binnen drie maanden in · Explanation updated
7. 10 OctStep D.3: Zorg dat je vanuit het buitenland in MyMinfin kunt en geef je adres door · Costs and sources updated
8. 10 OctStep E.7: Meld je hond of kat af als geëxporteerd · Explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 2.2: Gather the papers: one apostille, and a VOG no older than six months · Explanation and costs updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.6: With a pet: start the titre route now · Sources updated
3. 10 OctStep 3.1: Healthcare: no treaty route, so build your own cover · Explanation and sources updated
4. 10 OctStep 3.2: AOW and pension: the treaty that doesn't quite do enough · Explanation and sources updated
5. 10 OctStep 3.3: The tax office: the Netherlands keeps taxing, and China counts years · Explanation and sources updated
6. 9 OctStep 3.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: there's no counter in China · Explanation and sources updated
7. 9 OctStep 3.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep 3.9: Partly staying in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 4.2: Medicines: here the border counts in days · Explanation updated
10. 9 OctStep 4.3: The pet: the flight and the port of arrival · Explanation and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 4.5: Travel day: fingerprints, currency and the declaration · Explanation updated
12. 10 OctStep 5.1: Within 24 hours: the police registration · Explanation and processing time updated
13. 10 OctStep 5.2: The medical and your digital work permit · Explanation and sources updated
14. 10 OctStep 5.4: SIM, bank and the payment apps, in that order · Sources updated
15. 10 OctStep 5.6: The driving licence: one theory test, in English · Explanation updated
16. 10 OctStep 5.8: Live with the clocks of your status and your money · Explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.6: Choose your target date · Explanation updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.2: Prove your income: the pension statement, apostilled and translated · Explanation updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.5: Know the 180 days, and the waiting time after · Explanation updated
4. 10 OctStep 2.6: Partner and children: dependientes on your card · Explanation updated
5. 10 OctStep 3.4: Deregister and inform the SVB, with the married rate in hand · Explanation and sources updated
6. 10 OctStep 3.6: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
7. 9 OctStep 3.8: Annuity or company: the protective assessment without automatic deferral · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep 4.2: The household goods: duties and VAT, now that the exemption of 2021 is closed · Explanation updated
9. 9 OctStep 4.3: The car: more than half the value in tax, so sell · Explanation updated
10. 10 OctStep 5.1: Lodge: fingerprints at the ministry, the file at the DGME · Explanation and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 5.5: The driving licence: homologation without exam, already with a pending application · Title, explanation and sources updated

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1. 1 OctStep 1.1: Understand the system: one number, then the police · Sources updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.1: Arrange your healthcare: the basic insurance stops on moving day · Explanation and sources updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.3: The tax wrap-up: the M form and the protective assessment · Explanation updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.4: Stop the benefits and child benefit · Explanation updated
5. 9 OctStep 2.5: Deregister at the municipality · Explanation, processing time and sources updated
6. 9 OctStep 2.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines with the Netherlands · Sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 2.7: Documents: extracts and the cover statement from your insurer · Explanation and sources updated
8. 9 OctStep 2.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 2.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
10. 1 OctStep 4.1: The OIB: arrange it from the Netherlands · Explanation, processing time and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 4.4: HZZO: within eight days, and with the right paper · Costs and sources updated
12. 10 OctStep 4.5: e-Građani: the digital key · Explanation, processing time and sources updated
13. 10 OctStep 5.5: Tax: your municipality sets the rate, and Croatia halves the tax on your pension · Title, explanation and sources updated

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1. 9 OctStep 2.3: Know where you'll pay tax · Explanation and sources updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.4: Deregister and close · Explanation updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.5: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
4. 10 OctStep 2.6: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
5. 9 OctStep 5.3: Landed · Explanation updated

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1. 9 OctStep 1.1: Understand the system: the yellow slip, within four months · Explanation and sources updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.3: The tax wind-up: M return and the protective assessment · Explanation updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.4: Stop allowances and child benefit · Explanation updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.5: Deregister with the municipality · Explanation, processing time and sources updated
5. 9 OctStep 2.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines to the Netherlands · Sources updated
6. 9 OctStep 2.7: Documents: multilingual extracts · Explanation updated
7. 9 OctStep 2.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
8. 10 OctStep 2.9: Partly staying in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 3.2: The car: driving on the left, and the question of whether it should come · Explanation and sources updated
10. 10 OctStep 3.3: The pet: EU passport and a chip that can be read · Explanation and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 4.1: Find your home and have the signatures certified · Explanation and sources updated
12. 9 OctStep 4.2: The MEU1: the yellow slip, within four months · Explanation updated
13. 10 OctStep 4.4: GeSY: register and choose a GP · Explanation updated
14. 10 OctStep 5.1: The car: registering at the DRT · Explanation and sources updated
15. 10 OctStep 5.3: Tax in practice: the annual choice and the non-dom · Sources updated
16. 10 OctStep 5.5: Buying: never without a title deed check · Sources updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.6: Choose your target date · Explanation updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.1: Gather your basic documents · Explanation and sources updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.4: Deregister and tell the SVB · Explanation and sources updated
4. 10 OctStep 2.6: Partly staying in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
5. 10 OctStep 2.8: Children who stay in the Netherlands: DUO, healthcare and the house · Explanation updated
6. 10 OctStep 3.2: The car: no excise duty, but Czech plates straight away · Title, explanation and sources updated
7. 9 OctStep 3.5: Tell the Dutch tax authority: the M return and the provisional assessment · Explanation and sources updated
8. 10 OctStep 4.2: Apply for the registration certificate — voluntary, but you need it · Explanation and sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 4.4: Open an account and arrange your Czech identity for the authorities · Explanation updated
10. 10 OctStep 5.4: School for the children · Explanation updated
11. 10 OctStep 5.5: Landed · Explanation updated

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1. 9 OctStep 2.2: AOW and pension: what you built up comes along, the Netherlands keeps taxing · Explanation updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.4: Stop allowances and child benefit · Explanation and sources updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.5: Going into employment? Then an eight-week clock runs for the a-kasse · Title updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.6: Deregister with the municipality · Explanation updated
5. 10 OctStep 2.7: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines to the Netherlands · Sources updated
6. 9 OctStep 2.8: Documents: multilingual extracts, no apostille needed · Explanation and sources updated
7. 9 OctStep 2.9: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
8. 10 OctStep 2.10: Partly staying in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 3.1: Plan the move: one long day's drive, no paperwork · Explanation updated
10. 10 OctStep 4.2: The EU residence document at SIRI · Explanation and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 4.5: The yellow health card and your GP · Explanation and processing time updated

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1. 10 OctStep 2.1: The job and the contract: read before you sign · Sources updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.4: With children: arrange the school before the moving date · Sources updated
3. 10 OctStep 3.2: AOW and pension: the drop nobody tells you about · Explanation and sources updated
4. 10 OctStep 3.3: The tax office: applying for deferral yourself, and deductions that lapse · Explanation updated
5. 9 OctStep 3.4: Allowances and child benefit: everything stops · Explanation updated
6. 9 OctStep 3.5: Deregister with the municipality · Explanation updated
7. 10 OctStep 3.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines to the Netherlands · Sources updated
8. 9 OctStep 3.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
9. 10 OctStep 3.9: Partly staying in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
10. 9 OctStep 4.4: The pet: permit, vaccinations and the cargo route · Title, explanation, processing time and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 5.2: Bring the family in: you are now the sponsor · Explanation updated
12. 10 OctStep 5.7: Live the trade-off: discipline, rules and the gratuity · Sources updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.1: Understand the route: first the job, then the visa · Explanation updated
2. 7 OctStep 1.2: Check your occupation and the salary threshold · Explanation updated
3. 7 OctStep 1.3: Know the language requirement: B2, and you have to prove it · Explanation updated
4. 10 OctStep 1.4: Get a picture of what it's going to cost · Explanation updated
5. 7 OctStep 1.5: Take the decision together · Explanation updated
6. 7 OctStep 1.6: Choose your target date · Explanation updated
7. 10 OctStep 2.5: Lodge and pay: fees plus IHS · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep 3.1: Arrange your healthcare: know which system you fall under · Explanation updated
9. 9 OctStep 3.2: AOW and pension: what continues and what stops · Explanation and processing time updated
10. 9 OctStep 3.3: The tax wind-up: M return and the treaty · Explanation updated
11. 9 OctStep 3.4: Child benefit and allowances: stop them, don't let them run · Explanation and sources updated
12. 10 OctStep 3.6: DigiD, banking and your vote: keep the lines with the Netherlands · Sources updated
13. 9 OctStep 3.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
14. 10 OctStep 3.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
15. 10 OctStep 3.13: Stay reachable: DigiD, your phone number, your bank and your post · Explanation updated
16. 10 OctStep 3.14: Student debt, remote work or your own business: what moves with you · Explanation and sources updated
17. 10 OctStep 5.6: The car: NOVA within 14 days, then DVLA · Explanation and sources updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.4: Breng in beeld wat het gaat kosten · Explanation updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.5: Dien in en betaal: leges plus IHS · Explanation updated
3. 10 OctStep 5.5: Meld je bij de council · Title, explanation, processing time, costs and sources updated
4. 10 OctStep 5.6: De auto: NOVA binnen 14 dagen, dan DVLA · Explanation and sources updated
5. 10 OctStep A.3: Schrijf je in bij het Belgische consulaat in je nieuwe land · Explanation updated
6. 10 OctStep A.5b: Je rijbewijs buiten de EU: kijk de regels van je nieuwe land na · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep C.4: Vraag je pensioen zelf aan, ten vroegste 12 maanden vooraf · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep D.2: Vraag zelf de speciale aangifte aan en dien ze binnen drie maanden in · Explanation updated
9. 10 OctStep D.3: Zorg dat je vanuit het buitenland in MyMinfin kunt en geef je adres door · Costs and sources updated
10. 10 OctStep E.7: Meld je hond of kat af als geëxporteerd · Explanation updated

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1. 9 OctStep 2.1: Arrange your healthcare: report, and a country-of-residence factor of less than a third · Explanation updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.2: AOW and pension: what continues and what stops · Explanation and processing time updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.3: The tax wind-up: M return, and a treaty without a country page · Explanation updated
4. 10 OctStep 2.4: Stopping child benefit and allowances · Explanation and sources updated
5. 10 OctStep 2.5: Deregister with the municipality, just before departure · Title updated
6. 9 OctStep 2.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines with the Netherlands · Sources updated
7. 9 OctStep 2.7: Documents: multilingual extracts, no apostille needed · Explanation and sources updated
8. 9 OctStep 2.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 2.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
10. 10 OctStep 3.3: The pet: EU passport, done · Explanation and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 4.2: Register your place of residence: within 14 days, and it opens everything · Explanation and processing time updated
12. 10 OctStep 4.3: The ID card: apply within a month, and then everything is possible · Explanation and costs updated
13. 10 OctStep 5.1: The car on Estonian plates: five working days · Explanation and sources updated
14. 10 OctStep 5.4: Your driving licence: nothing is required, exchanging is allowed · Explanation and sources updated

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1. 10 OctStep 2.1: Arrange your healthcare: the basic insurance stops on the moving day · Explanation updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.2: AOW and pension: the treaty with the double hand · Explanation updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.4: Stopping allowances and child benefit · Explanation and sources updated
4. 10 OctStep 2.5: Deregister with the municipality · Sources updated
5. 10 OctStep 2.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines with the Netherlands · Sources updated
6. 9 OctStep 2.7: Documents: multilingual extracts, no apostille needed · Explanation and sources updated
7. 9 OctStep 2.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
8. 10 OctStep 2.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 5.2: Work: join a työttömyyskassa within one month · Explanation and sources updated
10. 9 OctStep 5.4: School, childcare and what Kela doesn't pay by itself · Explanation updated

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1. 9 OctStep 1.2: Know how you'll get into French healthcare · Explanation updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.1: Collect your documents, and know the rules of the game · Explanation and sources updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.2: Arrange healthcare cover that bridges the French enrolment · Explanation updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.3: Know where you'll pay tax · Explanation updated
5. 9 OctStep 2.4: Deregister and close the Netherlands · Explanation and sources updated
6. 9 OctStep 2.5: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 2.6: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
8. 9 OctStep 4.3: Report to the French tax office · Explanation and sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 5.3: Put the car on French plates · Explanation and sources updated
10. 9 OctStep 5.4: Landed · Explanation updated

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1. 9 OctStep 2.5: Weet wie erfbelasting heft als je in Frankrijk woont · Explanation and sources updated
2. 10 OctStep 5.3: Zet de auto op Frans kenteken · Explanation, sources and links updated
3. 9 OctStep 5.4: Geland · Explanation updated
4. 9 OctStep 5.5: Je eerste Franse aangifte, en je Belgische rekeningen · Sources updated
5. 10 OctStep A.3: Schrijf je in bij het Belgische consulaat in je nieuwe land · Explanation updated
6. 10 OctStep B.6: Werkloosheidsuitkering: alleen tijdelijk mee om werk te zoeken in Europa · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep C.4: Vraag je pensioen zelf aan, ten vroegste 12 maanden vooraf · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep D.2: Vraag zelf de speciale aangifte aan en dien ze binnen drie maanden in · Explanation updated
9. 10 OctStep D.3: Zorg dat je vanuit het buitenland in MyMinfin kunt en geef je adres door · Costs and sources updated
10. 10 OctStep E.7: Meld je hond of kat af als geëxporteerd · Explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.2: Know the healthcare system: GKV or PKV, and what it costs · Explanation and sources updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.2: AOW and pension: what continues and what stops · Explanation and processing time updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.3: The tax wind-up: M return and the € 15,000 threshold · Explanation updated
4. 10 OctStep 2.4: Child benefit stops, and the German Kindergeld is higher · Explanation and sources updated
5. 9 OctStep 2.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines with the Netherlands · Sources updated
6. 9 OctStep 2.7: Documents: multilingual extracts, no apostille needed · Explanation and sources updated
7. 9 OctStep 2.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
8. 10 OctStep 2.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
9. 9 OctStep 3.2: The car: re-registering is part of it, and the Netherlands chips in · Explanation updated
10. 9 OctStep 4.2: The Anmeldung: within two weeks, and mind that one box · Explanation updated
11. 9 OctStep 4.4: Choose your Krankenkasse and connect the healthcare · Explanation and sources updated
12. 9 OctStep 5.1: The car on German plates: the Zulassung · Explanation updated
13. 9 OctStep 5.3: School: enrol, and know that it's compulsory · Explanation updated
14. 9 OctStep 5.4: Find your GP and learn the system · Explanation and sources updated

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1. 9 OctStep 4.6: Vraag het Kindergeld aan bij de Familienkasse · Explanation and sources updated
2. 9 OctStep 5.4: Vind je huisarts en leer het systeem · Explanation and sources updated
3. 10 OctStep A.3: Schrijf je in bij het Belgische consulaat in je nieuwe land · Explanation updated
4. 10 OctStep B.6: Werkloosheidsuitkering: alleen tijdelijk mee om werk te zoeken in Europa · Explanation and sources updated
5. 10 OctStep C.4: Vraag je pensioen zelf aan, ten vroegste 12 maanden vooraf · Explanation updated
6. 10 OctStep D.2: Vraag zelf de speciale aangifte aan en dien ze binnen drie maanden in · Explanation updated
7. 10 OctStep D.3: Zorg dat je vanuit het buitenland in MyMinfin kunt en geef je adres door · Costs and sources updated
8. 10 OctStep E.7: Meld je hond of kat af als geëxporteerd · Explanation updated

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1. 9 OctStep 1.6: Choose your target date · Explanation updated
2. 6 OctStep 2.2: AOW and pension: to the state of residence, and then perhaps to 7% · Processing time updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.3: The tax wind-up: M return and the protective assessment · Explanation updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.4: Stopping allowances and child benefit · Explanation and sources updated
5. 9 OctStep 2.5: Deregister with the municipality · Explanation, processing time and sources updated
6. 9 OctStep 2.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines with the Netherlands · Explanation and sources updated
7. 9 OctStep 2.7: Documents: extracts, and the relocation certificate for the car · Explanation updated
8. 9 OctStep 2.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 2.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
10. 9 OctStep 3.2: The car: first the Euro standard, then the clocks · Explanation and sources updated
11. 9 OctStep 4.1: The AFM: arrange it from the Netherlands, via myAADElive · Explanation updated
12. 9 OctStep 5.1: Re-registering the car: within twelve months, via customs · Explanation and sources updated
13. 9 OctStep 5.4: Family: school, and the benefit via OPEKA · Explanation and sources updated
14. 9 OctStep 5.5: Tax: the brackets, and the assessments on your home · Explanation and sources updated

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1. 10 OctStep 2.2: Arrange the healthcare transition · Explanation and sources updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.5: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.6: Partly staying in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
4. 10 OctStep 2.8: Children who stay in the Netherlands: DUO, healthcare and the house · Explanation updated
5. 10 OctStep 3.2: The car: registration tax, and sixty days to get started · Explanation updated
6. 9 OctStep 3.5: Tell the Dutch tax authority: the M return and the provisional assessment · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 5.3: After five years: permanent residence · Explanation, costs and sources updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.1: Understand the system: visa, ITAS, registration duty — and real enforcement · Sources updated
2. 10 OctStep 1.2: Explore the routes: retirement, deposit, remote or partner · Explanation and sources updated
3. 10 OctStep 1.4: Take the decision together · Explanation updated
4. 10 OctStep 1.6: Choose your target date · Explanation updated
5. 10 OctStep 2.1: Make the route choice final · Explanation updated
6. 10 OctStep 2.5: The deposit routes: pay in within ninety days, and don't touch it · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 2.6: After issue: the ITAS and the series of clocks · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep 3.1: Arrange your healthcare: private, with evacuation cover · Sources updated
9. 5 OctStep 3.2: AOW and pension: the Netherlands keeps taxing · Explanation and sources updated
10. 9 OctStep 3.3: The tax wrap-up: the M form and the protective assessment · Explanation updated
11. 9 OctStep 3.4: Stop the benefits, and inform the SVB · Explanation updated
12. 9 OctStep 3.5: Deregister at the municipality · Explanation, processing time and sources updated
13. 9 OctStep 3.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines with the Netherlands · Explanation and sources updated
14. 9 OctStep 3.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
15. 10 OctStep 3.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
16. 9 OctStep 4.1: Suitcases before containers: the luggage strategy · Explanation and sources updated
17. 9 OctStep 4.3: The pet: the detour via Jakarta, or the honest decision · Explanation and sources updated
18. 10 OctStep 5.6: Family: the international school, with the price tag · Explanation and costs updated
19. 10 OctStep 5.8: The two prohibitions, and the clocks in the diary · Explanation updated

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1. 7 OctStep 1.1: Understand the system: no register, so everything is proof of address · Explanation updated
2. 7 OctStep 1.2: Choose your Ireland: Dublin, the cities or the west · Explanation updated
3. 7 OctStep 1.3: Get a picture of what it's going to cost · Explanation updated
4. 7 OctStep 1.4: Take the decision together · Explanation updated
5. 7 OctStep 1.6: Choose your target date · Explanation updated
6. 10 OctStep 2.2: Pension and the treaty: the threshold of € 25,000 · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 2.3: The tax wind-up: M return and the protective assessment · Explanation updated
8. 9 OctStep 2.4: Stopping allowances and child benefit · Explanation updated
9. 9 OctStep 2.5: Deregister with the municipality · Explanation, processing time and sources updated
10. 10 OctStep 2.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines with the Netherlands · Sources updated
11. 9 OctStep 2.7: Documents: few, but the right ones · Explanation and sources updated
12. 9 OctStep 2.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
13. 10 OctStep 2.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
14. 10 OctStep 4.1: Find your home: the tightest market in the EU, with new rules · Explanation updated
15. 10 OctStep 5.3: Tax in practice: USC, PRSI and the remittance basis · Explanation and sources updated
16. 10 OctStep 5.5: The house through the year: the most expensive electricity in the EU · Explanation and sources updated

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1. 10 OctStep 2.4: Stop the benefits and child benefit · Explanation and sources updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.5: Deregister at the municipality · Sources updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines with the Netherlands · Sources updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.7: Documents: multilingual extracts, no apostille needed · Explanation and sources updated
5. 9 OctStep 2.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
6. 10 OctStep 2.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 4.4: The tessera sanitaria: register with the ASL · Explanation and sources updated
8. 10 OctStep 5.6: Learn Italian: the CPIA is your neighbourhood school · Explanation updated
9. 10 OctStep 5.7: The small print: TARI, RAI, ZTL and your driving licence · Explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 2.1: Find a job with an employer willing to sponsor · Explanation updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.2: Read the contract with Japanese eyes · Explanation updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.6: With your family: the dependent applications and the certificates · Explanation and sources updated
4. 9 OctStep 3.2: AOW and pension: the treaty does the heavy lifting · Explanation updated
5. 9 OctStep 3.3: The tax office: applying for deferral yourself, and the remittance clause · Title updated
6. 10 OctStep 3.4: Benefits and child benefit: here it stops, there something starts · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 3.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines with the Netherlands · Sources updated
8. 9 OctStep 3.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
9. 10 OctStep 3.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
10. 9 OctStep 4.1: The household goods: across the border free, with one form · Explanation and sources updated
11. 9 OctStep 5.1: The landing: your card and the customs form · Title, explanation and sources updated
12. 10 OctStep 5.3: Phone, bank and the six-month rule · Explanation and sources updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.1: Being allowed to stay is not the same as being reported · Explanation and sources updated
2. 10 OctStep 1.5: The family conversation · Explanation updated
3. 10 OctStep 1.6: Choose your target date · Explanation updated
4. 10 OctStep 2.3: Know where you'll pay tax, and apply for the exemption · Explanation updated
5. 10 OctStep 2.4: Deregister and tell the SVB · Explanation and sources updated
6. 10 OctStep 2.5: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
7. 10 OctStep 2.6: Partly staying in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
8. 10 OctStep 3.1: Choose your form of move and ask for quotes · Explanation updated
9. 10 OctStep 3.4: Arrange your home before you leave, because the eight-day report asks for a lease · Sources updated
10. 9 OctStep 3.5: Tell the Dutch tax authority: the M return and the provisional assessment · Explanation and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 4.1: Report your arrival at the commune, within eight days · Sources updated
12. 10 OctStep 4.2: Make the registration declaration, within three months · Sources updated
13. 10 OctStep 4.4: Open an account and arrange your digital access · Explanation and sources updated
14. 10 OctStep 4.5: Register with the tax office and arrange your class and your advance payments · Explanation and sources updated
15. 10 OctStep 5.2: Living and buying: free, with 7 percent duties and the Bëllegen Akt · Explanation and sources updated
16. 10 OctStep 5.4: School for the children · Explanation and sources updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.1: Mogen blijven is iets anders dan gemeld zijn · Explanation, sources and links updated
2. 10 OctStep 1.5: Het gezinsgesprek · Explanation updated
3. 10 OctStep 1.6: Kies je streefdatum · Explanation updated
4. 10 OctStep 2.1: Verzamel je basisdocumenten · Explanation updated
5. 3 OctStep 2.3: Je werkt al in Luxemburg: wat er verandert als je erheen verhuist · Explanation, check and sources updated
6. 3 OctStep 2.6: Weet wie erfbelasting heft als je in Luxemburg woont · Explanation, check and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 3.4: Regel je woning vóór je vertrekt, want de melding van acht dagen vraagt om een huurcontract · Sources and links updated
8. 10 OctStep 4.1: Meld je aankomst bij de gemeente, binnen acht dagen · Sources and links updated
9. 10 OctStep 4.2: Doe de registratieverklaring, binnen drie maanden · Sources and links updated
10. 10 OctStep A.3: Schrijf je in bij het Belgische consulaat in je nieuwe land · Explanation updated
11. 10 OctStep B.6: Werkloosheidsuitkering: alleen tijdelijk mee om werk te zoeken in Europa · Explanation and sources updated
12. 10 OctStep C.4: Vraag je pensioen zelf aan, ten vroegste 12 maanden vooraf · Explanation updated
13. 10 OctStep D.2: Vraag zelf de speciale aangifte aan en dien ze binnen drie maanden in · Explanation updated
14. 10 OctStep D.3: Zorg dat je vanuit het buitenland in MyMinfin kunt en geef je adres door · Costs and sources updated
15. 10 OctStep E.7: Meld je hond of kat af als geëxporteerd · Explanation updated

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1. 9 OctStep 2.3: The tax wrap-up: M return and the protective assessment · Explanation updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.4: Stop allowances and child benefit · Explanation updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.5: Deregister with the municipality · Explanation, processing time and sources updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.6: DigiD, bank and your vote, plus one letter you arrange right now · Sources updated
5. 9 OctStep 2.7: Documents: multilingual extracts · Explanation updated
6. 9 OctStep 2.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 2.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
8. 10 OctStep 3.2: The car: the ToR sum, and the honest conversation about driving on the left · Explanation and sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 4.1: Find your home, and check the registration: otherwise the contract is void · Explanation and sources updated
10. 10 OctStep 4.3: The biometrics and the card · Costs and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 4.4: The eID and the tax number · Explanation and sources updated
12. 10 OctStep 5.1: The car: the ToR file and the registration · Explanation, processing time and sources updated

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1. 9 OctStep 1.2: Know what happens to your income, your AOW and your healthcare · Explanation updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.1: Choose your card: temporary or permanent at once · Explanation updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.6: Partner and children: the unity of the family · Explanation and sources updated
4. 10 OctStep 3.4: Deregister and inform the SVB, with the married rate in hand · Explanation and sources updated
5. 10 OctStep 3.5: If children come along, the child benefit stops · Explanation updated
6. 10 OctStep 3.7: The house in the Netherlands, and what it does to your Mexican tax liability · Explanation and sources updated
7. 9 OctStep 3.8: Annuity or company: the protective assessment without automatic deferral · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep 4.3: The car: temporarily along as residente temporal, never definitively · Explanation and costs updated
9. 10 OctStep 5.1: The canje: within thirty days to the INM · Sources updated
10. 10 OctStep 5.3: Close your healthcare: activate the policy, or the IMSS package · Explanation and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 5.4: The driving licence: no exchange, a Mexican licence per state · Explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 2.2: Choose your mention and gather the documents · Explanation updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.3: Arrange your Moroccan identity card · Sources updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.5: Know the rhythm of renewing · Explanation updated
4. 10 OctStep 3.1: Arrange the healthcare transition · Explanation, sources and links updated
5. 10 OctStep 3.5: Deregister and report it to the SVB · Explanation, processing time and sources updated
6. 10 OctStep 3.7: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
7. 9 OctStep 4.3: The car: six months under admission temporaire, or import definitively · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep 4.4: Bringing a pet: chip before vaccination · Explanation and sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 5.5: The driving licence: count on an exam, not on an exchange · Explanation updated
10. 5 OctStep 5.6: Living and buying: check the land before you sign · Explanation, check and sources updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.3: Test yourself against the hard limits · Explanation updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.2: See whether your occupation is on the Green List · Explanation updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.5: Medical examination and police certificates · Explanation updated
4. 10 OctStep 2.7: Lodge your application within four months · Explanation updated
5. 10 OctStep 3.2: AOW and pension: what comes along, and who taxes · Sources updated
6. 9 OctStep 3.3: Know what you lose for tax, and apply for deferral yourself · Explanation updated
7. 9 OctStep 3.4: Stop allowances and child benefit · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep 3.7: Arrange DigiD and your vote · Explanation updated
9. 9 OctStep 3.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
10. 10 OctStep 3.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated

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1. 9 OctStep 2.2: AOW and pension: source-state taxation since 2013 · Explanation updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.4: Stop allowances and child benefit · Explanation and sources updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.5: Deregister with the municipality · Explanation updated
4. 10 OctStep 2.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines with the Netherlands · Sources updated
5. 9 OctStep 2.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
6. 10 OctStep 2.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 3.1: Plan the move: the declaration, the list and the red zone · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep 4.4: The tax card: choose deliberately between PAYE and ordinary · Explanation updated
9. 10 OctStep 5.4: Children: apply for barnetrygd, register for childcare · Explanation and sources updated
10. 10 OctStep 5.5: Tax: evaluate your PAYE choice, and know the return · Explanation updated
11. 9 OctStep 5.7: Your driving licence: nothing is required, exchanging is allowed · Explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.1: Understand the system: permanent from day one, with a lawyer · Sources updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.1: Choose your route · Explanation and sources updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.4: Travel to Panama and lodge · Sources updated
4. 10 OctStep 3.4: Arrange your money lines and your DigiD · Explanation and sources updated
5. 10 OctStep 3.6: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
6. 9 OctStep 4.2: The car: usually buy there, with the pensionado exemption as an option · Explanation, sources and links updated
7. 9 OctStep 4.3: Pet coming along: the thirty-day certificate and the advance notice · Title, explanation, processing time, sources and links updated
8. 10 OctStep 5.3: Exchange your driving licence straight away · Explanation, costs and sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 5.4: Put your discounts to work · Explanation updated
10. 9 OctStep 5.6: Landed · Explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 2.2: Arrange the healthcare transition · Explanation and sources updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.5: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.6: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
4. 10 OctStep 2.8: Children staying in the Netherlands: DUO, healthcare and the house · Explanation updated
5. 10 OctStep 3.4: Arrange your first accommodation, because the thirty-day clock starts on moving in · Explanation updated
6. 9 OctStep 3.5: Inform the Dutch tax office: the M return and the provisional assessment · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 4.1: Zameldowanie: register your address within thirty days, and the PESEL comes with it · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep 4.4: Register your S1 with the NFZ · Explanation updated
9. 10 OctStep 5.2: Living and buying: no permit, but the hectare limit · Explanation updated
10. 10 OctStep 5.4: School for the children · Explanation updated

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1. 9 OctStep 1.4: Get a picture of what it's going to cost · Explanation updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.1: Arrange your NIF before departure · Explanation and links updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.2: Collect your basic documents · Explanation and sources updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.4: Know where you'll pay tax · Explanation and sources updated
5. 9 OctStep 2.5: Deregister and close the Netherlands · Explanation updated
6. 9 OctStep 2.6: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 2.7: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
8. 9 OctStep 4.2: Collect your CRUE at the câmara municipal · Explanation and costs updated
9. 9 OctStep 5.1: School for the children · Explanation updated
10. 9 OctStep 5.3: Put the car on Portuguese plates · Sources updated
11. 9 OctStep 5.4: Landed · Explanation updated

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1. 9 OctStep 1.4: Breng in beeld wat het gaat kosten · Explanation updated
2. 14 OctStep 2.4: Weet welk land je inkomen belast · Sources updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.5: Weet wie erfbelasting heft als je in Portugal woont · Explanation and sources updated
4. 10 OctStep A.3: Schrijf je in bij het Belgische consulaat in je nieuwe land · Explanation updated
5. 10 OctStep B.6: Werkloosheidsuitkering: alleen tijdelijk mee om werk te zoeken in Europa · Explanation and sources updated
6. 10 OctStep C.2: Meld je vertrek twee maanden vooraf bij de Federale Pensioendienst · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep C.4: Vraag je pensioen zelf aan, ten vroegste 12 maanden vooraf · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep D.2: Vraag zelf de speciale aangifte aan en dien ze binnen drie maanden in · Explanation updated
9. 10 OctStep D.3: Zorg dat je vanuit het buitenland in MyMinfin kunt en geef je adres door · Costs and sources updated
10. 10 OctStep E.7: Meld je hond of kat af als geëxporteerd · Explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 2.4: Deregister and tell the SVB · Explanation and sources updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.6: Partly staying in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.8: Children who stay in the Netherlands: DUO, healthcare and the house · Explanation updated
4. 9 OctStep 3.5: Tell the Dutch tax authority: the M return and the provisional assessment · Explanation updated
5. 10 OctStep 4.4: After one hundred and eighty-three days: the ANAF's questionnaire and your tax residence · Explanation and sources updated
6. 10 OctStep 5.4: School for the children: compulsory from four, and the language class first · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 5.6: Landed · Explanation updated

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1. 9 OctStep 2.2: AOW and pension: the accrual stops, the benefit travels well · Explanation updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.3: The protective assessment: the strict regime applies here · Explanation updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.4: Stopping allowances: all of them, and yourself · Explanation updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.5: Deregister and take the proof with you · Explanation updated
5. 10 OctStep 2.6: DigiD, Berichtenbox and the bank: arrange it now · Sources updated
6. 9 OctStep 2.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
7. 10 OctStep 2.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
8. 9 OctStep 5.5: Tax: the system of its own, via the portal of its own · Explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.2: Choose your pass: employee, specialist, entrepreneur or top talent · Explanation updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.1: The job and the contract: read the thresholds before you sign · Explanation updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.3: With your family: the Dependant's Pass and the certificates with apostille · Costs updated
4. 9 OctStep 3.2: AOW and pension: the treaty points to Singapore, the SVB to the married rate · Explanation updated
5. 9 OctStep 3.3: The tax office: applying for deferral yourself, and deductions that lapse · Title updated
6. 9 OctStep 3.4: Allowances and child benefit: everything stops · Explanation updated
7. 9 OctStep 3.5: Deregister with the municipality · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep 3.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines to the Netherlands · Sources updated
9. 9 OctStep 3.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
10. 10 OctStep 3.9: Partly staying in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 4.4: The pet: titre test, licence and the five-day rule · Explanation and processing time updated
12. 9 OctStep 4.5: The car: sell it, because importing is almost never allowed and owning takes a COE · Title and explanation updated
13. 10 OctStep 5.4: Your driving licence: twelve months, then the theory test · Explanation updated

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1. 9 OctStep 2.2: AOW and pension: the accrual stops, the benefit travels well · Explanation updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.3: The protective assessment: the strict regime applies here · Explanation updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.4: Stopping allowances: all of them, and yourself · Explanation updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.5: Deregister and take the proof with you · Explanation updated
5. 10 OctStep 2.6: DigiD, Berichtenbox and the bank: arrange it now · Sources updated
6. 9 OctStep 2.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
7. 10 OctStep 2.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
8. 9 OctStep 5.7: Driving licence and the last threads with the Netherlands · Explanation updated

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1. 9 OctStep 2.3: Know where you'll pay tax · Explanation and sources updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.4: Deregister and close · Explanation updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.5: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
4. 10 OctStep 2.6: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
5. 9 OctStep 5.3: Landed · Explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.1: Understand the system: your residence is a visa, and the department is slow · Explanation and sources updated
2. 9 OctStep 1.2: Explore the routes: pension, assets, work or partner · Explanation and sources updated
3. 7 OctStep 1.3: Get a picture of what it's going to cost · Explanation updated
4. 10 OctStep 1.4: Take the decision together · Explanation updated
5. 7 OctStep 1.6: Choose your target date · Explanation updated
6. 10 OctStep 2.1: Make the route choice final · Explanation updated
7. 9 OctStep 2.2: Gather the documents: clearances and apostilles · Explanation updated
8. 7 OctStep 2.6: After issue: know your validity and your extension clock · Sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 3.1: Arrange your healthcare: private, and before departure · Sources updated
10. 9 OctStep 3.3: The tax wind-up: M return and the protective assessment · Explanation updated
11. 9 OctStep 3.4: Stop allowances, and inform the SVB · Explanation updated
12. 9 OctStep 3.5: Deregister with the municipality · Explanation, processing time and sources updated
13. 9 OctStep 3.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines with the Netherlands · Explanation and sources updated
14. 9 OctStep 3.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
15. 10 OctStep 3.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
16. 12 OctStep 4.2: The car: sell it, because left-hand drive can't enter the country · Explanation and sources updated
17. 10 OctStep 4.4: The flight: well over eleven hours, zero jet lag · Title updated
18. 10 OctStep 5.1: SARS: register your tax status · Explanation, processing time and sources updated
19. 10 OctStep 5.3: Housing: choose the neighbourhood before the house · Sources updated
20. 12 OctStep 5.6: The car: buying right-hand drive, and your driving licence · Explanation and sources updated
21. 10 OctStep 5.7: Safety as a system, not as fear · Explanation and sources updated
22. 10 OctStep 5.8: The clocks in the diary · Explanation updated

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1. 1 OctStep 2.1: Know how you get your NIE · Title, explanation, processing time, costs, sources and links updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.2: Collect your basic documents · Explanation and sources updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.4: Know where you'll pay tax · Explanation and sources updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.5: Deregister and close the Netherlands · Explanation updated
5. 9 OctStep 2.6: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
6. 10 OctStep 2.7: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
7. 9 OctStep 3.4: Decide about the car · Explanation and sources updated
8. 1 OctStep 4.4: Lodge EX-18: the registration certificate · Explanation updated
9. 9 OctStep 5.1: The first weeks: bank and basics · Explanation updated
10. 9 OctStep 5.4: Put the car on Spanish plates · Explanation and sources updated
11. 9 OctStep 5.5: Landed · Explanation updated

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1. 9 OctStep 2.1: Weet hoe je aan je NIE komt · Explanation updated
2. 14 OctStep 2.4: Weet welk land je inkomen belast · Sources and links updated
3. 9 OctStep 3.2: Vraag offertes aan en plan het vervoer · Explanation updated
4. 9 OctStep 3.4: Beslis over de auto · Explanation and sources updated
5. 10 OctStep 5.4: Zet de auto op Spaans kenteken · Explanation updated
6. 9 OctStep 5.6: Je eerste Spaanse aangifte, en je Belgische rekeningen · Explanation updated
7. 10 OctStep A.3: Schrijf je in bij het Belgische consulaat in je nieuwe land · Explanation updated
8. 1 OctStep A.5: Je rijbewijs in een ander EU-land: houden, en vernieuwen waar je woont · Explanation and sources updated
9. 10 OctStep B.6: Werkloosheidsuitkering: alleen tijdelijk mee om werk te zoeken in Europa · Explanation and sources updated
10. 10 OctStep C.2: Meld je vertrek twee maanden vooraf bij de Federale Pensioendienst · Explanation and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep C.4: Vraag je pensioen zelf aan, ten vroegste 12 maanden vooraf · Explanation updated
12. 1 OctStep C.7: Beslis wat je doet met je pensioensparen · Title, explanation, check and sources updated
13. 10 OctStep D.2: Vraag zelf de speciale aangifte aan en dien ze binnen drie maanden in · Explanation updated
14. 10 OctStep D.3: Zorg dat je vanuit het buitenland in MyMinfin kunt en geef je adres door · Costs and sources updated
15. 1 OctStep E.5: Regel het voor je kind dat in België blijft studeren · Explanation, processing time, costs, check and sources updated
16. 10 OctStep E.7: Meld je hond of kat af als geëxporteerd · Explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.6: Choose your target date · Explanation updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.1: Determine your gate: PSA, Surinamese origin or MKV · Explanation updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.3: MKV route: apply for the authorisation three months ahead · Explanation updated
4. 9 OctStep 3.2: Know where you'll pay tax, and apply for the exemption · Explanation updated
5. 9 OctStep 3.5: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
6. 10 OctStep 3.6: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 4.2: Secure the household goods exemption · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep 4.3: The car: the eight-year rule, and the permit before shipping · Explanation and sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 4.4: Pet coming along to Suriname · Explanation updated
10. 10 OctStep 5.1: Report to the Vreemdelingendienst and start your permit · Explanation updated
11. 10 OctStep 5.2: Register as a resident at the CBB · Explanation updated
12. 10 OctStep 5.3: Activate your healthcare · Explanation and costs updated
13. 10 OctStep 5.5: Driving: the driving authorisation · Explanation, costs and sources updated

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1. 6 OctStep 1.1: Understand the system: no registration, but folkbokföring · Explanation updated
2. 6 OctStep 1.2: Look the housing market straight in the eye before you decide anything · Explanation updated
3. 6 OctStep 1.3: Get a picture of what it's going to cost · Explanation updated
4. 6 OctStep 1.4: Take the decision together · Explanation updated
5. 9 OctStep 2.2: AOW and pension: the treaty that is now tipping · Explanation updated
6. 10 OctStep 2.4: Stop allowances and child benefit · Explanation and sources updated
7. 9 OctStep 2.5: Deregister with the municipality · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep 2.6: DigiD and your vote: keep the lines with the Netherlands · Title, explanation and links updated
9. 9 OctStep 2.7: Documents: multilingual extracts, no apostille needed · Explanation and sources updated
10. 9 OctStep 2.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 2.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Explanation and sources updated
12. 9 OctStep 3.1: Plan the move: 1,000 to 1,600 kilometres, two bridges · Explanation updated
13. 9 OctStep 3.2: Taking the car: here it's simply a good idea · Explanation updated
14. 9 OctStep 4.2: The folkbokföring: five weeks that open everything · Explanation and sources updated
15. 9 OctStep 5.4: School, förskola and the barnbidrag · Explanation and sources updated
16. 9 OctStep 5.5: Tax: the pre-filled return, and your preliminary tax · Explanation and sources updated

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1. 9 OctStep 2.1: Pension and AOW: the Netherlands withholds, up to 15% · Explanation updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.2: AOW accrual: stops, and the clock runs one year · Explanation and processing time updated
3. 9 OctStep 2.4: The tax wind-up and your allowances · Explanation and sources updated
4. 10 OctStep 2.5: Deregister, and arrange DigiD before you go · Explanation updated
5. 9 OctStep 2.6: Documents: multilingual extract, or apostille · Explanation and sources updated
6. 9 OctStep 2.7: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 2.8: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
8. 9 OctStep 2.9: The house in the Netherlands: sell, rent out or keep · Explanation updated
9. 10 OctStep 4.1: Register with your municipality within fourteen days · Costs and sources updated

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1. 10 OctStep 4.1: Meld je binnen veertien dagen bij je gemeente · Costs, sources and links updated
2. 10 OctStep A.3: Schrijf je in bij het Belgische consulaat in je nieuwe land · Explanation updated
3. 10 OctStep B.6: Werkloosheidsuitkering: alleen tijdelijk mee om werk te zoeken in Europa · Explanation and sources updated
4. 10 OctStep C.2: Meld je vertrek twee maanden vooraf bij de Federale Pensioendienst · Explanation and sources updated
5. 10 OctStep C.4: Vraag je pensioen zelf aan, ten vroegste 12 maanden vooraf · Explanation updated
6. 10 OctStep D.2: Vraag zelf de speciale aangifte aan en dien ze binnen drie maanden in · Explanation updated
7. 10 OctStep D.3: Zorg dat je vanuit het buitenland in MyMinfin kunt en geef je adres door · Costs and sources updated
8. 10 OctStep E.7: Meld je hond of kat af als geëxporteerd · Explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.2: Choose your route: O-A, O-X or Non-O · Explanation updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.1: The financial requirement: 800,000 baht, or 65,000 a month · Explanation and sources updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.2: The insurance requirement: 3 million baht · Explanation updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.3: The medical certificate and the certificate of conduct · Explanation updated
5. 9 OctStep 2.4: Lodge: the e-visa, from the Netherlands · Explanation updated
6. 9 OctStep 2.5: With your family: the dependant's visa · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep 2.6: With a pet: start in time · Explanation and sources updated
8. 9 OctStep 3.1: Healthcare: there's no treaty route, you buy cover yourself · Explanation updated
9. 10 OctStep 3.2: AOW and pension: the tax treaty and the export treaty both work with you · Explanation and sources updated
10. 9 OctStep 3.3: The tax office: M return and the protective assessment · Explanation and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 3.4: Benefits and child benefit: everything stops · Explanation updated
12. 9 OctStep 3.5: Deregister with the municipality · Explanation, processing time and sources updated
13. 9 OctStep 3.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: keep the lines with the Netherlands · Title, explanation and sources updated
14. 10 OctStep 3.7: Documents: legalise, because this isn't the EU · Processing time updated
15. 9 OctStep 3.8: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
16. 10 OctStep 3.9: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
17. 9 OctStep 3.10: The house in the Netherlands: sell, rent out or keep · Explanation updated
18. 9 OctStep 3.11: Children staying in the Netherlands: DUO, healthcare and the house · Explanation updated
19. 9 OctStep 4.1: The household contents: sea freight, and what you'd better leave behind · Explanation, check and sources updated
20. 9 OctStep 4.2: Medicines: take the certificate with you · Explanation updated
21. 9 OctStep 4.3: The pet: the flight and the permit · Explanation updated
22. 9 OctStep 4.4: The car: sell it here · Explanation updated
23. 9 OctStep 4.5: The travel day: papers in your hand luggage · Explanation updated
24. 9 OctStep 5.1: Within 24 hours: your host's TM30 · Explanation updated
25. 10 OctStep 5.2: The bank account, and the clock of your 800,000 baht · Explanation and sources updated
26. 9 OctStep 5.3: The extension: every year anew, at your office · Explanation updated
27. 9 OctStep 5.4: The re-entry permit: don't leave the country without one · Explanation updated
28. 10 OctStep 5.5: Every ninety days: the report · Explanation and sources updated
29. 9 OctStep 5.6: Housing: renting, and why you can't buy land · Explanation updated
30. 9 OctStep 5.7: Tax: 180 days, and the rule that changed in 2024 · Explanation updated
31. 9 OctStep 5.8: Driving licence, language and life with four clocks · Explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 2.5: Weet wie erfbelasting heft als je in Nederland woont · Explanation updated
2. 10 OctStep 5.1: Schrijf je in bij een huisarts · Title, explanation and sources updated
3. 10 OctStep 5.3: Kinderbijslag en toeslagen · Explanation and processing time updated
4. 10 OctStep 5.6: Geland · Explanation updated
5. 10 OctStep A.3: Schrijf je in bij het Belgische consulaat in je nieuwe land · Explanation updated
6. 10 OctStep B.6: Werkloosheidsuitkering: alleen tijdelijk mee om werk te zoeken in Europa · Explanation and sources updated
7. 10 OctStep C.4: Vraag je pensioen zelf aan, ten vroegste 12 maanden vooraf · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep D.2: Vraag zelf de speciale aangifte aan en dien ze binnen drie maanden in · Explanation updated
9. 10 OctStep D.3: Zorg dat je vanuit het buitenland in MyMinfin kunt en geef je adres door · Costs and sources updated
10. 10 OctStep E.7: Meld je hond of kat af als geëxporteerd · Explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 1.4: Get a picture of what it's going to cost · Explanation updated
2. 10 OctStep 2.1: Choose your route · Explanation and sources updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.3: Gather the documents · Explanation and sources updated
4. 10 OctStep 2.5: Know the annual cycle: renewing, and the road to eight years · Explanation updated
5. 10 OctStep 3.1: Arrange the healthcare transition · Explanation updated
6. 9 OctStep 3.3: Deregister and tell the SVB · Explanation and sources updated
7. 9 OctStep 3.5: Partner comes along without a job of their own · Explanation updated
8. 10 OctStep 3.6: Living partly in the Netherlands: the eight-month rule · Sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 5.1: The registration chain: address, tax number, phone, bank · Explanation updated
10. 10 OctStep 5.3: Exchange your driving licence within six months · Explanation and sources updated
11. 10 OctStep 5.6: Landed · Explanation updated

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1. 9 OctStep 2.1: Choose your route and test it hard · Explanation updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.4: Employer routes: let the employer lead · Explanation and sources updated
3. 10 OctStep 2.5: The lottery as an extra chance, not as a plan · Explanation and sources updated
4. 9 OctStep 2.6: The L-2 or E-2 for your partner and children under 21 · Title, explanation, processing time, costs and sources updated
5. 9 OctStep 3.2: AOW and pension: the treaty does its work · Explanation and processing time updated
6. 9 OctStep 3.3: The tax wind-up: two countries, one treaty · Explanation updated
7. 9 OctStep 3.4: Stop child benefit and allowances · Explanation and sources updated
8. 9 OctStep 3.6: DigiD, banking and your vote · Explanation and sources updated
9. 10 OctStep 3.8: Living partly in the Netherlands: two limits, from two countries · Sources updated
10. 9 OctStep 3.10: Children staying in the Netherlands: DUO and the house · Explanation updated
11. 9 OctStep 3.11: The partner without a job: AOW gap, healthcare and the bank · Explanation and processing time updated
12. 9 OctStep 4.1: Your household contents: duty-free, with one form · Explanation and sources updated
13. 9 OctStep 5.8: Your partner on the L-2 or E-2: SSN, insurance and (maybe) working · Title and explanation updated

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1. 10 OctStep 2.5: De loterij als extra kans, niet als plan · Explanation and sources updated
2. 9 OctStep 2.7: Werkgeversroute: wat je met je werkgever regelt vóór je tekent · Explanation updated
3. 10 OctStep A.3: Schrijf je in bij het Belgische consulaat in je nieuwe land · Explanation updated
4. 10 OctStep A.5b: Je rijbewijs buiten de EU: kijk de regels van je nieuwe land na · Explanation and sources updated
5. 10 OctStep C.4: Vraag je pensioen zelf aan, ten vroegste 12 maanden vooraf · Explanation updated
6. 10 OctStep D.2: Vraag zelf de speciale aangifte aan en dien ze binnen drie maanden in · Explanation updated
7. 10 OctStep D.3: Zorg dat je vanuit het buitenland in MyMinfin kunt en geef je adres door · Costs and sources updated
8. 10 OctStep E.7: Meld je hond of kat af als geëxporteerd · Explanation updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 2.6: DigiD, bank and your vote: the Kingdom rules are different here · Sources updated
2. 26 SeptStep 4.2: Register with Censo · Explanation, processing time, sources and links updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 5.1: Re-registering the car: through the chain within the month · Explanation and costs updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 1.4: Map out what it's going to cost · Explanation updated
2. 26 SeptStep 5.4: School for the children · Explanation and links updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 5.4: Bank, cédula number and address · Sources and links updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 3.4: Arrange your first accommodation, because the report asks for an address · Explanation and links updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 4.1: Find your home: the registration waits for it · Sources and links updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 5.7: The small print: driving licence, utilities and the summer · Sources and links updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 5.4: School for the children · Explanation and links updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 5.1: The SKTT: to Dukcapil within fourteen days · Sources and links updated
2. 26 SeptStep 5.5: Transport: the SIM, the scooter and the honest figures · Explanation, sources and links updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 3.1: Plan the journey: the long boat, or the land bridge · Sources and links updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 5.3: After five years: permanent residence · Explanation updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 1.6: Choose your target date · Explanation updated
2. 26 SeptStep 3.1: Plan the journey: flying for you, sailing for the rest · Sources and links updated
3. 26 SeptStep 3.3: The pet: the tapeworm clock and the notification duty · Sources and links updated
4. 26 SeptStep 4.6: Healthcare: the S1 to the Entitlement Unit · Explanation and processing time updated
5. 26 SeptStep 5.2: Work: Jobsplus, the wage level and the sectors that do pay · Explanation and links updated

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1. 25 SeptStep 1.1: Understand the system: two cards, one consulate, thresholds in UMA · Sources updated
2. 25 SeptStep 2.2: Prove your means: six months of income or twelve months of balance · Sources updated
3. 25 SeptStep 2.3: Apostilles and translations · Explanation, check and sources updated
4. 26 SeptStep 2.4: The appointment at the consulate in The Hague · Costs and sources updated
5. 26 SeptStep 2.5: Know the thirty-day clock after arrival · Explanation and sources updated
6. 25 SeptStep 3.3: Know the Mexican side: worldwide income, the residence test and the UMA exemption · Explanation, check and sources updated
7. 26 SeptStep 4.2: The menaje de casa: the consular certificate decides the exemption · Costs and sources updated
8. 26 SeptStep 5.6: Living and buying: the restricted zone and the fideicomiso · Explanation and sources updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 2.2: Choose your lawyer and ask the VOG question beforehand · Sources updated
2. 26 SeptStep 2.3: Collect the documents: apostilles and Spanish translations · Sources updated
3. 26 SeptStep 2.5: Permanent from day one: what that does and doesn't mean · Sources updated
4. 26 SeptStep 3.1: Arrange the healthcare transition: acceptance first · Sources updated
5. 26 SeptStep 5.2: Activate your healthcare · Sources updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 2.4: Submit at the embassy in The Hague · Explanation updated
2. 26 SeptStep 3.2: AOW and pension: the Netherlands levies, South Africa exempts · Explanation, sources and links updated
3. 26 SeptStep 4.3: The pet: the six-to-seven-week permit · Title, explanation, sources and links updated
4. 26 SeptStep 5.2: The bank: the FICA file · Sources and links updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 4.1: Find your home, and ask the registration question before you sign · Sources updated
2. 26 SeptStep 4.2: Empadronamiento: register with the municipality · Sources updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 5.7: Your driving licence: nothing is required, exchanging is allowed · Explanation, costs and links updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 5.3: The broadcasting fee comes by itself · Explanation and costs updated

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1. 26 SeptStep 2.2: The E-2 route: build your business on paper · Who the step applies to updated
2. 26 SeptStep 2.3: Lodge and pay the costs · Who the step applies to updated
3. 26 SeptStep 2.7: Employer route: what you settle with your employer before you sign · new step
4. 26 SeptStep 3.9: The house: the interest deduction depends on who keeps living there · Title, explanation and sources updated
5. 28 SeptStep 3.15: Your partner stays in the Netherlands: sending money, tax returns and allowances · new step

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