Anw survivor benefit - Changes you need to report

If you receive an Anw benefit and there is a change in your situation, you must report this to us within 4 weeks. That way, you will always receive the correct amount. If you live outside the Netherlands, you must report changes within 6 weeks.

You can report changes via My SVB on our website, by post or by telephone.

Below is a list of all the changes you have to report.

You receive an Anw survivor benefit or dependent child allowance:

• Your other income goes up or down.
• You have a new source of income.
• You no longer have other income.
• You start receiving a non-Dutch survivor benefit or dependent child allowance.

• A child leaves home.
• A child moves in with you.
• A child gets married or starts living with a partner.
• A change in the parental authority over a child.
• A change in the foster care of a child.
• A child is adopted.
• You get married or enter into a registered partnership.
• You start living with a partner.
• Someone moves in with you.
• You start renting out a room.
• You are moving to another country.

• You have been declared fit for work.
• You are incapacitated for work and are going to start working again.
• Your rate of incapacity for work has been reassessed at less than 45%.

• You or a child gets a different nationality.
• You or a child is held in a prison or remand centre for more than a month.
• You live in the Netherlands and you or a child moves to another country.

• You are moving to another country.
• A child has died.

If you live in the Netherlands, you do not have to report the following changes to us:

• A change of address within the Netherlands involving the whole family.
• If a member of your family dies.

This information will be provided to us by your municipal authorities (gemeente). NB: you must inform the municipality promptly if you move house or if there is a death in your family.

In the case of an orphan's benefit:

General

• The orphan is adopted.
• The orphan is assigned a new representative (guardian).
• The orphan is legitimised or acknowledged by a man.
• The court has established the identity of the orphan’s father.
• The orphan gets a benefit from a country other than the Netherlands.
• There is a change in the non-Dutch benefit.
• The orphan gets a different nationality.
• The orphan’s representative moves house.

• moves to another country;
• has died.

• spends less than 213 hours per quarter on study or education or practical training;
• is no longer 45% or more incapacitated for work;
• gets married or enters into a registered partnership.
• starts living with a partner;
• is no longer taking care of another orphan;
• no longer spends the majority of his or her time taking care of the household;
• is held in a prison or remand centre for more than a month.

If the orphan lives in the Netherlands, you do not have to report the following changes to us:

• if the orphan moves house within the Netherlands;
• if the orphan has died.

This information will be provided to us by the municipal authority (gemeente). NB: you must inform the municipality in time if the orphan moves house or has died.