BBZ - You are going to live in the Netherlands

If you are going to live and also work (exclusively) in the Netherlands, you will be covered under Dutch social insurance. This will not be the case if you start living in the Netherlands but do not receive income from the Netherlands.

Where you are covered under social insurance depends on whether:

• you work in Belgium
• you receive a benefit

You work in Belgium

If you work in Belgium, you will continue to pay tax and social insurance contributions in Belgium. You will then also remain insured in Belgium for

• medical expenses 
• child benefit
• unemployment
• incapacity for work
• old age pension and survivor benefit

You will therefore receive payments and reimbursements from these insurance schemes from Belgium. As an exception, if you get an unemployment benefit, it will be paid by the Netherlands. However, if you believe that you have closer personal and professional ties with Belgium than with the Netherlands, you can submit a claim for an unemployment benefit from Belgium on the basis of the Miethe ruling. We will be happy to provide you with more information about this.

Child benefit from Belgium or the Netherlands

You will get Belgian child benefit if:

• your partner also works in Belgium, or
• your partner is not employed

You should claim child benefit from your Belgian employer's child benefit fund.

If your partner works in the Netherlands, you will get Dutch family allowances. Family allowances may include child benefit, child allowance and childcare allowance. If the Belgian child benefit rate is higher than the Dutch, you will get supplementary Belgian child benefit in addition to the Dutch child benefit so that you receive the child benefit rate that is applicable in Belgium.