Sociale verzekeringsbank - voor het
levenSociale verzekeringsbank - voor het
leven

International secondment - Self-employed persons

International secondment

You are a self-employed person

If you take up self-employment outside the Netherlands, you will no longer be covered by the Dutch social insurance schemes, such as AOW old age pension, child benefit and Anw survivor benefit. Instead, you will be insured in the country where you work.

If you start working outside the Netherlands temporarily, you can remain insured in the Netherlands. We refer to this as 'secondment'.