International secondment - You have started working as a self-employed person

To remain covered under the Dutch social insurance schemes, you must, in principle, have worked as a self-employed person for at least one year.

Newly self-employed and working abroad

If you started working as a self-employed person only recently, and you are hired to do work outside the Netherlands, you can still remain covered by social insurance in the Netherlands if you:

• have worked as a self-employed person for the last three months, or have started your own business;
• have registered your business with the Chamber of Commerce (Kamer van Koophandel);
• have received a Declaration of Independent Contractor Status (Verklaring Arbeidsrelatie, VAR) from the Tax Administration;
• have the nationality of a country of the European Union (EU). A residence permit allowing you to work in the Netherlands is also accepted;
• start working in an EU country. If you start working in a non-EU country, whether you can remain insured in the Netherlands depends on the country in question. For personal advice, call us on (020) 656 5277.