Child benefit - Changes you need to report

If you and your family move house within the Netherlands, you do not have to report this to us; we will be informed by your municipal authorities. It is important that you report your move to the municipal authorities without delay. We must be informed of your new address within 4 weeks.

We do need you to report the following changes of address to us:

• one or more family members move house.
• you or your child moves to another country.
• you or your child stays outside the Netherlands for more than three months (this also applies to holidays).

• you or your partner/former partner starts working outside the Netherlands.
• you or your partner/former partner stops working outside the Netherlands.
• you or your partner/former partner starts receiving a non-Dutch benefit.

• you or your partner or former partner no longer works in the Netherlands, and you do not live in the Netherlands.
• you or your partner or former partner has stopped working in the Netherlands, and your partner or former partner still works outside the Netherlands or receives a non-Dutch benefit.
• you or your partner or former partner has started working in the Netherlands, and your partner or former partner still works outside the Netherlands or receives a non-Dutch benefit.
  

• your partner or your child has died (only if your partner or child lived outside the Netherlands).
• you start living with someone, get married, or enter into a registered partnership.
• you and your partner are separating.

You are awarded custody of a child, or you no longer have custody of a child.

• You get child benefit or another family benefit for your child from an agency other than the SVB.
• Something changes in this other child benefit/family benefit.
• You get compensation for foster care.

You only need to read this if your child is 16 or 17. The changes you have to report depend on your child's date of birth and the country where he or she lives.

If your child was born before 2 October 1993

If your child attends a Dutch state school, you do not have to inform us if your child changes schools or stops the course of study. However, if your child goes to a private school or a school outside the Netherlands, you must report the following changes:

• your child has changed schools
• your child has stopped going to school
• your child stops attending school temporarily (for at least six months)

If your child aged 16 or 17 was born after 1 October 1993

If your child goes to school in the Netherlands, you will not normally have to inform us of a change of school or if the child stops the education, either temporarily or permanently. However, if your child has obtained a diploma at MBO level 2 or higher in the Netherlands, or a HAVO or VWO diploma, or if he or she lives outside the Netherlands, you must report the following changes:

• your child has changed schools
• your child has stopped going to school
• your child stops attending school temporarily (for less than 6 months)
• your child was unable to receive education due to illness or a handicap, and is now able to start going to school again.

Your contributions to the support of a child of yours who lives away from home have gone up or down, or you no longer support your child.

• during a quarter, you or the child's other parent or carer spends more than 45 days with a child of yours who lives away from home;
• you or the other parent or carer pays the child a number of short visits during a quarter, e.g. two or three weeks, and the visits add up to more than 45 days in total;
• you or the child's other parent or carer visits your child in one quarter, the visit lasts until the next quarter, and the visit is longer than 45 days.

If your child starts working or has a job, you only need to report a change if he or she is 16 or 17.

• your child has started earning more than € 800 net per quarter (about € 266 per month).
• there is a change in your child’s income.
• your child has a job.
• your child has become unemployed.
• your child has become disabled for work, or the rate of disability for work has changed.

Imprisonment or detention refers to any situation in which you or your partner are held in a prison or remand centre, even if it is only for a short period.

Why does the SVB want to know about this? You get child benefit for a child that you bring up and support, and who belongs to your family. If you or your partner are held in a prison or remand centre, the family situation may change. For example, your children may go to live with relatives. The person who looks after your children may then get the child benefit.

Often there will be no change in the family, for instance, if the imprisonment or detention is only for a short period, or if a partner or family member takes care of the child. We will therefore look at the family situation. If it can be established that there is no change in the family situation, you or your partner will continue to receive the child benefit.

If you do not have a DigiD code

You can apply for a DigiD code below. Or get in touch with us. We will send you an application form within a few days.