AIO supplement - You are going on holiday

If you go abroad for longer than a certain period, this could affect your AIO supplement.

How long can you be outside the Netherlands each year without this affecting your AIO supplement?

To keep your AIO supplement, you cannot stay outside the Netherlands for more than 13 weeks a year. If your partner is under 65, he or she may not stay abroad for more than 4 weeks.

You can go abroad several times a year, as long as you stay within the maximum allowed number of weeks per year. Your periods abroad will be added together. If you exceed the maximum allowed number of weeks per year, your AIO supplement will stop.

If you stay outside the Netherlands around the turn of the year, you cannot stay away for more than the maximum allowed number of weeks per year.

Let the SVB know in advance

Let us know in advance if you plan to go abroad. Tell us the date of your departure and the date you expect to be back.

If you wish to stay outside the Netherlands longer

If you wish to stay outside the Netherland longer than the maximum allowed number of weeks, you should bear in mind that your AIO supplement will stop as soon as you reach the maximum number of weeks.

If you return to the Netherlands after your AIO supplement has been stopped, you must submit a new claim for an AIO supplement to the SVB.

Your AOW pension could also change if you stay outside the Netherlands for more than 3 months

If you stay outside the Netherlands for more than 3 months a year, the amount of your AOW-pension could change, as payment of AOW pension to people living in certain countries is restricted under Dutch law. You will find information about this on the page "You move house", under AOW.