You are going to live or work outside the Netherlands

If you start living or working outside the Netherlands, your entitlement to Dutch child benefit may stop. But it might be possible to get some kind of family benefit from the country where you are living or working.

If you start working in the Netherlands, you can probably get Dutch child benefit even if you do not live here.

Find out more about when you can get child benefit.

Living in the Netherlands and working in another country

If you start working outside the Netherlands, it is possible that your insurance under the Dutch child benefit scheme will stop. If so, you will no longer receive child benefit from the Netherlands. However, you can usually get child benefit from the other country.

Living and working outside the Netherlands

If you start living and working outside the Netherlands, your insurance under the Dutch child benefit scheme will stop, and you will stop receiving child benefit from the Netherlands. However, you can usually get child benefit from the other country.

Working in the Netherlands but living in another country

If you live outside the Netherlands but you are going to start working in the Netherlands, you will become insured under the Dutch child benefit scheme.

This means you will get Dutch child benefit if you live in:

  • a country in the European Union (EU) or European Economic Area (EEA)
  • a country that has a social security agreement with the Netherlands (treaty country)

If you live in any other country, you will not get child benefit.

In some countries, your Dutch child benefit will be paid in the local currency.

Dutch child benefit payments to the following countries are made in the local currency (not in euros): 

  • Australia
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom
  • Morocco
  • New Zealand
  • United States of America
  • South Africa

Child benefit payments are sent at 2 different times: 

  • at the beginning of the month 
  • halfway through the month

Exchange rates can vary. The net amount you receive may not always be exactly the same. See what the exchange rate is for you. If the country where you live is not shown in the list, you will receive your payments in euros.

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