Changes you do not need to report to the SVB

If you live in the Netherlands, the municipality (gemeente) where you live will inform us of the following changes. (It is important that you report these changes to your municipality on time.)

• Your whole family moves to a new address in the Netherlands
• A child is born in the Netherlands
• A child is adopted
• You get married
• You enter into a registered partnership
• You get divorced
• Someone gets a new nationality
• A member of your family in the Netherlands dies

• A child starts living away from home
• A child starts living at home with you again
• A family member outside the Netherlands dies (also send a copy of the death certificate)
• You get married outside the Netherlands
• You enter into a registered partnership, or a similar agreement, outside the Netherlands

• One or more family members move to a new address 
• You and your family leave the Netherlands to live in another country
• You live outside the Netherlands and you and your family move to a new address

• You start receiving a fostering allowance
• You start receiving another benefit or allowance for looking after a child
• There is a change in another allowance or benefit that you receive for looking after a child

• You are awarded custody of your child
• You lose custody of your child

You only have to inform us of the following changes in your child’s education if your child is aged 16 or 17 and attends a private school or goes to school outside the Netherlands.

• Your child stops going to school
• Your child is going to a new school
• Your child stops going to school temporarily (for less than 6 months)
• Your child has had to stop their education because of illness or disability
• Your child had to stop their education for a while because of illness or disability, but they are now ready to start again

You only have to inform us of the following changes in your child’s special education if your child is living away from home.

• Your child is going to do a vocational course at another location
• Your child is going to receive special education at a ‘DAMU’ school (specialising in dance and music) or a ‘LOOT’ school (specialising in top-level sport) at another location.

The amount you or your partner contribute to the support of a child living away from home is going to go up or down

If your child lives away from home, you must inform us if you and your partner stay with your child for 46 days or more in a quarter. The days that each parent visits the child are added together. This includes visits that start in one quarter and finish in the next quarter.

You or your partner is sent to prison or a detention centre.

• You continue to live at the same address but wish to receive post from us at a different address
• You have a new postal address

You must inform us if you or your partner or former partner:

• lives outside the Netherlands and stops working in the Netherlands
• stops working in the Netherlands, and the other partner continues to work outside the Netherlands or receive a non-Dutch benefit 
• starts working in the Netherlands, and the other partner continues to work outside the Netherlands or receive a non-Dutch benefit. 

If you live in the Netherlands and only have Turkish nationality and your child lives in Turkey, you must inform us if your employment in the Netherlands stops. However, you do not need to report this if you start receiving a Dutch sickness benefit (‘ ZW benefit’) or unemployment benefit (‘ WW benefit’) when you stop working.

You must inform us if you or your partner or former partner:

• starts working outside the Netherlands 
• starts working outside the country of residence
• stops working outside the Netherlands 
• starts receiving a non-Dutch benefit

If your child lives in Turkey and you only have Turkish nationality, you must inform us if your Dutch sickness benefit (‘ ZW benefit’) or unemployment benefit (‘ ZW benefit’) stops.