{"id":776,"date":"2025-09-05T08:06:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T08:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basicrights.frd-delta.nl\/?page_id=776"},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:25:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T09:25:50","slug":"financial-assistance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/basicrights.frd-delta.nl\/?page_id=776","title":{"rendered":"Financial Assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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For those who cannot work, it is important to find financial assistance. Undocumented migrants are not entitled to financial support from the government. In some cases, undocumented migrants are still entitled to financial assistance, for instance during procedures about a residence permit or against the withdrawal of a residence permit.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAssistance benefit (bijstand)\n<\/strong>The Dutch Participation Law excludes people without a residence permit from the entitlement to assistance benefit.1<\/a>\u00a0 There is an exception for people who are involved in a procedure against the withdrawal of a residence permit. In that case, the right to assistance benefit is retained untill the first decision.2<\/a>\n\nChild benefit [kinderbijslag] and child-related budget [kindgebonden budget]\n<\/strong>Child benefit and child-related budget is a contribution towards the care of children and is therefore paid to the carer. The child does not need to have a residence permit him or herself, but the carer needs to have such a permit.3<\/a>\u00a04<\/a>\n\nChild benefit should be applied for at the Sociale Verzekeringsbank [Social Insurance Bank]. The carer needs to have a durable connexion with the Netherlands, which is to be proven by the duration of stay, a fixed adress and a job or assistance benefit.\n\nChild-related budget is an extra contribution for poorer parents who are also entitled to child benefit, and is paid by the tax authorities. The Social Insurance Bank informs the tax authorities if the parent is entitled to child benefit.\n\nRuling Allowances Certain Categories of Aliens (Rvb; Regeling voorzieningen bepaalde categorie\u00ebn vreemdelingen)\n<\/strong>The Rvb is a regulation of the COA. This regulation provides allowances and insurance for many different groups of aliens who are involved in legal proceedings. The Rvb applies to:\n