If you are in work, there are parental benefits available in the Netherlands. These are the same benefits to which Dutch nationals with children are entitled. You will receive these from the Dutch government.
Benefits and allowances
Child benefit
For anyone with children, as a contribution towards the cost of a child’s upkeep
Applications to the Social Insurance Bank (SVB)
Child-based budget
An additional allowance for people, depending on their income
Applications to the Tax and Customs Administration using your DigiD.
Childcare allowance
If you start working, you are also entitled to a childcare allowance to cover part of
to be reimbursed for the costs of registered childcare
Applications to the Tax and Customs Administration using your DigiD.
If you are married or have a partner (the tax authorities refer to this as a ‘benefit partner’), you must state this on your application
Please let us know to prevent you from receiving too much top-up. You must do this even if your partner lives abroad. If you receive
If too much has been charged, it must always be refunded.
Living expenses
If you are in work, you will no longer receive child benefit from the municipality of Apeldoorn with effect from 1 November 2022.
As you are in work, you are entitled to government allowances and benefits. So please do not forget to apply for them.
Are you getting into trouble?
If the total amount you receive in child benefit and the child-related budget is less than the living allowance you receive for your children,
In that case, please send an email to leefgeld@apeldoorn.nl. Please include the information from the tax authorities and the SVB. We will check whether
you are entitled to a supplement.
Any questions or need help?
- Come along to the Meet & Greet, every Wednesday from 1.00 pm to 3.00 pm, at the Orca Community Centre, Germanenlaan 360, Apeldoorn
- You can also book an appointment for a consultation with Stimenz’s social advisers. To book an appointment, you can
Please call us on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays between 9.00 am and 12.00 pm: 088 784 64 64. - Further information on social counsellors.
DigiD app
The DigiD app is the easiest way to log in securely. You no longer need to remember a complicated password.
Just a PIN that you choose yourself. Download the DigiD app from Google Play or the Apple App Store. The app must first
be activated.
- Open the app and tap ‘Activate’.
- The DigiD app will ask whether you are already using the app on another device. Select ‘No’.
- Enter your DigiD username and password, then tap ‘Next’.
- Choose a PIN and enter it. Repeat the PIN. You will use this to log in from now on.
- The app will ask if you want to activate it using an ‘ID check’. Do you have an iPhone? If so, tap ‘Start scanning’. On an Android device, scanning starts straight away.
- Wait 10 seconds. The app will then give you the option to skip the scan. Tap ‘Skip scan’.
- You will receive a text message containing a 6-digit code. Enter this code in the DigiD app.
- You will now see two orange sliders. Leave them switched on.
- Please enter your email address if you haven’t done so already. Then enter the verification code that has been sent to your email address
has been sent.
Your DigiD app is now activated. You can start using it straight away.