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    Are you a refugee from Ukraine? Check if you're entitled to benefits

    Are you a refugee from Ukraine? If you live in the Netherlands and are covered by the Temporary Protection Directive, you may be entitled to benefits. This depends on your situation.

    Read which benefits you can apply for:

    • The rent benefit

      If you live in a rented home and you are registered with a Dutch municipality, you may be entitled to the rent benefit.

      Conditions

      To apply, you need to meet these general conditions. However, an exception applies to refugees from Ukraine: you do not need a residence permit if you have a temporary protection status. This applies at least until 1 March 2025.

      Applying for the rent benefit

      You can apply for the rent benefit online via Mijn toeslagen. You will need a DigiD for this. Mijn toeslagen is only available in Dutch.

      Read more about applying for benefits

      Check how to apply for the rent benefit (only available in Dutch)

    • Supplementary child benefit

      Do you have children up to the age of 18? If you receive Dutch child benefit, you may also be entitled to supplementary child benefit.

      Conditions

      To apply, you need to meet these general conditions. However, you are subject to 1 exception and an additional condition:

      • you do not need a residence permit if you have a temporary protection status. This applies at least until 1 March 2025.
      • You are only entitled to supplementary child benefit if you work.

      Applying for supplementary child benefit

      You can apply for supplementary child benefit online via Mijn toeslagen, however, you will get it automatically if you already receive another benefit.

      Check how to apply for supplementary child benefit (only available in Dutch)

    • The childcare benefit

      Do your children go to a childcare centre in the Netherlands? If so, you may be entitled to the childcare benefit.

      Conditions

      To apply, you need to meet these general conditions. However, an exception applies to refugees from Ukraine: you do not need a residence permit if you have a temporary protection status. This applies at least until 1 March 2025.

      Applying for the childcare benefit

      You can apply for the childcare benefit online via Mijn toeslagen. You will need a DigiD for this. Mijn toeslagen is only available in Dutch.

      Read more about applying for benefits

      Check how to apply for the childcare benefit (only available in Dutch)

    • The healthcare benefit

      You can only apply for the healthcare benefit if you have Dutch healthcare insurance. However, as a refugee from Ukraine, you are reimbursed for medical care under the basic health insurance cover, since August 2022. This is the so-called Regeling Medische Zorg Ontheemden (RMO). As a result, you do not need Dutch healthcare insurance.

      Should you nonetheless decide to take out Dutch healthcare insurance, for example to cover additional medical care, then you may apply for the healthcare benefit.

      Conditions

      To apply, you need to meet these general conditions. However, you are subject to 1 exception and an additional condition:

      • you do not need a residence permit if you have a temporary protection status. This applies at least until 1 March 2025.
      • You are only entitled to the healthcare benefit if you work.

      Applying for the healthcare benefit

      You can apply for the healthcare benefit online via Mijn toeslagen.

      Check how to apply for the healthcare benefit (only available in Dutch)

    Third-country national rights from 4 March 2024

    Do you not have the Ukrainian nationality and had a temporary residence permit when you lived in Ukraine? Then you are a 'third-country national'. In this case, you have received a letter from the IND, which states that your temporary protection will end after 4 March 2024. You may therefore no longer be entitled to benefits.

    Did you continue to live in the Netherlands and were you granted permission from the IND to stay here temporarily? Then your temporary protection has been extended and you may still be entitled to receive benefits. As soon as the Court of Justice of the European Union has made a ruling, the IND will notify you. Has the Court of Justice not yet made a ruling? Then the temporary protection and benefits will end on 4 March 2025 at the latest.

    Read more about this change on government.nl.

    Are you hosting a refugee from Ukraine?

    If the temporary protection for this refugee is ending and this person continues to live with you, this may have consequences for you:

    • If you receive the rent benefit, the refugee will from now on be your co-occupant for the rent benefit.
    • If you do not have a benefit partner and your child under the age of 18 lives at your address, then the live-in refugee will become your benefit partner.

    Go to Mijn toeslagen (only available in Dutch)