Our partners

GMW Advocaten

GMW lawyers is a law firm in The Hague, founded in 1989. We have only one goal: to find the best solution for you.

We do this by providing legal advice you can trust, reaching settlement agreements, mediating and representing you in litigation. With experts in multiple areas of law under one roof, our team provides a comprehensive range of services to meet your needs.

GMW lawyers is specialised in employment and pension law, corporate and insolvency law, family and inheritance law, property and tenancy law, liability law, discrimination law and immigration law. Through our network of legal partners, we can also assist with your tax-related queries.

Through its long-term work with the international community, GMW lawyers realised that there was a need for information about Dutch law for expats. To meet this need, GMW created the Legal Expat Desk: an independent online information hub for expats in the Netherlands.

Legal Expatdesk

Legal Expat Desk is an information hub that provides the expat community in The Netherlands with information about Dutch law and advice from legal experts.

We connect internationals living in The Netherlands with English-speaking lawyers who help them solve their legal problems.

Our knowledge base provides insights into Dutch law, clear answers to frequently asked questions and articles about key topics affecting people today.

As an independent advisory service, we are able to offer multiple perspectives that help you to strengthen your legal position.

Legal Expat Desk works with a network of partners, expat organisations and key community stakeholders to deliver insights on key topics affecting internationals.

AHL Advocaten

AHL Advocaten is a law firm specialised in migration law. We advise clients about legal residence and legal employment in the Netherlands. If necessary, we litigate at (international) court(s) regarding immigration disputes. We are located in the city centre of Utrecht. We are specialised in filling applications for residence permits and legal representation in case of revocation of residence permits. We also advise on migration issues (including legal employment). AHL Advocaten also provides services and legal representation in criminal law, labour law, and family law. Based on many years of experience in consulting and litigation we can provide the best solution for your needs. Feel free to contact us to discuss your situation and our terms for legal assistance.

Settle Service

Your relocation company in the Netherlands

An international relocation can be quite stressful, for both employer and employee. We can imagine that you would like to focus on what really matters for you. Settle Service can unburden you from all the to-dos that come your way in the relocation process. Immigration applications, the search for a suitable house and/or school, help with the more practical aspects. You will feel our dedicated support.

The combination of personal attention and the use of state-of-the-art and secure systems will make you feel taken care of. Settle Service is by your side, in every step –great or small– in whatever it is you need.

We make moves so you don’t have to!

The Relocation Company

Your one-stop-shop relocation company

Onboarding is a crucial step in the whole employee journey. Especially for foreign employees moving to the Netherlands due to Immigration/Registration/Housing/Schooling challenges.

What make us different is that we have one point of contact. All questions and matters will be dealt with in a quick and professional way. In this way all stakeholders will be relieved from the often-stressful things that come with an international move, which will be instrumental in making the integration of the foreign employee and his/her family in their new home country a success.

Burgemeester Vastgoed

Barry Burgemeester is a certified realtor who has been working in the real estate industry for 23 years. For the past 17 of those years, his focus has been exclusively on purchasing homes and commercial property for expats.

How to buy a house

The EOO certification is about ensuring that expats are working with organisations who are credible, provide outstanding services and understand the needs of expats.

The registry is free and intended solely as a service to our expat community. We do not charge a company for being on it and are not seeking agreements for compensation.

What we do want is a good and reliable business guide that expats may use to safely find their way to freelancers and companies with a suitable business ethic.

Every mother knows

''Every Mother Knows is a career coaching initiative to help international mums launch their career in The Netherlands after a relocation and/or a career break.

Get clear about the next direction to take in your career;

Regain confidence in your professional skills after a maternity break;

Rebrand your CV, LinkedIn profile and prepare for your next job interview.

Contact Angela Fusaro at www.everymotherknows.org and schedule a complimentary career conversation to re-start your professional journey.

Every Mother Knows also works with companies to promote career development & well-being for working mums and drive diversity & inclusion at the workplace.''

Healthcare for internationals

Healthcare for internationals (H4i) is a non-profit network of organisations that aim to close the gap between Dutch Healthcare and the needs and expectations of patients with an international background. The network has members and projects in 6 regions across the Netherlands.

Many expats and other internationals not only feel uncomfortable in Dutch healthcare, they also find themselves poorly informed about the system. The H4i Community platform aims to provide information to internationals about Dutch healthcare and Health insurance that better meets their needs.

Regina Coeli

With us, you learn a foreign language in a way that suits you best in a short period of time. Whether it is the personal attention you get from the language trainers or from our many colleagues who support the process, at Regina Coeli it all revolves around you.

Kickstart

Kickstart School offers Dutch, English and Chinese courses in Den Haag for individuals and companies wishing to improve their Dutch, English or Chinese language skills. We provide language training at all levels to meet the individual needs of our clients.

Babel

Language institute Babel offers language courses for people with a higher educational background. Learn to communicate with confidence in a foreign language. Our trainers encourage you to broaden your horizon.

I Am Expat

IamExpat Media is the leading English-language media platform for internationals in the Netherlands and Germany, providing up-to-date information, news, job listings, housing services, events and lifestyle tips. IamExpat also organises the annual IamExpat Fair in Amsterdam and The Hague; a truly international one - day event designed to connect and support the expat community in the Netherlands.

Unscared Fitness community

UnScared is Utrecht's most unique fitness community and brings professional training standards to internationals and Dutchies of all walks of life. UnScared's team of esteemed coaches provide a variety of playful and challenging group classes; everyday from early in the morning until late at night. Apart from a daily dose of fitness, UnScared offers interesting seminars, workshops and fun community events!

Expatica

Expatica is the expat community’s online home away from home. A must-read for English-speaking expatriates and internationals across Europe, Expatica provides tailored expat guides full of essential information on moving, working and living abroad. With in-depth features, tools and more, Expatica brings the expat community closer together.

The Hague International Centre

We offer information and guidance about living and working in The Hague region. We also take care of formalities such as municipal registration, citizen service number (BSN), issuance of residence permits. Moreover, we organise events for you to settle in The Hague region. We do this in close collaboration with our partners ACCESS and the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND).

J.C. Suurmond

We are a Dutch tax company with an international perspective. Since your interests are central to us, you are assured of a proactive, personal service. Clients from all over the world have trusted our expertise in the last 30 years and we have successfully made use of existing tax regulations in the Netherlands to reduce their tax liability. If you are unsure as to your tax position, take a step in the right direction and consult our independent professional team. Our tax advisors speak English fluently and have an international background.

DutchReview

DutchReview is a Dutch English magazine for expats, Dutchies with an international taste, Internationalists with a Dutch appetite, in short: anything involving Dutchness.

Expat Republic

Expat Republic is an Online and Offline media company aimed at helping expatriates in The Netherlands and Belgium. They aim to serve global citizens.

Meet new friends, share your experiences with other like minded internationally oriented folks. By expats for everyone.

Expat Mom

Starting a new life in a new country is exciting, and scary. But it doesn’t have to be! Many families are in your position, with a husband starting a new job, while you’re at home with the kids, and a million and one questions about everything.

You can settle the right way and start living your best life in the Netherlands.

Say goodbye to your expat worries and get your Expat mom today. Together we will make a plan, put it in action and you will get confidence in your new life.

Practical advice and support from one expat mom to another

International Welcome Centre Utrecht

The International Welcome Centre Utrecht Region provides a warm welcome to internationals who live, work or study in Utrecht Region. They offer a number of free services designed to advise and assist internationals during their arrival and stay in Utrecht Region.

Internationals are able to arrange the immigration and registration formalities at the welcome centre. The volunteers at the helpdesk are happy to provide the internationals with more practical information, for topics related to housing, education, taxes, healthcare, and cultural and leisure activities in the region.

Talent4NL

Talent4NL offers job hunting support to internationals who aspire a career in the Netherlands. As an international talent finding a job that fits your ambitions and interests in the Netherlands can be challenging. Can you find your way on the Dutch job market? What are the opportunities and trends in your field of expertise? How do you create a stunning profile? How do you develop and use your professional network in an effective way? How do you prepare for a new working culture? The job hunting support programme helps you enter the Dutch job market!

IN Amsterdam

IN Amsterdam provides a one-stop-shop service for international newcomers in the Amsterdam Area.

Housing Anywhere

HousingAnywhere is the global online booking platform for accommodation. Their mission is to make moving abroad more simple by changing the way people find housing around the world. When it comes to international experience, it all starts with a room!

HousingAnywhere is active in over 400 cities around the world, including the main Dutch cities. Browse their listings in Utrecht, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, The Hague and other locations, get in touch with the advertisers and safely book your new home in The Netherlands.

Furniture Lease

Furniture Lease has been a partner in temporary living for more than 25 years. We provide a new home far from home. Our furniture rental service ensures a quick start in the Netherlands for internationals from all over the world. Transport to and from an address nationwide, installation, styling and all the necessary insurances are ALWAYS inclusive. We offer an all-in rate and give a best price guarantee on all our competitive rates. It is good to know that Furniture Lease has opportunities within every budget. Moreover, the rental periods are flexible. A Ready Made Basic Package can be rented from 2 weeks and can be delivered to your location within a few working days. We offer a special rate for a temporary inventory suitable for bridging the period in which a sea container is on its way.

Furniture Lease: thé furniture rental company.