Netherlands

Help american trans people escape the US and find refugee in europe, specifically the netherlands.

There are 2 ways of emigrating to the Netherlands.

DAFT - Dutch American Friendship for Trans

Immigrate with a job visa

what is DAFT

general information over DAFT:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAFT

Further second source information: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmerExit/comments/wvskkg/my_experience_with_the_dutchamerican_friendship/ https://www.reddit.com/r/IWantOut/comments/95rzk9/dutch_american_friendship_treaty_guide_to_getting/ https://www.reddit.com/r/AmerExit/comments/thw5jx/update_on_daft_visa_process/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1399449486904859/

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dutch+american+friendship+treaty

DAFT form https://ind.nl/en/forms/7524.pdf

BV vs Eenmanszaak (link tbd)

30% ruling (link tbd) - not for self employed people, only for people picking up a tech job or people starting a BV. Employer needs to make some important steps.

Transgendernetwerk (mostly Dutch) From April 20, you can contact the Trans in NL advice line of the Transgender Network with these and other questions. You send an app to 020-2446558 and on working days you will receive an answer within 24 hours. You can ask your questions in Dutch, English, Spanish or French.

You can contact the Trans in NL advice line of the Transgender Network with these and other questions. You send an app to 020-2446558 and on working days you will receive an answer within 24 hours. You can ask your questions in Dutch, English, Spanish or French. https://www.transgendernetwerk.nl/nieuws/trans-in-nl-advice-line-nieuwe-whatsapplijn-voor-transgender-migranten/

Living in The Netherlands as a transgender expat https://www.expatfocus.com/netherlands/articles/living-in-the-netherlands-as-a-transgender-expat-5006

Netherlands transgender resources https://www.transgendermap.com/guidance/resources/netherlands/

Transgender wijzer https://transgenderwegwijzer.nl/

Process/steps DAFT (to be reviewed)

- check if you can/will meet the requirements -> list of requirements

- collect documents (like marriage certificate, birth certificate, etc) and have them apostilled (https://www.usa.gov/authenticate-us-document)

- make sure you have a mailing address (this can be a correspondence address, an existing address of a person or institution) https://www.government.nl/topics/municipalities/question-and-answer/correspondence-address

- make an appointment to register at the municipality of your choice to register in the Personal Records Database (https://www.government.nl/topics/personal-data/personal-records-database-brp)

- fly to the NL

- register at the municipality of your choice within 5 days of arrival (https://www.netherlandsworldwide.nl/personal-records-database-brp/when-register) After you register you will get a citizen service number (BSN) sent to you by mail. You will need this for a lot of things. When using a correspondence address you will need to register this first at the municipality of your choice

- call IND (Immigratie en Naturalisatiedienst) to see if you need to make an appointment and request a permit for your stay until the paperwork is done https://ind.nl/en/service-contact/contact-with-ind/call-the-ind

- after receiving your BSN: apply for a DigiD https://www.digid.nl/en/apply-and-activate/apply-digid/

- after receiving your DigiD: make an appointment with the Chamber of Commerce (KvK) to register your eenmanszaak (or B.V.) https://www.kvk.nl/en/registration/registering-a-dutch-eenmanszaak-and-making-an-appointment/ (you will need your DigiD for this) At the end of the appointment, request an official extract of your registration. Cost of registration 65 euro

- set up a bank account for your business (https://dutchreview.com/expat/how-to-set-up-a-dutch-bank-account/)

- put the required amount in the bank account (currently that is 4.500 euro)

- get your opening balance sheet verified and signed off by an “External Expert”. This basically means that you must have someone who is a certified tax professional, accountant, or financial advisor verify that you have the required capital investment of €4500 in a business bank account.

- fill in the DAFT form https://ind.nl/en/forms/7524.pdf and send it with all the required documents to the IND (cost of request 405 euro)

- wait and keep an eye on your snail mail because the IND does everything by post