I work for an international organisation. How are my partner and children covered for social security purposes?

Your partner works in the Netherlands or receives a Dutch pension or benefit

Dutch legislation applies to your partner. It determines whether your partner is insured in the Netherlands for social security. Find out more about the social security consequences for you and your partner.

Your partner does not work and does not receive any Dutch benefit

The seat agreement between the Dutch government and the international organisation states whether your partner is excluded from the Dutch social security system and is instead covered by the organisation’s scheme. Find out more about your partner’s social security situation if they are covered by your employer’s scheme.

Does the international organisation’s scheme not apply to your partner? In that case Dutch social security legislation applies to them. It determines whether your partner is insured in the Netherlands for social security purposes.

Your children are not employed

Does the seat agreement between the Dutch government and the international organisation state that your family members are excluded from the Dutch social security system? In that case your children are always covered by the international organisation’s scheme. Even if your partner works in the Netherlands or receives a Dutch pension or benefit. In that case your children are excluded from the Dutch social security system.

Your children are employed

If your children work or receive benefit in the Netherlands, the Dutch social security system applies to them.

More information about your situation

Your employer’s human resources department can tell you what rules apply to your partner and children. They can also refer questions to the Social Insurance Bank (SVB) or the Employee Insurance Agency (UWV).