after graduation in NL

This post is an online back-up of my notes to myself.   Part 1: social benefits. 0. Social Security in Belgium https://www.belgium.be/en/family/social_security_in_belgium   1. Social security https://settlinginbelgium.be/en/social-security   2. Unemployment benefits https://settlinginbelgium.be/en/social-security/unemployment-benefits   3. Benefits for accidents at work and occupational diseases https://settlinginbelgium.be/en/social-security/benefits-for-accidents-at-work-and-occupational-diseases   4. Sickness benefits https://settlinginbelgium.be/en/social-security/sickness-benefits   5. Coming2Belgium https://www.socialsecurity.be/CMS/en/coming_to_belgium   6. Federal Public Service - Social Security (“This website is mainly available in Dutch and French.”) https://socialsecurity.belgium.be/en   Part 2: taxes. 1. Rates and taxable income https://finance.belgium.be/en/private-i...

Summary: In the Netherlands, most of the PhD candidates are regarded as formal employees of the universities. If one is holding a Dutch “orientation year” residence permit and wants to be a PhD candidate, it will be tricky. If being a PhD candidate in the Netherlands, yes, it is legal. If being a PhD candidate in another country (such as Germany or Belgium), no, it is illegal. He/she/they needs to check with that country.   1. In the Netherlands, most of the PhD candidates are regarded as formal employees of the universities. Various types of PhD candidates can be seen in the following 2 articles: https://www.academictransfer.com/nl/blog/phd-researcher-employee-or-student/ https://www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/research/phds/admission/phd-places   2. If one is holding a Dutch “orientation year” residence permit, it is legal to apply to be a PhD candidate in a Dutch university. For instance, Maastricht University specifically mentioned that  ...

MY ASSUMPTION: Students studied in the Netherlands and then work in the Netherlands. (For the students who studied in another country and want to look for a job in the Netherlands, please check https://ind.nl/en/residence-permits/work/residence-permit-for-orientation-year#requirements for details.)   Summary: The orientation year residence permit is a temporary one. After starting to work in the Netherlands with the orientation year residence permit, a subsequent residence permit should be applied for by the employer before the orientation year residence permit expires (even though it does not have to be done immediately). Nevertheless, the employees (“we”) should inform the (potential) employer about those administrative procedures which the (potential) employer needs to do far before the employee starts to work. There are (mainly) 3 types of residence permit in the Netherlands can be the options.   1. Official information in English from the IND abo...

MY ASSUMPTION:  Students studied in the Netherlands and then work in the Netherlands. (For the students who studied in another country and want to look for a job in the Netherlands, please check https://ind.nl/en/residence-permits/work/residence-permit-for-orientation-year#requirements for details.)   Summary: Understanding every single word on the orientation year residence permit is significant. Particularly on the back side, there are several sentences in Dutch containing critical information. They implied indirectly what one can do and cannot do with this orientation year residence permit.   1. On the back side of the Dutch orientation year residence permit, there are several sentences in Dutch as the “opmerkingen/remarks”. At least on my orientation year residence permit, they are: “Het zoeken en verrichten van arbeid al dan niet in loondienst. Arbeid vrij toegestaan. TWV niet vereist. Een beroep op algemene middelen kan gevolgen hebben voor het ve...