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No exam or more time

  1. Dutch diploma or Dutch education programme
  2. Already living and working in the Netherlands for a long time
  3. First learn to read and write
  4. Ill or handicapped
  5. You had a baby
  6. Already tried hard
  7. Other reasons for not integrating in time

You had a baby

Only for women

Are you a woman? And did you have a baby during your integration period? Then you can get 16 extra weeks to integrate. You can't apply for extra time until 2 and a half years after the start of your integration period.

Applying for extra time

  1. Send a letter to DUO.
  2. In the letter, say when your baby was born.
  3. In the letter also state your Citizen Service Number (BSN), name, address and date of birth.
  4. Send the letter:
    DUO
    Postbus 764
    9700 AT GRONINGEN
  5. DUO will decide whether you get extra time.
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