Families
Family Relocation Netherlands
Relocating alone is a project. Relocating a family is five projects running at once: a home that fits everyone, schools with actual places, registrations for every passport in the household, healthcare for the baby and the teenager, and a partner whose career and social life deserve more than an afterthought. Drop one thread and the whole move frays.
We hold all the threads. One guide plans the entire family move as a single timeline, sequences the appointments so nothing blocks anything else, and pays attention to the human side: how the children land, how the trailing partner builds a life, how home starts to feel like home. Our reputation for this was built in the embassy world, where family postings are the norm and failure is not an option.
Who this is for
- Families moving to the Netherlands for a new position or posting
- Parents juggling school deadlines against housing deadlines
- Households with mixed nationalities and mixed paperwork
- Trailing partners who want their own landing plan, not a leftover one
How a family move is sequenced
A family move has more dependencies than any other kind. These are the ones that set the calendar.
- School availability usually determines the moving date, not the job start date.
- Every family member needs their own registration appointment and their own legalised documents, children included.
- The main permit holder must meet the income requirement for accompanying family, currently 2,523.96 euro gross per month including holiday allowance.
- Where one parent is not moving, written consent is required for a child to relocate.
- Health insurance is compulsory for each family member, though children are covered free on a parent's policy.
- A partner joining a highly skilled migrant has free access to the Dutch labour market and needs no separate work permit.
What is included
One family master plan
Housing, schools, registrations, insurance and arrival sequenced into a single timeline with the dependencies handled in the right order.
Home and school in tandem
We run the housing search and school search as one decision, so you never win a house and lose the school place.
Registrations for everyone
BSN and municipal registration for every family member, with children’s certificates and translations prepared in advance.
Healthcare for the household
Insurance for the family, a GP taking new patients, and pediatric and dental care mapped before anyone needs it.
Partner and family integration
Neighborhood orientation, clubs, childcare, language options and the introductions that turn a new city into a community.
How it works
- 01
Family intake
We meet the whole family, on video or in person, and map every member’s needs into one plan.
- 02
Prepare and secure
Before you fly, the home track, school track and paperwork track are already moving.
- 03
Land together
Arrival, registrations and school starts happen on schedule, with us alongside at each step.
- 04
Settle and check in
We stay involved through the first months, because the questions do not stop at the front door.
What a family relocation costs
Tailor-made proposal
No two family moves are the same: the number of children, the schools, the visa route and the timeline all change the work. After an initial consultation you receive a customised proposal covering the whole arrival.
- One plan covering every family member, sequenced in the right order
- Housing search built around schools and commute, not just postcode
- School search, registration and introductions
- Every registration for every family member, booked and accompanied
What families ask us
In what order should we do things?
Schools, then housing in the catchment that works, then permits and registration, then the practical layer. Reversing the first two is the most common and most expensive family mistake, because a beautiful home forty minutes from the only school with places makes everyone unhappy by November.
My partner is giving up a career to come. What is realistic?
The Dutch labour market is genuinely open to accompanying partners, particularly in English-speaking sectors around Rotterdam and The Hague, and no work permit is needed. What helps most is a Dutch-format CV, an understanding of how local recruitment actually works, and starting before the move rather than after. We make the introductions we can.
How do children adjust?
Better than parents expect, and on a slower timeline than parents hope. The Dutch system is unusually kind to newcomer children and the nieuwkomersklas works. The harder part is usually months three to six, once the novelty has gone, and it helps enormously to have planned sport, music or a club before you need it.
Can everything really run in parallel?
Yes, and it has to. Permits, school applications, housing, registration and insurance each have their own waiting time, so we run them concurrently against one family timeline rather than one after another. That is the difference between a move that takes ten weeks and one that takes six months.
Frequently asked questions
How far in advance should a family start planning?
Three to six months before the move is comfortable, mainly because school places and family-sized rentals are the scarcest pieces. Less time than that is workable too; it simply means we prioritize harder from day one.
Can you support the visa side of a family move as well?
Yes. Family reunification and partner visas are handled through our immigration services, and coordinating the two tracks under one roof is exactly what keeps a family move coherent.
What about our children who are not school-age yet?
Daycare in the Netherlands often has longer waiting lists than schools do, so we treat childcare with the same urgency: shortlists, applications and an explanation of the childcare allowance you may be entitled to.
Move the whole family with one call
Tell us who is coming and when, and we will build the plan that gets everyone landed, schooled and smiling.
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