Integration Law For Immigrants To The Netherlands
The Law on integration (Dutch: Wet inburgering) obliges most immigrants who are not citizens of the EU, Switzerland, Turkey, or the European Economic Area countries to learn Dutch and pass an exam within a few years of their arrival in the Netherlands.
According to a separate law, known in Dutch as the 'Wet inburgering in het buitenland, certain classes of prospective immigrant must pass a test of very basic knowledge of Dutch and society even before their first entry into the Netherlands.
Read more about Integration Law For Immigrants To The Netherlands: Introduction, Prior To Traveling To The Netherlands, Failure To Meet The Obligations, Exceptions, Implementation and Cost, Controversy
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