Exemption for Posted Non-EU/EER Worker

You are a posted worker if your employer sends you to work and live in another country on a temporary basis but you are still being paid by your home company. If there is a social security treaty between the Netherlands and a non-EU/EER country, the posted non-EU/EER worker may be exempt from the obligation to take out Dutch health insurance.

Treaty countries

Apart from the Member States of the EU and the EEA, the Netherlands also has social security agreements with the following countries:

• Argentina
• Australia
• Belize
• Bosnia Herzegovina
• Canada (including Quebec)
• Cape Verde
• Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Herm, Jethou)
• Chile
• Ecuador
• Egypt
• Hong Kong
• India
• Indonesia
• Israel (except for the Gaza Strip, West Bank, East Jerusalem, Golan)
• Japan
• Jordan
• Kosovo
• Man
• Morocco
• Monaco
• Montenegro
• New Zealand
• North Macedonia
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Philippines
• Serbia
• Suriname
• Thailand
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• United States of America
• Uruguay
• South Africa
• South Korea

Avoid being fined for not having Dutch health insurance

To determine if you would be exempt from the mandatory health insurance law or not, please apply for a Wlzassessment through the SVB. By filling in the questionnaire, either online using your DigiD or submitting a printed form, the SVB will judge if one is required to have medical insurance from a Dutch company or not.