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- My situation
- The first 3 steps of your journey
Cycle to work along a canal, and be home before dinner.
Your first week in the Netherlands hangs on one appointment at the gemeente: it gives you your BSN, and the rest follows. Hello Expat puts your steps in order, and Moovy, your personal assistant, answers your questions with official sources.
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02Why move
The Netherlands in four official numbers
39%
of employed 20 to 64-year-olds work part-time: the highest share in the EU, where the average is 17%
Eurostat, labour force survey, 2025 (opens the source in a new tab)
84%
of people have at least basic digital skills: the highest share in the EU, where the average is 60%
Eurostat, digital skills survey, 2025 (opens the source in a new tab)
29%
of the people living in the Netherlands have a migration background: at least one parent was born abroad
CBS, population on 1 January 2026 (opens the source in a new tab)
17th of 163
countries in the Global Peace Index 2026, which ranks how peaceful countries are
Institute for Economics & Peace, Global Peace Index 2026 (opens the source in a new tab)
03The paperwork
The papers waiting for you in the Netherlands
Almost everything starts at your gemeente, the town hall: if you stay more than four months, you have five days after arriving to register. Your BSN, your DigiD and your health insurance all hang on that appointment.
- BRP registration
- BSN
- DigiD
- Basic health insurance
- Toeslagen (allowances)
- Rental contract and deposit
- Briefadres (correspondence address)
- Belastingdienst account
- Dutch number plate
04How Hello Expat helps
Your first three steps in the Netherlands, in order
Moovy, your personal assistant, builds your list from where you come from and who moves with you. Each step shows its official source and the date we checked it.
Step 1
Register at your gemeente
Staying more than four months? You register in the BRP within five days of arriving, with your partner and children. It is free, and your BSN is issued at that appointment.
Source: Rijksoverheid
Step 2
Request your DigiD
With your BSN, apply in the DigiD app or on digid.nl. The activation letter goes to your BRP address, and its code works for 21 days.
Source: DigiD
Step 3
Take out basic health insurance
You have four months from your arrival. Insurers must accept everyone at the same price, and children under 18 pay no premium for the basic cover.
Source: Government of the Netherlands
05See it in action
A new arrival's question, answered with sources
Moovy
AI assistantYou
I move to Amsterdam next month with my partner and two children. How long do I have to register, and what do I get?
Five days after you arrive, if you will stay more than four months, and your partner and children come with you. Check whether your gemeente asks for an appointment. You register in the BRP, the municipal population register, and your BSN is issued there. With it you can ask for DigiD and take out Dutch health insurance, which you need within four months. If you stay less than four months, the non-residents register also gives you a BSN.
Moovy is an artificial intelligence: it can make mistakes. Open the source before you decide.
06What's inside
Everything your move needs, in one account.
An AI adviser that knows 30 countries, your steps in order, reminders, a vault for your papers, and the emails you need to send. Moovy prepares, you decide: it never signs, submits or represents you.
Moovy, your AI adviser for 30 countries
Ask in your language and Moovy answers in it, with the official source. On paid plans, it also searches official websites live.
Example conversation
Do I need to register my address in Berlin?
Moovy · AI assistant
Yes, within two weeks of moving in, at a Bürgeramt. It's called the Anmeldung.Yes, within two weeks of moving in, at a Bürgeramt. It's called the Anmeldung.
Source · service.berlin.de
Live search on official websites only (paid plans)
My journey, in the right order
Your steps one after the other, each with its official source. The next one is always at the top.
Reminders and My schedule
Add an appointment: we email you seven days before, then the day before. My schedule shows it all, month by month.
A vault for your papers
Your documents are encrypted before they are stored, with a different key for each document, kept apart from our servers. Nobody on the team has a tool to open them. Moovy reads each document you add to file it, and every reading appears in your log. You can delete everything whenever you like.
When Moovy reads a document, the text is processed by our AI provider, in the United States.
Tell us once
A short questionnaire after sign-up fills in My situation for you. Moovy uses it from your first message.
My family, dog and cat included
Add your partner, children, parents, and your dog or cat. Moovy adapts its advice: school, health insurance, and for pets the microchip, rabies vaccine and pet passport.
Emails and letters, drafted for you
Your landlord only speaks Greek? Moovy drafts the email in Greek, with a translation. You check it, and you send it yourself.
Official forms explained in Portugal, Spain, Italy and France, with the link to the official form. You fill it in and hand it in yourself.
My situation as a PDF
Download it in one click, to keep with your papers or show an adviser.
A guide for each of the 30 countries
One page per step, based on official websites, with the date each page was checked.
07Pricing
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Included in every plan
- Moovy in 30 European countries, with official sources
- A guide for each country
- My situation, filled in by a short questionnaire
08 · Your next step
Your move to the Netherlands starts here.
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