Applications go to the municipality where you live
Each municipality sets its own first step. In some places you apply online with DigiD, in others you phone first, which can fix your application date, or sign up on werk.nl before an adviser contacts you. Offices also have their own help for people who find the form hard, and their own list of what to prepare.
Almelo
Haven Zuidzijde 30, 7607 EW Almelo
Register on the national job site, complete a short eligibility form, and book your appointment from the email you receive.
Have your login available and follow the municipality’s appointment instructions for supporting evidence. Ask which income, asset and household documents your case requires. If under 27 and in a difficult situation, contact the municipality immediately to discuss the search-period exception.
Related services
For Dutch citizens renewing a passport and for residents without a passport from their own country: who can apply and what to prepare.
Get a hand with applying for or activating DigiD, and with the online forms, messages and allowances that depend on it.
For Dutch citizens who need a new or replacement ID card: who can apply, what to bring and how collection works.
For holders of a Dutch licence: how renewal works online or at the counter, how to replace a lost licence and where to collect it.
For newcomers and returning residents: what registering at the town hall means, who it applies to and what to prepare before your appointment.
For anyone who needs an official Dutch civil status document: which municipality to ask, who may request it and what the options are.
Other countries
Moving on, or comparing before you decide? See how this works elsewhere.
Most offices in Murcia, Barcelona, and Zaragoza
Most offices in Białystok, Katowice, and Kielce
Most offices in Munich, Dortmund, and Cologne
Most offices in Brussels, Ghent, and Charleroi
Most offices in Reykjavík, Akranes, and Akureyri
Where to next
See who can apply for income support, what a municipality takes into account and where to get advice if the application is difficult.
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