Losing Your Job in the Netherlands: Severance, WW, Visa and 30% Ruling Planner
Losing your job, or offered a settlement agreement? See your statutory severance (transitievergoeding), your unemployment benefit (WW) and how long it lasts, and as an expat the deadline of your visa search period and of keeping the 30% ruling, on one timeline with what to check before you sign.
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- 16 December 2026Contract ends
- 23 December 2026Apply for WW at UWV (within a week)
- 16 June 2027End of your visa search period (6 months)
- 16 August 2027WW ends
Before you sign a settlement agreement
- It says the employer took the initiative and you are not to blame: without that, UWV can refuse WW.
- Don't resign yourself: that usually means no WW.
- Check the end date respects your notice period, or WW starts later.
- You can still withdraw within 14 days of signing (21 days if the agreement doesn't mention it).
- With a highly skilled migrant permit or Blue Card: the search period runs from the end date, and freelancing or a job with a non-recognised employer doesn't count.
Transition payment€ 7.506
One third of a monthly salary per year of service, to the day.
WW€ 30.780
uwv.nl rules; 21.75 benefit days a month.
Estimates from the 2026 rules: the statutory transition payment (an employer can pay more), UWV's WW rules for duration and amount, the IND search period and the 30% ruling's 3-month window. UWV decides your WW from its own records; the IND and the Belastingdienst decide on your permit and ruling. Before you sign a settlement agreement, have it checked by an employment lawyer; many legal-aid insurances cover this.