The email contains a link to the form you can use to apply for a basic grant.

If you still live in the Caribbean and have already applied for student finance, you will receive an email in early June.

If you already live in the Netherlands and have a BSN and DigiD, you can apply for the basic grant in Mijn DUO from 19 June.You can apply for a basic grant in one of the following manners: Applying for a basic grant for HBO and universityįrom September 2023, the basic grant for HBO and university will be reinstated. As soon as we have processed your burgerservicenummer, you can apply for the student travel product. If you don't have a burgerservicenummer yet, you will receive a monthly financial compensation for public transport ('ov-vergoeding') instead of the student travel product. Inform us about your burgerservicenummer, your new address and your Dutch bank account number using the 'Bevraging BSN' form.The municipality will provide you with a burgerservicenummer. Register yourself at the municipality as soon as you arrive in the Netherlands.Bring this form with you to the Netherlands. You will then receive a letter from DUO and a 'Bevraging BSN' form. Within about 6 weeks we will process your application.The documents are mentioned on the application form. Add all the required documents to your application.Apply for student finance with the 'Aanvraag studiefinanciering mbo voor studenten uit het Caribisch gebied' form, or the 'Aanvraag studiefinanciering hoger onderwijs voor studenten uit het Caribisch gebied' form.This is because you don't have a Dutch citizen service number ('burgerservicenummer') yet. Do you live on Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten or in the Dutch Caribbean? Then the application procedure is a bit different.

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