Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Social map of Amsterdam - Sociale kaart vertaling in het Engels

The social map of Amsterdam with usefull adresses for people to get free food, to get free places to stay or at minimum tariff, free medical care day by day. We provide a helpfull daily overview. For example:

Monday

*Volksbond (Temperance society) Haarlemmerstraat 146-148, 9.00-19.00 h, you need a pass
*De Kloof Kloveniersburgwal 95, 10.00-012.00 h and 14.00-16.00h , free
*De Tweede Mijl Willemstraat 39, 11.00-15.00 h, cold
lunch
*Makom van Ostadestraat 153, 10.00-12.00 h en 13.30 - 16.00 h, free
*Zusters moeder Theresa (Sisters of Charity)
Egelantierstraat 147, 16.00 h daily free
*Soupbus 20.00 h Westerdokskade en 21.30 h Kadijksplein. Free

Please check the information, so we can keep it updated.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Netherlands Income Tax & Social Fiscal Number

I read a blog with the following comment

If you need a Burger Service Number, first walk to the nearest Belastingdienst and try. All this calling here and there, it's taking a long time, makes confusions and in the end they don't even put the right name on the schedule. I don't believe all those Polish people from the bus had been through the whole calling and making appointments ceremony. And don't bother to speak dutch if you are not comfortable with it, it doesn't bring you any extra points, it's just slowing down the whole thing. For the forms you have to fill in they have all sort of translations (ok, not a slovene one).

The Burger Service Nummer isn't hard to arrange by phone. You just needed to know how to make the phone call. That is indeed the case. Just subscribe and get a free overview how to get a sofinummer in three easy steps.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Get a BSN nummer in three easy steps within a week

How to get a BSN or sofinummer within 5 days without speaking a word Dutch or having a permanent place to stay

Are you looking for a sofinummer or BSN issued by the Dutch government in 3 easy steps which take you less than 10 minutes.
You can have your sofinummer easily within 5 days. You can get the information about the sofinummer or BSN by for free by subscribing to the website (www.studentenzimmerholland.com):



This website tells you how to get the sofinummer or BSN without speaking a word Dutch and having a permanent adress. The method has been proven succesful for a year now. This is an outline of the information provided on this website:

How to get a Sofinummer/BS-number?

The sofi number/BS-number, is the social security number you need in order work legally in The Netherlands. If you (still) have no number, you can ask the Tax Office (Dutch: Belastingdienst) for it. Take the following three steps:

A. Call the Tax Office to make your request.
B. Wait ± 2 working days for the Tax Office to call you back. They will tell you when you can get your sofinumber
C. Go to the Tax Office to get your sofinumber

Ad. A The first phone call

Call the Tax Office (0800-0543). The Tax Office can be reached Monday till Thursday (08:00 till 20:00) and Friday (8:00 till 17:00).

You can use your cell phone or the coin phone at the hostel or outside.

You have to mention the following:

1. Your name and nationality
2. You are staying in a hostel and you don’t have other permanent address
4. Your phone number or the phone number of the hotel or hostel or place of a friend where you are staying.

If they tell you need to call the city government, reply you have no permanent place to stay, so this doesn’t work out for you. If you gave the phone number of the hostel, please go to the reception. Please tell the receptionist the Tax Office will phone with an appointment time. If you need help ask a (Dutch) CS.

Ad. B The second phone call

The Tax Office will call you within two days. They will ask your name. They will give you the appointment details:
• The time (e.g. Thursday 10 of August, 10:00 am)
• The appointment number (e.g. 379)
• The appointment list (e.g. listnumber 4)

Please write these details down. You can ask for an appointment from 08:45 onward.

Ad. C You need the following items to get the Tax Office.

1. Your appointment number

2.Work permit (Non-EU-countries only)

Do I need a work permit? You will not need a work permit if you are originating from one of the following (EU)-countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus (Greek part), Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Poland, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

How to get permit ? Citizens of all other countries are not from the EU. They need to contact the IND (Immigration and Naturalization Office) for a work permit. Call: 0900-1234561 (€ 0,10 per minute + costs for using a mobile phone) for more information.

3. A valid identification paper (e.g. a passport, not a driver license)

How to get to the tax office?

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Sofinummer Auf Deutsch anfragen in 5 Minuten

SofiNummer (sociaal-fiscaal-nummer = Sozialversicherungsnummer)

Bis vor kurzem galt in NL die sog. Sofi-Nummer (sociaal-fiscaalnummer = Sozialversicherungsnummer), eine personengebundene Identifikationsnummer, die für jeden Steuerpflichtigen von dem so genannten Belastingendienst (Finanzamt) vergeben wird. Diese Nummer verschlüsselt keine Informationen desjenigen, für den sie erstellt wurde. Für Studenten ist diese Nummer wichtig, wenn sie in Deutschland wohnen und die Studienfinanzierung der Niederlande beantragen bzw. In NL arbeiten.
Seit Nov. 2007 wurde diese Sofi-Nummer ersetzt durch die sog. BSN-Nummer. Wohnt man nicht in NL, studiert aber dort und arbeitet ebenfalls dort, benötigt man weiterhin die alte Sofi-Nummer.
Die Sofi-Nummer kann bei den folgenden Belastingendiensten beantragt werden:

Alkmaar,
Almelo,
Amsterdam,
Breda,
Den Haag,
Doetinchem,
Eindhoven,
Goes,
Groningen,
Heerlen,
Leiden,
Leeuwarden,
Nijmegen,
Rotterdam,
Utrecht,
Zwolle.

Um eine Sofi-Nummer zu beantragen, muss man sich ausweisen (Reisepass, Europäischer Personalausweis oder nationaler Personalausweis). Der Antrag ist kostenlos und das Procedere dauert ungefähr eine halbe Stunde. Vorab muss man dazu einen Termin mit dem Finanzamt vereinbaren.

-BSN-Nummer (burgerservicenummer = Bürgerservicenummer)

Die BSN-Nummer ersetzt seit Nov. 2007 die alte Sofi-Nummer. Sie gilt für alle, die in NL wohnen. Beantragen kann man sie bei der lokalen Gemeinde, in der man wohnt (stadskantoor = Rathaus). Diese Nummer verschlüsselt keine Informationen desjenigen, für den sie erstellt wurde. Für Studenten ist diese Nummer wichtig, wenn sie in den Niederlanden wohnen und die Studienfinanzierung der Niederlande beantragen bzw. In NL arbeiten

Where You Can Get A Sofinummer or Burger Service Nummer (BSN)

You can get a sofinummer at one of the offices of the Belastingdienstoffices of the Tax Service.

Alkmaar
Almelo
Amsterdam
Breda
Den Haag
Doetinchem
Eindhoven
Goes
Groningen
Heerlen
Leiden
Leeuwarden
Nijmegen
Rotterdam
Utrecht
Zwolle

Saturday, June 20, 2009

How you can get a sofinummer (Burger service nummer) withour speaking Dutch for free

How to get a BSN or sofinummer within 5 days without speaking a word Dutch or having a permanent place to stay

Are you looking for a sofinummer or BSN issued by the Dutch government in 3 easy steps which take you less than 10 minutes.
You can have your sofinummer easily within 5 days. You can get the information about the sofinummer or BSN by for free by subscribing to the website (www.studentenzimmerholland.com):



This website tells you how to get the sofinummer or BSN without speaking a word Dutch and having a permanent adress. The method has been proven succesful for a year now. This is an outline of the information provided on this website:

How to get a Sofinummer/BS-number?

The sofi number/BS-number, is the social security number you need in order work legally in The Netherlands. If you (still) have no number, you can ask the Tax Office (Dutch: Belastingdienst) for it. Take the following three steps:

A. Call the Tax Office to make your request.
B. Wait ± 2 working days for the Tax Office to call you back. They will tell you when you can get your sofinumber
C. Go to the Tax Office to get your sofinumber

Ad. A The first phone call

Call the Tax Office (0800-0543). The Tax Office can be reached Monday till Thursday (08:00 till 20:00) and Friday (8:00 till 17:00).

You can use your cell phone or the coin phone at the hostel or outside.

You have to mention the following:

1. Your name and nationality
2. You are staying in a hostel and you don’t have other permanent address
4. Your phone number or the phone number of the hotel or hostel or place of a friend where you are staying.

If they tell you need to call the city government, reply you have no permanent place to stay, so this doesn’t work out for you. If you gave the phone number of the hostel, please go to the reception. Please tell the receptionist the Tax Office will phone with an appointment time. If you need help ask a (Dutch) CS.

Ad. B The second phone call

The Tax Office will call you within two days. They will ask your name. They will give you the appointment details:
• The time (e.g. Thursday 10 of August, 10:00 am)
• The appointment number (e.g. 379)
• The appointment list (e.g. listnumber 4)

Please write these details down. You can ask for an appointment from 08:45 onward.

Ad. C You need the following items to get the Tax Office.

1. Your appointment number

2.Work permit (Non-EU-countries only)

Do I need a work permit? You will not need a work permit if you are originating from one of the following (EU)-countries: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus (Greek part), Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Poland, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.

How to get permit ? Citizens of all other countries are not from the EU. They need to contact the IND (Immigration and Naturalization Office) for a work permit. Call: 0900-1234561 (€ 0,10 per minute + costs for using a mobile phone) for more information.

3. A valid identification paper (e.g. a passport, not a driver license)

How to get to the tax office?

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