The Hague · since 2026

When your decision is overdue,
the law lets you push.

We audit your application, watch every statutory clock, and generate the Notice of Default the day a deadline is missed.

Open a file, €8.75 How it works
5 min intake €21.15 max per file Refund if not eligible
An applicant reading a notice of default
The situation

Every procedure has a statutory deadline.

Dutch administrative law sets a fixed term for every immigration decision. When the IND, an embassy or a municipality passes that term, the General Administrative Law Act (Awb 4:13) gives you a procedural right to act.

  • Asylum, 6 months (Vw 42 / EU Directive 2013/32).
  • Family reunification, 3 months national, 9 months EU ceiling (Directive 2003/86).
  • Highly-skilled migrant, 3 months (Vw 25).
  • Naturalisation, 12 months (RWN 9(4)).
When is a decision overdue?
Statutory decision-terms · timeline of immigration procedures
The process

Three steps. One file.

From overdue to enforced, no lawyer needed for the procedural step.

Open file, post notice, decision
By procedure

We handle every regular track.

Pick yours, each has its own statutory term and its own escalation path.

6 months
Asylum

Decision overdue on a temporary asylum permit. Vw 42 / EU Directive 2013/32.
3–9 months
Family reunification

MVV and family follow-on (nareis) cases. 3-month national term, 9-month EU ceiling under Directive 2003/86.
3 months
Highly-skilled migrant

Kennismigrant route, ICT permit, EU Blue Card. Three-month term under Vw 25.
12 months
Naturalisation

Dutch citizenship applications. Twelve-month term under RWN 9(4).
See all procedures & the knowledge base
Caseworker reviewing the file
What we do

What happens after the file opens.

  • Read your application and the authority correspondence.
  • Calculate the statutory deadline. Awb 4:13 or the procedure-specific term.
  • Draft the Notice of Default. Post it by registered mail the day the deadline passes.
  • Track replies and any extension letter under Awb 4:14.
  • Escalate: Ombudsman complaint, court appeal under Awb 6:12, or UN Special Rapporteur if applicable.
See the full process
The daily penalty payment schedule under Awb 4:17
What the Notice triggers

A clock the authority cannot ignore.

Once the Notice of Default is received, the authority has 14 days to decide. Miss that, and a daily penalty (dwangsom) starts running under Awb 4:17, paid by the authority, to you.

  • Days 1–14: €23 per day.
  • Days 15–28: €35 per day.
  • Days 29–42: €45 per day.
  • Capped at €1,442, but the real point is it forces a decision.
How the penalty is calculated
Pricing

One fee. No subscription.

€8.75 to open a file. €12.40 if escalation is needed. Refund if a step doesn't apply.

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Based in The Hague

Bezuidenhoutseweg 30, across from the National Ombudsman, within four kilometres of every body we address.

Not a law firm

An administrative-assistance service. We trigger statutory mechanisms; we refund if a step doesn't apply.

Open a file.

Five-minute intake. €8.75. Refund if the procedure isn't available.

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