Five chapters, one fixed fee per file, every safeguard the procedure offers. This page walks the entire route — from the audit we perform before you submit, through the clocks we watch, to the international-oversight step we reach only when there is no alternative left.
Most cases that go wrong fail at this step — and the applicant rarely learns why. Upload your draft application and your supporting documents. A caseworker reads them against the IND or embassy form-pack and against published IND criteria for the specific procedure. You receive a one-page audit memo before you submit anything to the authority.
If we find nothing actionable, the audit fee is refunded automatically.
Once your application is in, the statutory clock starts. We mirror it inside your portal. For every Awb 4:14 extension the authority sends, we verify whether it sets a reasonable date and is properly motivated; if not, we flag it as a procedural defect. You see the days remaining, the next milestone, and any communication the authority has sent — all in one timeline.
When the statutory term lapses, the procedural lever we activate is the Notice of Default under Awb 4:17. We generate the letter in English and Dutch, addressed to the correct authority, citing the specific articles that apply to your procedure. You sign and post by PostNL Aangetekend — or use our +€4.95 handling. From the moment the letter is signed for, a 14-day clock and a daily dwangsom run.
When the authority's decision arrives — positive, negative or interim — we read it against the procedural standards every administrative decision in the Netherlands must satisfy. A surprising number of decisions fail one of these tests. Where we find a procedural defect that matters, we flag the grounds for bezwaar (objection) and refer to an admitted advocate with a handover brief.
The decision audit is not a substantive challenge — that is the lawyer's work. It is a procedural pre-step that makes the lawyer's work cheaper and quicker. Many of our referred cases reach the lawyer with grounds the applicant would never have spotted alone.
When the Notice's 14-day window has expired and the authority remains silent, the next layer is independent oversight. We prepare the formal complaint to the Nationale ombudsman. If a court appeal is already pending, we additionally lodge an Urgency Notification (Letter of Concern) to the Sector Bestuursrecht. For severe circumstances — minor children separated, medical urgency, threat in country of origin — we prepare an individual communication to the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants.
No theatrical escalation. We use each instrument only when it matches the case. We never invent fake oversight steps.
Postal addresses, postal-box numbers and reference-line conventions are kept current and verified each release.