Don't worry, integration tests won't get harder in January

I’m calling it right now: the level of Dutch required to pass the civic integration exam if you want to apply for a permanent residence permit or Dutch citizenship is not going to be raised by the Dutch government to B1 in January, writes lawyer Jeremy Bierbach. Human touch These changes were made on 25 January 2022 to account for the passage into law of the Wet inburgering 2021, the new law on civic integration that was shepherded through the legislative process, two governments ago, by former social affairs minister Wouter Koolmees who has now left politics to run the Dutch railway system NS. An entire system would have to be put into place to account for each and every individual’s strengths and weaknesses, because there is no way that ‘B1 Dutch’ could simply be imposed as a rigid requirement for everyone who wishes to apply for a permanent residence permit or Dutch citizenship. EU law In fact, as far as the default and strongest type of permanent residence permit goes, the ‘long-term resident of the EU’ permit, the Dutch government is required to comply with EU law, which mandates ‘consideration of specific individual circumstances, such as age, illiteracy or level of education’ in setting the civic integration requirements to become a long-term resident.