• You have a valid

  W-document
  .

• Your asylum application has been pending for 6 months. You count from the time you signed your asylum application (the

  M35-H form
  ) in Ter Apel.

• Your employer has a work permit (TWV) to employ you.

• Your residence in the Netherlands is legal.

• You are entitled to reception under the

  Regulation for Provisions for Asylum Seekers and Other Categories of Foreign Nationals (Rva)
  .

• The work you do must be done under 'market conditions'. This means that the same conditions apply to you as to others doing the same job. The hours you work, the salary you earn and the leave days you are entitled to must conform to what has been agreed with others.

• If you are a minor, you are allowed to work, just as Dutch minors may under certain conditions. There is, however, a ban on

  child labour
  in the Netherlands.

Your employer applies for the work permit (TWV) from the

If an employer lets you work without a TWV, this is punishable. Your employer may then be fined. You cannot be fined yourself. If your work permit expires, your employer must apply for a new work permit.

In practice, most employers want you to have a

You get a BSN when you register in the

In some cases, an employer does want to make a contract without a BSN. And they can pay your wages to your Yoursafe account from COA even if you do not have a BSN yet. But how much money you can receive on your Yoursafe and from whom depends on your type of YourSafe account. Do you not have a BSN but you do have a Yoursafe account? Then ask the COA employee to help you.

Sometimes you may need a

If you are staying in the COA reception centre, you must report your income to COA. You then have to contribute to the costs of the reception centre. You can keep 25 percent of your income, up to a maximum of €246 per month.

If you earn more than the amount you have to pay for childcare, you get to keep the rest of the income as well.