Het Juridisch Loket: free, government-funded legal advice, and a discount ticket to a subsidised lawyer
Landlord dispute, dodgy employer, benefits refusal, contract trouble - you do not need to pay a lawyer first. Het Juridisch Loket gives free advice, and if you need a lawyer it issues a document that cuts your own-contribution on subsidised legal aid (a pro-deo lawyer). Call 0800-8020 (free) or juridischloket.nl. Free advice for low-income individuals; the subsidised-lawyer route has an income ceiling (roughly 35,400 eur single / 50,400 eur partnered, indexed). Not for businesses.
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MAS reads your IND letter, checks whether an employer can legally sponsor you, and finds work that will actually take you. Free, no account.
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