Exceptions

Since 1 October 1997 under Dutch law  a person receiving Dutch nationality must renounce his or her original nationality. However, in a number of cases an exception may be made. For example:

• the applicant possesses nationality of a State that prohibits by law renunciation of its nationality;
• the applicant was born in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and is resident in the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles or Aruba at the time of the application; 
• the applicant is married to a Dutch national;
• the applicant is has official refugee status recognised by the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles or Aruba.