Applying for an assessment of your Wlz insurance position

If you want to know whether you are insured under the Wlz scheme, for example because you have received a letter from the CAK or because your health insurer needs an official decision from the SVB, you can apply to us for an assessment of your Wlz insurance position.

If one of the situations described below applies to you, you do not need to ask us to assess your Wlz insurance position.

If you are doing an internship outside the Netherlands, or if you are doing voluntary work, working as an au pair or are doing PhD research and you have not received a letter from the CAK, you do not need to request an assessment of your Wlz insurance position. Simply contact your health insurer.

Can you apply for a Wlz assessment for someone else?

You can only apply for a Wlz assessment for yourself or for your children under the age of 18.

Your partner or any children over the age of 18 will need to apply for a Wlz assessment themselves. 

  1. Do not apply more than 8 weeks in advance

    If you are going aboard, for example to do an internship or to take a trip around the world, please do not submit your form more than 8 weeks before you leave. This is because we cannot take a decision until your situation has actually changed. We will send you our decision when we are sure that you have started your internship or trip around the world. 

    If you have received a letter from the CAK, you should send your application immediately.

    Please note that it can take up to 8 weeks for us to process your application.

  2. Enclose documentary evidence

    Enclose documentary evidence with your application. For example, documents showing your work activities as a self-employed person. You will see what documents you need to send when you fill out the application form. 

  1. Teleworking

    If you are teleworking across the border , it could affect your social insurance coverage, including your Wlz insurance position. As from 1 July 2023, the EU will go back to using the normal European rules to determine the applicable legislation . You can only request an exception to these rules on the applicable legislation if you meet the necessary conditions.

    Check whether you meet the necessary conditions on the page ‘Cross-border teleworking’. If you do not meet these conditions, fill in the application form for an assessment of your insurance position under the Wlz scheme.

You can submit your application for a Wlz assessment in 2 different ways:

  1. Online

    Go to ‘Login’ and choose how you want to log in to My SVB. You can then submit your application quickly and easily.

  2. Sending a form by post

    Download the form and fill it in on your screen. Then print the form, sign it and send it to us by post.

    Sociale Verzekeringsbank
    Postbus 18607
    3501 CR Utrecht

  3. What happens after you send your application

    If you want to know what happens and what you can expect after you have applied for a Wlz assessment, read the step-by-step explanation.

If you wish to apply for a Wlz assessment for a child under 18, you will have to send an application form by post.

Children over the age of 18 must apply for a Wlz assessment themselves.

  1. Sending a form by post

    Download the form and fill it in on your screen. Then print the form, sign it and send it to us by post.

    Sociale Verzekeringsbank
    Postbus 18607
    3501 CR Utrecht

  2. What happens after you send your application

    If you want to know what happens and what you can expect after you have applied for a Wlz assessment, read the step-by-step explanation.

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