{"product_id":"vragen-64195-mijn-broer-is-gehuwd-en-heeft-2-minderjarige-kinderen-om-gezondheidsredenen-is-hij-naar-nederland","title":"Legal Advice on Family Reunification and Social Assistance Income","description":"\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n my brother is married and has 2 minor children. For health reasons he came to the Netherlands. His wife still lives in Belarus. He can't have her come over for family reunification because he can't work due to emphysema\n\n Now he receives a social assistance income of 666.89 euros net. This is a deviation standard 50% married art. 2. My question is whether this is possible, correct?\n His wife in Russia can barely support herself and therefore cannot send money oed\n\n\u003ch4\u003e Lawyer\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Dear questioner,\n \nThat your brother receives 50% of the married person standard is correct (art. 24 Participation Act). The standard for married persons is 1417.32 euros, so he would be entitled to 708 euros. He can ask the municipality why this is not the case. He could also appeal to art. 18 section 1 of the Participation Act. He has 2 minor children, a spouse who cannot contribute to the income. If he puts all the circumstances on the table and it then appears that there is an excessively heavy burden and an untenable situation, the municipality may decide to adjust the benefit amount. Please note: this only happens in very special circumstances. But your brother could try.\n \nFinally, if your brother has been exempted by the municipality from the obligation to work and provide a counter-performance for 5 years, he could appeal for exemption from the means requirement, so that family reunification on regular grounds could be a possibility. Furthermore, it is important what nationality your brother and his children have for a possible other route to reunification, namely via EU law. But that route does not offer certainty in advance.\n\n","brand":"Rechtswinkel.nl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55004373614941,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rechtswinkel.nl\/en\/products\/vragen-64195-mijn-broer-is-gehuwd-en-heeft-2-minderjarige-kinderen-om-gezondheidsredenen-is-hij-naar-nederland","provider":"Rechtswinkel.nl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}