1. Part-time job or traineeship: If you take up a part-time job or your are a trainee with salary while studying, you are an employee and your stay in the Netherlands will no longer be regarded as being for study purposes only. If you are in employment, you must always have statutory basic health care insurance. Whether or not you pay tax is irrelevant.
2. People under the age of 30 who are in the Netherlands for study purposes only are exempt. They do not need to take out statutory basic healthcare insurance. This includes scholarship students.
3. If you are due to stay in the Netherlands for less than one year, you will be considered a temporary resident; you will not need to take out statutory basic healthcare insurance.
If your stay in the Netherlands is due to last between one and three years, you will be considered a permanent resident. However, you can try to demonstrate to the authorities that your stay should be regarded as temporary.
If your stay in the Netherlands is due to last longer than three years, you will be considered a permanent resident. You will need to take out statutory basic healthcare insurance.
4. If you are a non-EU/EEA national, you will need to take out private healthcare insurance until you receive a letter from the IND confirming that you will be given a residence permit.
5. If you have an EU Health Insurance Card, you will continue to be covered by the insurance in your home country. You can only get an EU Health Insurance Card if you are insured in your home country under the public healthcare scheme and your stay abroad is temporary. In this case, the health insurance institution in your home country decides what constitutes a temporary stay.
