Published 11 April 2025, and correct on that date. Ask us to confirm the position before you act on it.

Kris explains! I am Dutch but I never applied for the Dutch nationality of my child. What to do? Normally no issues, except unmarried Dutch fathers may need to legally acknowledge their child. And if you were born before 1985 from a Dutch mother married to a foreign father, then there are now solutions to become Dutch after all.

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