Married 11 years to a dutch man. Our two sons are dutch since birth. Can I have the dutch nationality?

Question

Married 11 years to a dutch man. Our two sons are dutch since birth. Can I have the dutch nationality?

Answer 1

It doesn't matter that your children are Dutch.

If you live in the Netherlands or one of its possessions, then you may apply for Dutch citizenship after 3 years of marriage.

http://ind.nl/nl/Images/Ned_worden_0712_...

If you live outside of the Netherlands, then you should read this instead:

Read this: http://ind.nl/nl/Images/bro_buitenland_t...

See page 4 in particular.

My Dutch isn't very fresh but I believe it says you may apply for Dutch citizenship after 3 years of marriage just as stated above even if you do not live in the Netherlands.

Answer 2

Where do you live? If not in the Netherlands, the Dutch Antilles or Aruba I think you are out of luck. Most countries have some sort of residency requirement.