- The exams
A2 or B1 inburgering exam: which level and route are yours?
Which inburgering exam do you take, A2 or B1? How the 2021 law, the older law and the three routes decide your level, and where to check your own.
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Articles
Plain answers about inburgering
What the exams ask, how each part works and how to prepare, checked against DUO and the other official sources. Every article names its sources.
- The exams
- KNM
Civic integration exam abroad (basisexamen inburgering) for an MVV
Who must take the civic integration exam abroad before an MVV, its three A1 parts, the €50 fee per part, the grade 6 pass mark and how long the result lasts.
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- The exams
Dutch language requirement for naturalisation: is it A2 or B1?
The Dutch level you need to naturalise today is A2. What counts as proof, why B1 is still only a plan, and what to look at if you cannot pass the exams.
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- The exams
How to book the inburgering exam: Mijn Inburgering, DigiD and the state exam
How to book your inburgering exams: A2 and KNM in Mijn Inburgering, the B1 state exam in MijnDUO, changing or cancelling, what to bring and when results come.
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- The exams
Inburgering deadline extension and fines: what happens after three years
You have three years to finish inburgering. How to get extra time, what the fines are under the 2021 law and the older law, and who DUO may no longer fine.
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- The exams
Inburgering exam costs and the DUO loan: what you pay and who pays
What the inburgering exams cost in 2026, who pays under the 2021 law and the older law, and how the DUO loan of up to €10,000 works and is repaid.
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- The exams
Inburgering exemption and dispensation: who does not have to take the exams
Who can be exempt from the inburgering exams, who can get dispensation for illness or exceptional reasons, what medical dispensation costs, and who to ask.
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- The exams
- Daily life
PVT, MAP and ONA in inburgering explained — which one applies to you
The PVT and MAP are free gemeente modules under the 2021 law, not exams. The ONA is an older-law exam. What each is, who arranges it and the fines.
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- The exams
- Reading
- Listening
Staatsexamen NT2 explained — B1 and B2 parts, pass mark 500, fees, booking
The staatsexamen NT2 explained, with Programma I (B1) and II (B2), the four computer parts, the score of 500 to pass, the €50 fee per part and how to book.
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- The exams
- KNM
What the inburgering exam looks like, part by part
The A2 and B1 exams and KNM, part by part — how long each takes, what you answer on and how it is marked, from the official rules.
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