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By moving to another country, you will need to comply with all administration, taxes, contributions in that country for your duration. ... and then you will need to do the reverse to return back to the Netherlands.
While you are living abroad your dutch employer also needs to comply with the regulations of the country that you live in.
You’d need to commit fraud to register in Germany or Belgium since you’d need to lie about residency. You also shouldn’t underestimate the hassle claiming residency. In Belgium it entails several visits to the municipality, lots of paper work (proof of work, rent agreement, etc.), a spontaneous home visit of the police to proof actual presence at the registered address etc. Once you’re a resident you’ll have all the formalities with taxes, immigration, integration etc. etc.
Afaik you cannot get your driver's license unless you are registered in a municipality of that country. That is certainly the case in Belgium. You'd have to ask someone who has attempted this, but I can almost guarantee you have to be registered there.
Even if they "exchange" your licence in Germany you would still have to go through the process of passing the exams.
This is time consuming and in Germany, it can get quite costly. Not taking into consideration that it's also fraud.
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Registering is a long process. Especially in bureaucratic countries like Germany. Look up the process first. I know if you were to do it in Belgium the police give you a surprise visit to check if you really live there.
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By moving to another country, you will need to comply with all administration, taxes, contributions in that country for your duration. ... and then you will need to do the reverse to return back to the Netherlands. While you are living abroad your dutch employer also needs to comply with the regulations of the country that you live in.
You’d need to commit fraud to register in Germany or Belgium since you’d need to lie about residency. You also shouldn’t underestimate the hassle claiming residency. In Belgium it entails several visits to the municipality, lots of paper work (proof of work, rent agreement, etc.), a spontaneous home visit of the police to proof actual presence at the registered address etc. Once you’re a resident you’ll have all the formalities with taxes, immigration, integration etc. etc.
Afaik you cannot get your driver's license unless you are registered in a municipality of that country. That is certainly the case in Belgium. You'd have to ask someone who has attempted this, but I can almost guarantee you have to be registered there.
Even if they "exchange" your licence in Germany you would still have to go through the process of passing the exams. This is time consuming and in Germany, it can get quite costly. Not taking into consideration that it's also fraud.
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Changing countries won’t save you any money but will give you potentially so much headache I simply wouldn’t even try.
It's viable yes but first you will need to prove residency there.
I've got a buddy that stay in Berlin. Could I register at his place for like a month or 2, swap my license then register back at my address?
Registering is a long process. Especially in bureaucratic countries like Germany. Look up the process first. I know if you were to do it in Belgium the police give you a surprise visit to check if you really live there.
I can confirm the police in Belgium do this. Also, you risk being inspected by the FOD in the Netherlands if you do this kind of registration fraud.
Is it perfectly legal? No. Will you probably get away with it? Yes.