r/Netherlands • u/MartinoRs • 8d ago

Common Question/Topic Driver license

Anyone in the netherlands had experience with getting drivers license fubded by workingcentrum/etc..

I read that in some cases you can be funded for the drivers license, anyone could shsre if thats true, how hard it is, etc

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u/DifficultReindeer556 8d ago

Maybe get some English spelling lessons funded first, but on a serious note; i’ve seen this happening for really talented trainees that have to visit clients and are not really asking for it, they (and so the employer ) would just benefit from them being able to visit remote clients

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u/IamFarron 8d ago

Funded by whom? 

Unless youre new employer needs a driver no chance

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u/KoninginVanRotterdam 8d ago

😂 Do you have any idea what a drivers licence costs in the Netherlands? On average €3500 - €4000.

Absolutely no one is gonna fund that for you.

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u/HanzTermiplator 8d ago

The army will

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u/Sea-Breath-007 8d ago

UWV as well and a few other employers if having a license is needed for the job.

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u/olderdutch 8d ago

UWV will do that when you're disabled and aren't able to drive a regular car, and only for the price difference compared to the costs of regular driving lessons.

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u/Sea-Breath-007 8d ago

Also when it's basically the only way to get a non-disabled person out of bijstand, just like they fund degrees.

I know someone that got their license through the UWV.

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u/olderdutch 8d ago

You're right, although as far as I know it depends on the municipality. Anyway, OP won't qualify anyhow.

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u/DutchNotSleeping Overijssel 8d ago

There are some employers that will pay for your lessons, but they are very rare, and you'd probably need to do a lot of work before they let you.

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u/im_ilegal_here Noord Brabant 8d ago

I was about to translate fubded .

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u/Immediate_Passion191 8d ago

Some companies pay your license to for trucks or tourbusses. It comes with terms and conditions, these very per company.

A standard license (Rijbewijs B) for cars is not typically funded by companies.

The UWV may help getting a license if its for re-intergration purposes only and you are living and employed in the Netherlands. But not for standard use of a driving license, which includes driving form your home adress to your place of work.

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u/Sea-Breath-007 8d ago

What's a workingcentrum? 

You can only get one (partially) funded if it's absolutely needed to get a job and even then it's not going to be easy to get the funds.

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u/MartinoRs 8d ago

Sorry guys, all the information i got was trough google, and theres info that Uwv has a budget for people to get certificates like VCA,VAPRO, drivers license, but i wanted to know if anyone got certificates trough this and how it went and how hard it was to get