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August 2017 / Newsletter #34
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12 October 2017
On the 12th of October this year, the NL Curated // Dutch Contemporary Design pop up store opens its doors in Surry Hills, NSW. The store will feature items of 21 promising and established Dutch designers.
We are proud to announce Iris van Herpen as one of the many featured Dutch designers. Van Herpen is known worldwide for her 3-D printed couture and earned her title as thriving and talented designer. In 2011, Time magazine declared her 3-D creations as one of the “50 best inventions” of the year!
In anticipation of the big opening, the Consulate General of the Netherlands already brought you a taste of the Dutch Design Collective during one of Sydney’s largest bi-annual design events: Indesign. We received a lot of positive reactions on our collective. People told us they could not wait until the big opening of NL Curated // Dutch Contemporary Design pop up shop.
We will keep you posted on the lates developments on Facebook and in the next newsletter! Keep an eye at the shop's website as well.
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At the moment newspapers are full of articles about the latest Members of Parliament who have found out that they have dual nationality and are therefore incapable of being chosen or of sitting as a senator or a member of the House of Representatives (s44 Constitution). It triggered a lot of people to think about their own nationality situation and our staff has received many emails from people who think they might hold Dutch nationality as well as another nationality.
Although Dutch nationality legislation is complicated and every situation is unique and has to be decided upon by checking original documents, a couple of general statements can be made.
After April 1st 2013, Dutch citizens (over 18) regardless of their place of birth, holding dual nationality and residing outside the Kingdom of the Netherlands* or outside the European Union, may lose their Dutch nationality under certain circumstances. This means that if they hold the same foreign nationality alongside their Dutch nationality for ten (10) years and they have NOT had, for at least one year, their principal residence in the Netherlands*, they will lose their Dutch nationality. This is not applicable if they make sure to have a proof of nationality or a Dutch passport issued to them before they turn 28 and renew either, before the end of each ten (10) year period.This ten year period starts the day the passport or proof of nationality is issued or when their principal residence is no longer in the Netherlands*.
In plain English: if you live outside The Netherlands and are born as a Dutch citizen and you do have another nationality, you will have to be in the possession of a Dutch passport (or proof of Netherlands nationality) before you turn 28 to keep your Dutch nationality. Once you have done this, you have to renew the passport/declaration every 10 years to avoid losing it.
*including Bonaire, Saba, St Eustachius or the European Union and the countries where the EU treaty is applicable.
For more information click here.
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Short news
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Coming to Syndey Opera House: world famous Dutch violist Janine Jansen
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October 2017
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Starting 25 October this year, violinist Janine Jansen will perform in the Sydney Opera House. This is your chance to see this Dutch violinist with an enviable international reputation perform! She will play Sibelius's great Violin Concerto, an audience favourite everywhere. This musical piece is followed by Mahler's sublime and dazzling First Symphony.
In 2015, Janine Jansen performed the Brahms concerto in the Sydney Opera House and was praised for her 'fiery force and consummate instrumental mastery'. Now she’s coming back to Sydney. Tickets starting at only $39. Don’t miss this opportunity!
Data:
Wednesday 25 October 2017, 8pm
Friday 27 October 2017, 8pm
Saturday 28 October 2017, 8pm
Monday 30 October 2017, 7pm
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For tickets and more information click here.
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University of Twente students get a glimpse of the office
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25 July 2017
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The Consulate-General in Sydney welcomed a group of 28 physics students from the University of Twente. The students, who were on a three week study tour in Australia, were shown around the office and heard all about our daily practices and the objectives of both our consular and trade development work.
It was great to have the students visiting and also hear about their studies and activities at uni. We will be welcoming their fellow University of Twente students in Australia later this year when they will again participate in the World Solar Challenge.
This year three Dutch teams will participate: Nuon Solar Team Delft, Solar Team Twente and Solar Team Eindhoven. The challenge takes place from the 8th until the 15th of October.
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Find the entire 2017 Solar team list here.
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Mother and four Australian children obtain Dutch nationality
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Since the 1st of October 2010, the mother of the four boys in the picture above was eligble to obtain the Dutch nationality, which she did a couple of years ago. Because of this, her four boys were able to obtain the Dutch nationality as well in August this year.
The latest amendment of the Dutch Nationality Act (Rijkswet op het Nederlanderschap) entered into force on the 1st of October 2010. This amendment allows children born before the 1st of January 1985 to a Dutch mother and a non-Dutch father to obtain the Dutch nationality through an option procedure. This amendment is applicable if the parents were married at the time the child was born.
Once an option procedure has been approved, naturalisation ceremonies are held on a monthly basis in Sydney where applicants officially acquire the Dutch nationality. As a result, their children can apply for the Dutch nationality via an option statement as well. This the case for the family in the picture above.
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Curious about your personal situation?
Click here.
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Beloved tree graces University of Sydney once again
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21 July 2017
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After 88 years of gracing the southern end of the Quadrangle, the University's beloved Jacaranda tree died last year. Of course, a Quadrangle without the much-loved Jacaranda tree is not complete.
On the 21st of July this year, the University of Sydney held a special tree planting ceremony, which the Consul General Willem Cosijn attended. A clone of the original Jacaranda tree and a native flame tree were planted opposite to each other to once again grace the southern end of the Quadrangle. Students, teachers and other visitors can enjoy the sight in late spring when both trees bloom for two months.
Students from the Netherlands will also be able to enjoy the beauty of the Jacarandra tree, because the University of Utrecht signed a 'super exchange agreement' with the University of Sydney in April this year. Up to a hundred Dutch exchange students will go down under every year while Aussie students visit the Netherlands. Besides this, the universities also agreed on allocating 70,000 euros each to joint research programme every year.
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Read more about the planting ceremony here.
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