I don't know why, but going to the belastingdienst today felt more stressful than going to the Immigration & Naturalization Office (IND). Part of it is because my passport got really wet in the downpour in Amsterdam a few weeks ago and I'm afraid the warping near my photo looks a little sketchy.
Part of it is because I'm still not entirely certain of my legal work status. (I think I'm allowed to work because Charles is allowed to work and I'm his wife. I don't think it's because I'm deemed worthy of the knowledge worker status.) So when I found out that we actually had separate appointments and that we weren't going together, I got a little worried.
And part of it is because we were required to take specific documents from the gementehuis and IND with us, and because those are all in Dutch, I didn't know if we had the right ones.
But it all worked out fine in the end. We both got our Sofinummers and a trip to Ikea thrown in, too!
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