Netherlands KNM / Checked 21 October 2026
Inburgering deadline and fine calculator
Enter the start of your integration term. You get your end date, the dates by which to register for KNM and the A2 exams, the fine DUO’s published tables give for your hours and exams, the extra time after a fine, the extensions to ask about, and an order for your exams. Every rule links to wetten.overheid.nl or DUO, read on 21 October 2026.
A planning aid, not a decision. DUO decides.
01 / Free calculator
Your term
In the first DUO letter and in Mijn Inburgering.
The date in DUO’s letter after your PIP (the day after the PIP is dated).
Dutch as a second language and KNM lessons at a school listed on zoekinburgerschool.nl.
Your end date
Enter the start date of your term to see your dates.
Fine exposure
- DUO still fines family and other migrants who are to blame for finishing late, under the 2013 and the 2021 Act, and a DUO loan must still be repaid. (DUO news 27 Jan 2026)
- Learning route not finished (B1 route): EUR 1,000 by DUO's table for 0 course hours of Dutch as a second language and KNM and your exam attempts. The maximum is EUR 1,000. (Regeling inburgering 2021; DUO: fines)
- Participation statement process (PVT) not finished in time: EUR 340. (Besluit inburgering 2021; DUO: fines)
- Labour market and participation module (MAP) not finished in time: EUR 340. (Besluit inburgering 2021; DUO: fines)
- Separately, your municipality can fine you: EUR 250 for not turning up to the broad intake or not cooperating with it, and for not cooperating during the route a fine of EUR 50, set at 100%, 75%, 50% or 25% of that by how much you are to blame, and raised by 100% each time if an earlier such breach was found within the 12 months before and its fine has become final, up to EUR 800 a fine. Together these municipal fines come to at most EUR 2,400 during the term. (Besluit inburgering 2021; Wet inburgering 2021)
- This is the figure DUO’s published table gives for your answers, not your fine. After the term DUO first sends a "Vooraankondiging termijnoverschrijding" with the amount; it still decides whether to fine you, the amount can change, and it counts only hours at a school listed on zoekinburgerschool.nl. If DUO is missing hours or exams, send them straight away. (DUO: fines; DUO: boete)
After a fine
- A fine does not end the duty. For the learning route DUO sets a new term of 2 years (no exam parts passed). (Regeling inburgering 2021; DUO: fines)
- For a late PVT and MAP: 1 year. With several fines the longest period counts; they are not added together. (Regeling inburgering 2021; DUO: fines)
- Miss the new term too and DUO fines you again and sets a further new term (art 24(3), which art 25(2) applies to the learning route); once that has also passed unfinished, DUO fines you every two years while the route, the PVT or the MAP stays unfinished. (Wet inburgering 2021)
More time before the term ends (DUO decides)
- Not to blame: DUO extends the term if you show that something during the term stopped you from taking part and that it cannot reasonably be held against you, or that you followed a designated (non-exempting) education programme. Each case is assessed. (Wet inburgering 2021; Besluit inburgering 2021)
- Considerable effort, nearly done (B1 route only): six months, if you are examined in the four language skills at the level in your PIP (at least A2), you passed at least two of the four language parts and KNM, you finished the PVT and MAP, and you followed at least 450 hours of language or KNM lessons. (Besluit inburgering 2021; Wet inburgering 2021)
- Apply no earlier than six months before the term ends; DUO decides within eight weeks. DUO can also extend on its own initiative in special cases. (Besluit inburgering 2021)
- Waiting for Speaking A2 or Writing A2 near the end of the term: DUO gives 6 months automatically and writes to you; you need do nothing. (DUO news 31 Jul 2026)
Exam order
- 1. The participation statement process (PVT) and the MAP: your municipality sets them in your PIP, and each late one is a separate EUR 340 fine. (Wet inburgering 2021; Besluit inburgering 2021)
- 2. KNM early: DUO marks it within 8 weeks, and the six-month extension for considerable effort on the B1 route needs KNM passed. (DUO: results; Besluit inburgering 2021)
- 3. The B1 language exams, aiming for at least two of the four parts passed well before the last six months. (Besluit inburgering 2021; Wet inburgering 2021)
- This order is our planning suggestion built from DUO’s published lead times, not a DUO rule.
Your own end date, and any extension DUO has already given you, are in Mijn Inburgering. Go by that date; this count is a cross-check, not a decision. (DUO: integration)
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How it counts: the published rules and DUO’s fine tables, applied to your answers. It cannot see Mijn Inburgering or your DUO letters, and where DUO decides case by case (extensions, whether to fine, the final amount) it says so rather than guessing. ProSyllabus is independent and not affiliated with DUO, the IND or the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.
02 / The tables
DUO’s fine table, 2021 Act (family and other migrants, B1 route)
| Exam attempts | 0 to 249 hours | 250 to 399 hours | 400 hours or more |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not every part taken at least once | EUR 1,000 | EUR 800 | EUR 400 |
| Every part taken at least once | EUR 800 | EUR 640 | EUR 320 |
| Every part not yet passed taken at least twice | EUR 600 | EUR 450 | EUR 225 |
Then reduced by 20% for each part passed (one part 20%, four parts 80%). The education route uses the same amounts by attendance (0 to 59%, 60 to 89%, 90% or more); the Z route uses hours alone (0 to 299: EUR 1,000; 300 to 599: EUR 800; 600 or more: EUR 400). Source: Regeling inburgering 2021, Bijlagen 6a to 6c.
New term after a fine, 2021 Act
| B1 or education route: parts passed | New term | Z route: course hours | New term |
|---|---|---|---|
| None | 2 years | 200 or fewer | 2 years |
| One | 1.5 years | 201 to 400 | 1.5 years |
| Two | 1 year | 401 to 600 | 1 year |
| Three or four | 6 months | 601 to 799 | 6 months |
Late PVT or MAP: 6 months; both: 1 year. With several fines the longest period counts. Source: Regeling inburgering 2021, art 7.4; DUO. DUO’s own page prints the Z-route bands as “between 200 and 400” and so on; the table follows the Regeling.
2013 Act (family and other migrants)
| Exam attempts | 0 to 149 hours | 150 to 299 hours | 300 hours or more |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not every part taken at least once | EUR 1,250 | EUR 875 | EUR 500 |
| Every part taken at least once | EUR 1,000 | EUR 625 | EUR 250 |
| Every part not yet passed taken at least twice | EUR 750 | EUR 375 | No fine: an extension instead |
Then reduced by 20% per part passed, up to 80% for four or more. Source: Beleidsregel boetevaststelling inburgering, the table DUO’s fines page links to; the wettenbank lists that rule as withdrawn from 1 January 2022, so treat it as DUO’s published method, not a promise of your amount.
Inburgering deadline and fine FAQs
When does my inburgering deadline start?
Under the Wet inburgering 2021 you have three years, counted from the day after your personal plan (PIP) is dated; DUO sends a letter after the PIP with the date. Under the 2013 Act the three years run from the date you became obliged, and from 1 October 2017 the participation statement process has its own one-year term. Mijn Inburgering shows your own end date.
How much is the inburgering fine?
Under the 2021 Act DUO’s fine for not finishing the learning route is never more than EUR 1,000; it is set from a table using your course hours (or attendance on the education route), your exam attempts and the parts you passed. A late participation statement process or MAP is EUR 340 each. Under the 2013 Act the maximum is EUR 1,250, and a late PVT EUR 340. DUO decides whether to fine you and the final amount.
Does DUO still fine family migrants?
Yes. DUO wrote on 27 January 2026 that for family and other migrants nothing changes: it still fines anyone who is to blame for finishing late, under both Acts, and loans must be repaid. The court rulings concern asylum status holders.
Can I get more time?
DUO extends the term if you show you are not to blame. Under the 2021 Act there is also six months for considerable effort when you are nearly done (B1 route), and you can apply no earlier than six months before the end; DUO decides within eight weeks. Under the 2013 Act a literacy course can give up to two years, once. If you are waiting for a Speaking or Writing A2 result near the end, DUO gives six months automatically.
What happens after a fine?
The duty continues and DUO sets a new term: under the 2021 Act six months to two years, depending on the exams you passed (B1 and education route) or your course hours (Z route); under the 2013 Act two years. Miss the new term and DUO fines you again with a further new term, and after that every two years while you are still not done.
When should I take KNM?
Early. DUO marks KNM within 8 weeks, a seat can take more than 6 weeks to get, and under the 2021 Act the six-month extension for considerable effort on the B1 route requires KNM passed. On the Z route KNM is optional, not compulsory.
Can this calculator decide my case?
No. It applies DUO’s published rules and tables to your answers. DUO decides your end date, any extension, whether you are fined and how much.
Sources
All official, all read on 21 October 2026.
- Wet inburgering 2021 (BWBR0044770), version in force from 21 October 2025: art 7 to 9 (the three routes), 11 (three-year term, starting the day after the PIP is dated), 12 (extension), 22 to 26 (fines and their maximums), 54 (the 2013 Act continues for people it already applied to)
- Besluit inburgering 2021 (BWBR0045555), version in force from 2 April 2026: art 3.14 (what the Z route consists of), 4.3 (no blame), 4.4 (six months after considerable effort), 4.5 (apply at most six months before the end; decision within eight weeks), 7.1 and 7.2 (fine amounts)
- Regeling inburgering 2021 (BWBR0045574), version in force from 7 October 2026: art 7.1 to 7.3 with Bijlagen 6a, 6b and 6c (fine tables), art 7.4 (new term after a fine), art 12.2a(6) (2013-Act extension with one ONA attempt)
- Wet inburgering (the 2013 text), last version, valid to 31 December 2021: art 7a (one year for the participation statement process), 7b (three years for the exams, and extensions), 28 to 34 (fines, new terms, maximums)
- Beleidsregel boetevaststelling inburgering (BWBR0040729): the 2013-Act fine table DUO links to from its fines page. The wettenbank marks this rule as withdrawn from 1 January 2022
- DUO (inburgeren.nl) — Fines: the letters before a fine, the fine types and amounts, extra time after a fine, under the 2021 and 2013 Acts
- DUO — Boete (the same rules, Dutch page)
- DUO — Integration in the Netherlands: 3 years to integrate, the DUO letters, the PIP
- DUO — Taking the integration exam: which exams, by Act and by the date your duty started
- DUO — Registering for the exam ("It may take more than 6 weeks before you can take the exam"; change or cancel up to 1 week before)
- DUO — Exam results (knowledge exams and A2 language exams: result by letter within 8 weeks)
- DUO news, 31 July 2026 — Uitslag Spreken A2 en Schrijven A2 duurt langer (marking up to 16 weeks; 6 months extension, automatically, near the end of the term)
- DUO news, 6 July 2026 — Herstelactie: asylum status holders under the 2013 Act get paid fines and loan repayments back, and open amounts lapse; letters in autumn 2026
- DUO news, 27 January 2026 — Geen boete en terugbetaling lening asielstatushouders Wi2013 (and: for family and other migrants nothing changes)
What we could not find
- How long DUO takes to decide whether to fine after the advance notice, and how often it reduces the table amount.
- Marking times for the Staatsexamen NT2 B1 exams on the 2021 B1 route; check them with the exam body before you plan.
A planning aid by ProSyllabus, not a DUO page and not legal advice.