Путь однополых браков

There is no separate same-sex naturalisation pathway in Dutch nationality law, and that is the point worth stating plainly rather than burying.

The two Rijkswet provisions that make the spouse route attractive are written in sex-neutral terms. The provision that disapplies the five-year residence requirement speaks of a person who has for at least three years been the spouse of, and cohabits with, a Dutch national (article 8(2)). The provision that exempts an applicant from the duty to give up another nationality speaks of an applicant married to a Dutch national (article 9(3)(c)). Neither draws any distinction by the sex of the spouses, and no separate condition, fee, decision period or remedy attaches to a same-sex marriage.

A same-sex spouse of a Dutch national therefore uses the three-year spouse naturalisation pathway, on the same conditions, with the same documents, the same fees, the same statutory decision period and the same appeal chain. This page deliberately does not duplicate that content — duplicating it would create two texts that can drift apart, which is worse than one.

What this page does carry is the small number of points where a same-sex case can generate friction that the general pathway does not describe: chiefly recognition of a marriage concluded abroad, and a piece of legacy drafting in the character-declaration form.

All statements as of 2026-07-25, on the Rijkswet text in force unamended since 2023-10-01.

Однополый супруг гражданина Нидерландов имеет доступ к идентичному пути NL-MAR-01: (i) 3-летний брак NL + сожительство ИЛИ (ii) брак + сожительство с голландским супругом в Нидерландах в течение 3 лет + проживание в 2021 году A2 + KNM/KNS + хороший характер + освобождение от отказа по статье 9 (3) (a) (отказ от права супруга-гражданина Нидерландов). Легализация 2001 года включала в себя полностью соответствующие поправки к взаимодействию семейного права и гражданства.

Ключевые утверждения с тегами маршрутов:

• Однополые браки легализованы 1 апреля 2001 г. (впервые в мире); супруг RWN Статья 8(1)(b) одинаково доступный путь… (контакты=2, конф.=0,97)

Закон Нидерландов о браке 2001 г. + Статья 8 RWN

Идентификатор источника	Цитирование
НЛ-SRC-038	—
НЛ-SRC-035	—

Количество контактов: 2.

Recognition of a foreign marriage is the real question, and it is not settled here. Everything in the spouse pathway depends on there being a marriage the Dutch authorities will act on. Where the marriage was concluded abroad, whether Dutch private international law recognises it is a separate question, governed by instruments the research underlying this documentation does not decode. This page therefore does not state what those instruments provide. Establish the recognition position first — for example by having the marriage entered in the Dutch civil-status records — before building a naturalisation timeline on it. The point is practical: if the marriage is not recognised, neither the residence waiver nor the renunciation exemption attaches, and the applicant falls back to the ordinary five-year route.

A legacy wording in the character declaration. Every adult applicant, and every child aged 16 or over, signs a declaration of residence and conduct (model 2.3). Its content, as described in the binding policy manual in force since 2026-07-01, includes a declaration that the signatory is not married to more than one woman. The substantive rule it implements is the bigamy screen: a subsisting second marriage must be ended before Dutch nationality is granted. Read the item as the bigamy question it is; if the wording does not fit your situation, raise it with the receiving authority at intake rather than leaving it unaddressed.

Joint filing is available and cheaper. Where two people file at the same time as spouses, registered partners, or two people in a durable unmarried relationship, the joint tariff applies — EUR 1,454 for a standard naturalisation in the European Netherlands in 2026, against EUR 1,139 each for two single applicants (2026 schedule, WBN 2025/3, Stcrt. 2025, 31825, in force 2026-01-01).

The renunciation exemption is Dutch-side only. Being married to a Dutch national exempts you from the Rijkswet duty to give up your other nationality. It has no effect on what your other country of nationality does when you acquire another — and where that country does not recognise the marriage at all, it may treat the acquisition quite differently. Check that separately, before the ceremony.