Applying for study benefit for students with a disability

Do you receive government financial support for your tertiary or secondary education? Are you unable to earn extra income due to a chronic illness or disability? Then you may be eligible for study benefit (studietoeslag) from your municipality.

All municipalities must pay an agreed minimum amount of study benefit to students with a medical disability. The amount of study benefit may differ from one municipality to another (in Dutch).

In all cases, the following conditions must be met to be eligible to receive study benefit:

you receive student finance (studiefinanciering) as a tertiary student or a basic allowance (basistoelage) for secondary students;
you cannot earn extra income alongside your studies because of your disability.
you are not entitled to the Wajong benefit

All the conditions can be found on the website of the municipality where you are registered. If you have any questions about your situation, please contact the municipality.

You can apply for study benefit at the municipality where you live, regardless of where you are studying.

This is how it works for you

Your (future) place of residence falls under:

Municipality of Maastricht

Here is some information from your municipality.

Study allowance

Please note: you can apply for a studietoeslag (study benefit) only if you live in the Netherlands and are registered with a municipality.

The conditions are:

You are 15 years or older.
You must be registered in one of the following municipalities Gulpen-Wittem, Vaals, Valkenburg, Meerssen or Maastricht.
You do not receive Wajong.
You receive study financing or a contribution under the Wet tegemoetkoming onderwijsbijdrage en schoolkosten (WTOS).
You are unable to work alongside your studies due to a work restriction.
You have no income from work, with the exception of an internship allowance.

(If you receive an internship allowance, you may keep the first €180 per month. Anything more you earn will be deducted from the study allowance).

You submit your application via https://www.socialezaken-mh.nl/inkomen/studietoeslag. After receiving your application, Social Affairs Maastricht Heuvelland has 8 weeks to make a decision. You will receive a letter about this. It may happen that the time in which we take the decision is extended once.

The supplement starts on the first day of the month in which you applied for it. It continues at most until you are no longer entitled to a student grant.

Please enclose with your application:

Copy of your valid identity document.
Copy of your bank card (bank account number visible).
Copy of proof of study programme registration.
Proof of study financing (Wet studiefinanciering 2000) or proof of contribution to education and school costs from DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs).
If applicable, notice stating that you are work-limited or that you have a medical time limitation.
If applicable, copy of proof of internship allowance per month.

You will receive a letter informing you of the outcome within 8 weeks of your application. What happens if the application is incomplete or more time is needed for the investigation? Processing may take longer than 8 weeks in such cases.

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