Uwv benefits while on holidays
Hello Reddit family,
I’ve been working in the Netherlands for the last 4 years and recently I became unemployed for the first time as my contract was not extended in my last job. In 2 months I’m starting school for a masters degree and until then I really wanted to enjoy unemployment and even go for long vacation.
Yesterday I found out this is not allowed, while on benefit you always need to be available for work and cannot leave the country. As I was about to cancel my benefit application (I still didn’t receive any benefit yet) my friend told me not to be stupid and just apply to jobs I know will reject me, report them and enjoy those 2 months guiltless.
The thing is I’m a pretty anxious character and I’m really afraid to get caught, the past week I got quite a few calls about job offers that I asked them to email me so I can evaluate them. Is possible for uwv to contact with them and know that I’m getting offers that I’m not accepting? In reality most of those don’t actually interest me because they don’t offer part time options and in two months i absolutely won’t be available for full time (also I don’t want to find a job and drop it in 1.5 months to find a part time).
Has anyone been to similar situation? What’s the best way to hack the system for 2 months without getting caught while also being abroad.
Any tips, tricks and pre-made excuses for the uwv calls will be really appreciated.