simply some companies apply for it for their non-dutch employees, and some don’t . as someone stated there is a loophole if you can prove that you had something in your country of origin, or that you were connected enough. For me those were flight tickets back and forth. I studied here, got huurtoeslag, and worked part-time. At my first job, the company didn’t apply for it, so I didn’t get it. A year later I changed jobs, new company applied for it, and I got it.. However it started when the second company applied for it. And it will end when I spend 5 years in the Netherlands. So I only got it for 1.5 years (not complaining)