“The portal opens an hour later, so at eleven,” said a spokesperson for the UWV at ten o’clock. “Those who are already in the digital queue can just stay there, it just takes an hour longer.”
At eleven o’clock, however, the benefits agency must announce that it will be even later. Applicants are now being told that it will no longer be him on Tuesday. Please note: Due to a technical malfunction, it is not possible to request a STAP budget today. Leave the queue, the queue will not be restarted. The option to request STAP budget will be moved to another date. More information about this will follow later. Sorry for the inconvenience.”
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The subsidies – a maximum of €1000 per person per calendar year – are usually granted within a few hours. Initially, the portal was supposed to open on January 2, 2023, but this was postponed at the last minute by the Ministry of Social Affairs to tighten the rules. Applying for the subsidy online was also regularly accompanied by malfunctions last year.