You can claim your travel expenses if both the following situations apply:

• You have been invited to visit us for an appointment. For example with an UWV physician (‘verzekeringsarts’) or an UWV employment adviser (‘adviseur werk’).
• Your outward journey is 15 kilometres or more. We calculate the distance from the address we have on file for you. This is also the address to which we sent the invitation.

Ask about claiming your travel expenses during your appointment with us. You will be given a form to fill in. You can also download the Travel expenses claim form (‘Verzoek reiskostenvergoeding’) and bring it with you to the appointment. To fill in the form, you will need your bank account number and your citizen service number (‘BSN’).

Please note: In some cases, you need to submit your claim before your appointment. You can see which situations these are further down this page.

If you are entitled to have your travel expenses covered, you will be paid for the costs of the outward and return journey, regardless of the type of transport you use. We calculate the number of kilometres you have travelled via the quickest route by using the ANWB Routeplanner.

If you have difficulties travelling to an appointment due to a disability or for medical reasons, you might be eligible to claim disability-related travel expenses (‘aangepaste vergoeding’).

Please note: If you need to claim disability-related travel expenses, contact us before your appointment otherwise we might not be able to approve your application.

Claiming disability-related travel expenses for taxi journeys

If you are unable to travel by public transport but you can travel by taxi, you might be entitled to have the costs covered. Submit the receipt from your taxi journey to us during your appointment. We will also reimburse your trip home.

Claiming disability-related travel expenses for a private vehicle

If, for medical reasons, you are travelling with your own transport then no minimum travel distance applies and you will be able to claim € 0.23 per kilometre.

If you need to bring someone with you to an appointment

If you cannot travel alone due to a disability or for medical reasons, and you need to bring someone to your appointment, they might be entitled to claim travel expenses too. They will only be reimbursed for the costs that have not already been covered for you.

Please note: If you are both travelling by public transport then you can apply for an OV-Begeleiderskaart from the NS (‘Nederlandse Spoorwegen’) for your companion. This pass allows one person to travel with you free of charge. You can use the pass on almost all trains, metros, trams and buses.

It is important that you attend your appointment with us. If you cannot attend for financial or other reasons, please contact us in advance. We might be able to help by adjusting the amount that we cover for your travel costs (‘aangepaste reiskostenvergoeding’) so that you can still attend.

In some cases, we will cover other expenses. For example, if you have lost income due to travelling to an appointment with us, or have had overnight expenses. Please remember to submit all supporting documents with your application during the appointment with us.

You will not be able to claim travel expenses if any of the following applies to you:

• You visit an UWV location without an appointment.
• You are invited to an UWV location for an expert opinion ('deskundigenoordeel').
• You are invited to an UWV location to apply for an unemployment benefit because your employer is insolvent and cannot pay your wages (‘betalingsonmacht’).

If we approve your claim for travel expenses we will transfer the amount to your bank account within 4 weeks.