The Dutch government introduced the Integration Act 2021 to ostensibly facilitate immigrant participation. This policy requires immigrants to pass language and civic integration exams in the initial years of settlement, yet how immigrants are navigating these requirements, and whether they are effective, remains unclear. This project addresses these issues, drawing on administrative data from Statistics Netherlands. It (i) creates a new longitudinal dataset linking socio-demographic characteristics of immigrants to indicators of progress in passing the required exams, (ii) articulates and tests theories explaining those patterns, and (iii) uses quasi-experimental methodologies to identify whether the policy facilitates labor market participation.