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Na het rijbewijs te hebben aangevraagd, had ik geen geld meer.

Na het rijbewijs te hebben aangevraagd, had ik geen geld meer.
After having applied for the driver's license, I had no money left.
From Lesson 248:Perfect infinitives (na te hebben/zijn)·Dutch

Questions & Answers about Na het rijbewijs te hebben aangevraagd, had ik geen geld meer.

Why does te hebben come before the past participle aangevraagd here?
In clauses starting with na (after), the standard word order places te hebben (or te zijn) directly before the past participle. This creates the perfect infinitive structure to show that the action was fully completed before the main part of the sentence.
Why does the main clause start with had ik instead of ik had?
This is an example of inversion. Because the sentence begins with a long introductory phrase (Na het rijbewijs te hebben aangevraagd), that entire phrase takes up the first position. To keep the finite verb in the second position, the verb (had) and subject (ik) must swap places.
How does geen geld meer translate to "no money left"?
The Dutch structure geen + [noun] + meer is the standard way to express "no more [noun]" or "no [noun] left". Literally, it translates to "no money anymore".
Why does the past participle aangevraagd have ge in the middle?
The infinitive aanvragen (to apply for) is a separable verb. When forming the past participle of any separable verb, the ge prefix is sandwiched right between the separable part (aan) and the core verb (vraag), resulting in aangevraagd.

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