Passport

What is it?

You apply for a passport at the municipality. After 6 working days, you can collect your passport. When applying digitally, you can choose to have your passport delivered. For example, to your home or your work. This costs€6.95!

Passport price:€90.00

Urgent request

If you need your passport quickly, you can submit an urgent application. If you apply for the passport before 2 p.m., you can pick it up the next working day. You will have to pay extra for an urgent application.

Traveling with children

• Children must have their own travel document and may no longer be included in their parents' passport.
• If you are traveling abroad with your child and you have a different surname than your child, you will need proof that you are the father or mother or that you have parental authority.

Read more about traveling with children on the US government website . 

How does it work?

How long is my passport valid? 

• Passport 18 years or older: 10 years
• Passport up to age 17: 5 years
• Business passport: 10 years
• Second passport: 2 years

Business passport

If you travel frequently (for example, for work), you can apply for a business passport. This is a normal passport, but has twice as many pages for stamps.

Second passport

You can apply for a second passport if you:

• travel to different countries for which you need to apply for a visa
• visits countries that are in conflict with each other .

If you wish to apply for a second passport, the following conditions apply:

• Your current passport is valid for at least another 6 months.
• You can prove that you need the second passport.

What should I do?

• You apply for a passport in person at the municipality.
• If you are applying for a passport for your child, please bring your child with you.
• Your fingerprints will be recorded in your passport. Make sure your fingers are clean.
• Children under the age of 12 do not need to have their fingerprints taken.
• You must collect your passport in person.
• If you are picking up a passport for your child, please bring your child with you.
• If you wish to keep your old passport, you must specifically request this. Otherwise, your old passport will be destroyed.

Physical or mental disability

If you are unable to apply for a passport in person due to a physical or mental disability, a municipal employee can visit you. If there is any doubt, the municipality will ask you for a medical certificate.

If you are unable to provide fingerprints due to a temporary physical disability, you will receive a passport that is valid for one year. If your disability is permanent, you will receive a passport that is valid for ten years.

Lost or stolen passport

• If your passport is lost or stolen in the Netherlands, you can immediately apply for a new passport. When applying, you will need to sign a declaration of loss. You do not need to report the loss to the police.
• If you are insured against theft, it is advisable to report the theft to the police.
• If you need to travel immediately, you can apply for an emergency passport from the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee.
• If you find your old passport, you are required to return it to the municipality. This passport is no longer valid.
• If you lose your passport abroad, report this to the local police. Ask for written proof of this. You will need this for your insurance. In the Netherlands, you do not need to report this to the Dutch police.
• Report the loss or theft of your passport to the Dutch embassy or consulate and apply for an emergency passport.
• You can use the foreign police report to apply for a new passport at the municipality.

What do I need?

• A good-looking passport photo that
  • is no older than 6 months at the time of application and
  • meets the passport photo requirements.
• All passports and identity cards that you still have, even if they have expired.
• If you are applying for a second passport, please bring proof that you need the second passport.
• If your passport has been lost or stolen abroad, bring the foreign police report with you.
• Debit card or cash. You pay immediately upon application.

Children up to 18 years of age

• Written consent from both parents or from the person who has custody of the child. Use the form provided by the municipality for this purpose. You can also both sign the form on the spot, in which case you do not need to bring a completed form with you.
• (Copy of) the identity document of both parents or of the person who has custody of the child.
• Children must be present when applying for and collecting their passport.
• At least one parent or guardian must be present when submitting the application.
• A good-quality passport photo that is no older than 6 months at the time of application. This passport photo meets the passport photo requirements.
• All passports and identity cards that you still have for your child, even if they have expired.
• Debit card or cash. You pay immediately upon application.

How long will it take?

You can collect your passport after 6 working days. If you have submitted an urgent application in the morning, you can collect your passport the next working day.

If you no longer have your old passport and you do not have any other form of identification, the municipality will conduct an investigation to establish your identity. This may result in a longer wait for your passport.

Passport required for travel to the United Kingdom (UK)

The Dutch ID card does not count as a travel document for the UK. This applies to:

• England
• Scotland
• Wales
• Northern Ireland

More information: Traveling to the UK? Bring a valid passport!

Additional information

• If you do not have Dutch nationality, you may be eligible for a Refugee Passport or an Alien Passport.
• If you are under guardianship, you need permission from the guardian to apply for a passport.
• If you change your name, you must apply for a new passport.
• If you change your gender, you must apply for a new passport.

Applying from abroad

Dutch citizens living abroad can apply for a passport at a large number of Dutch representations, such as consulates and embassies. Or at one of the border municipalities in the Netherlands. Such an application involves many different documents.

Thetool provided by nederlandwereldwijd.nlmakes it easier to apply for a passport abroad or at a border municipality. Thanks to this tool, you can see exactly which documents you need and create a personal checklist online. This saves you a lot of time.