This applies if you travel as a tourist, to visit family or friends, to attend business meetings, cultural or sports events. For nationals from countries not listed here, please contact the nearest embassy to check the visa requirements for the Netherlands.
For more information about Schengen visas, follow the link to the article A guide to Schengen visas. By the end of , all visitors who currently do not need a visa to visit the Schengen countries will need to apply for ETIAS travel authorisation.
Citizens of some countries need an airport transit visa when transiting through international parts of any airports within the Schengen countries, whereas citizens of certain countries are only required a transit visa for some of the Schengen countries.
If you are not from a Schengen visa exempt country, please check with a consulate of the Netherlands near you. Schengen visa applications usually take 15 calendar days, but sometimes up to 45 days.
Be mindful of the national holidays in the Netherlands as they may affect the processing time. It is recommended to submit applications at least four weeks prior to departure.
Schengen visa holders with a visa valid for less than 90 days can only extend their visas in exceptional circumstances, such as force majeure or for humanitarian reasons. You can find more information on the website of the European Commission. Please note: other rules apply for visa-free travel to the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom.
You may need a work permit if you want to work during your stay in the Netherlands. Even if your stay is less than 90 days. Ask your employer to check this for you. Examples of acceptable evidence include boarding passes and tickets. If you are resident in the Netherlands your passport should not be stamped. You should proactively show your proof of residence as well as your valid passport at Dutch border control. For further information, see our Living in the Netherlands guide.
Check your passport is valid for travel before you book your trip, and renew your passport if you do not have enough time left on it. If you renewed your current passport before the previous one expired, extra months may have been added to its expiry date. Any extra months on your passport over 10 years may not count towards the minimum 3 months needed. Before you travel, make sure your passport is in good condition. The Netherlands authorities often impound damaged passports and some travellers have had to get an emergency travel document to leave the country.
Dutch border authorities have strengthened their precautions against child abduction. Parents particularly fathers travelling in sole charge of their children are regularly stopped for further checks at Schiphol airport and occasionally prevented from boarding flights.
You should carry a signed authorisation form for travelling abroad with a minor and associated documents outlined in the above link. See also Get permission to take a child abroad. If you intend to live in the Netherlands, you should get important documents birth certificate and marriage certificates officially certified apostilled at the FCDO Legalisation Office.
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Foreign travel advice Netherlands. Fully vaccinated travellers arriving in the Netherlands from the UK via aeroplane, ferry, passenger car, train or bus must show one of the following: a negative PCR test result taken no more than 48 hours before departure ; a negative antigen test result taken no more than 24 hours before departure.
Fully vaccinated travellers are exempt from quarantine on arrival in the Netherlands. UK nationals who are legally resident in the Netherlands UK nationals who are legally resident in the Netherlands are allowed to re-enter the country regardless of their vaccination status, but will need to show one of the following: a residency permit a certificate of application They may be subject to questioning by Dutch border authorities when they arrive in the Netherlands.
Travellers must complete a form before travelling Grandparents visiting their new born grandchildren. Travellers must complete a form before travelling Divorced parents visiting any child ren who are minors. Travellers must complete a form before travelling Separate rules will be in place for travellers arriving into the Netherlands from EU countries.
Entry requirements for children during COVID Children aged 12 and over arriving in the Netherlands from the UK via aeroplane, ferry, passenger car, train or bus must demonstrate proof of one the following: a negative PCR test result taken no more than 48 hours before departure ; a negative antigen test result taken no more than 24 hours before departure These requirements also apply to travellers who are fully vaccinated.
Testing requirements Testing requirements depend on the category of the country that you are travelling from. Travellers aged 12 and over arriving in the Netherlands from the UK via aeroplane, ferry, passenger car, train or bus must demonstrate proof of one of the following: a negative PCR test result taken no more than 48 hours before departure ; a negative antigen test result taken no more than 24 hours before departure.
These requirements also apply to travellers who are fully vaccinated. You may be refused permission to travel based on your health screening form. Quarantine requirements if arriving from the UK Fully vaccinated travellers from the UK no longer have to quarantine on arrival in the Netherlands from the UK.
You may be fined for not following the mandatory self-quarantine requirements.
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