Applying for a short-stay Caribbean visa in North Macedonia
If you live in North Macedonia and want to apply for a visa to visit Aruba, Curaçao or the other Caribbean parts of the Kingdom for up to 90 days, find out about the rules and how to apply.
Do I need a Caribbean visa?
Whether you need a short-stay Caribbean visa depends on a number of factors, including your nationality.
Which documents do I need?
Which documents you need for your application, depends on your purpose of travel. Select the checklist that fits your purpose of travel to see which documents you need. If you have more than one purpose of travel, select the checklist that corresponds to your primary purpose of travel.
- Checklist: Applying for a Caribbean visa for tourism
- Checklist: Applying for a Caribbean visa for a business trip or official visit
- Checklist: Applying for a Caribbean visa to study or to attend a cultural, sporting or religious event
- Checklist: Applying for a Caribbean visa to visit family or friends
- Checklist: Applying for a Caribbean visa through the Caribbean Carpet Programme
How much does a visa cost?
When you apply for a visa at a Dutch embassy or consulate-general, you must pay a fee. You can find the fee here.
If you are applying through an external service provider, you will also pay a service fee.
How long does it take?
The earliest you can apply is 3 months before you intend to travel. In most cases, you’ll be informed within 15 calendar days whether your application has been successful.
Do I need to submit my application in person?
You must always submit your application in person. Children under the age of 18 must also apply in person. If you are participating in the Caribbean Carpet Programme, you only have to appear in person for your first visa application.
Applying for a visa in this country or region
Applying via the embassy
You can apply for a visa at the Dutch embassy in Skopje.
Make an appointment online at the embassy
Visa applicants coming from Albania and Kosovo
Please enter North Macedonia with your ID card, because the Dutch embassy in Skopje needs to keep your passport in order to add the visa sticker. You can then return to Albania or Kosovo with your ID card.
It takes 2 weeks to process your application. Once the visa sticker is placed in your passport, it will be sent to either the Dutch embassy in Pristina or Tirana. You can collect your passport there and do not have to travel twice to Skopje.
However, if you enter North Macedonia with your passport you will have to travel back to Skopje in about 2 weeks time to have the visa sticker added to your passport.