Applying for a new passport or renewing your old one in the Netherlands

You can apply for a passport at the municipality where you live.

Validity

• An adult passport is valid for 10 years;
• A passport for children and young people under the age of 18 is valid for 5 years.

Fingerprints

When applying for a passport, 2 fingerprints are required. This does not apply to children up to 12 years old. 

Urgent request

Need a passport quickly? Make an urgent request before 2 p.m. The passport is usually ready for you the next working day.

Have you lost your old passport? Then the urgent request will take longer. You pay a surcharge for an urgent request.

Passport lost or stolen?

Report this online as soon as possible. Log in with DigiD. We will process your report quickly. The document is then invalid and no one can use it: 

Don't have a DigiD? Then make an appointment at the municipality to apply for a new passport. You fill in a statement of missing person at the counter. You then immediately apply for a new passport. It is not necessary to report to the police.

Passport recovered

The passport is invalid from the moment you report the missing person. If you find it later, it is no longer usable. Hand it in to the municipality for destruction.

Physical or mental disability

Are you physically or mentally disabled and therefore unable to apply for your passport in person? An employee of the municipality can come to you and process your application. The municipality will assess whether or not you should come by in person. More information from the employees of the counter of the municipality of Moerdijk.

Traveling with children

Children must always have their own passport or identity card with them when traveling abroad. Are you traveling abroad with your children? Do you have different surnames? Then this will cause problems at passport control at the airport. You need proof that you are the father or mother, or have parental authority. You can read more information on the website of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee .

2nd passport

Some conditions apply to applying for a 2nd passport:

• You regularly visit different countries and the stamps in your passport may cause problems when entering another country.
• You regularly travel to countries with a visa requirement and you do not have your passport in time. For example, if your passport is at the embassy of that country.
• Your 1st passport is still valid for at least 6 months.
• You demonstrate with documentary evidence that you are eligible for a second passport. This can be done by analyzing the travel behavior (stamps, visas) of the current (2nd) passport. Or by requesting other supporting documents. For example: a booking for a trip to a country that conflicts with a country whose 1st passport contains a visa (list of Foreign Affairs). Or a booking of a trip and proof of a foreign representation, showing that a passport is at the embassy.

Business Passport

If you travel a lot and get a lot of stamps in your passport, your passport will become 'full'. Then request a new one in time. To prevent your passport from expiring, there is a 'business passport'. A regular passport with more pages for stamps

Emergency procedure

Have you lost your passport and are you going on a trip? Apply for an emergency passport at or near an airport or other border post. Information on the website of the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee.

To bring with the application:

• All original travel documents (identity card and passport) in your possession. Even if they have expired;
• If you do not have a travel document, then a valid other proof of identity;
• A passport photo (not older than 6 months). Read the requirements on the RvIG website .

You pay per pin.

When collecting your passport

• Pick up in person. This also applies to young people under the age of 18;
• Bring your old ID with you
• The pick-up receipt.

When applying for a passport for a child, please bring:

• The child itself, when requesting and collecting.
• All passports and/or identity cards of the child, even if they are no longer valid.
• A passport photo (not older than 6 months). Read the requirements on the RvIG website .
• Written permission from both parents or the person who has custody. Fill in the consent form (this is valid for 4 weeks). This can be done online or via a PDF form .
• Original proof of identity from both parents or the person who has custody. If permission is arranged online, this is not necessary.

The payment in the town hall is by pin.

You apply for a passport in person at the municipality in which you live. Make an appointment to apply for a passport. You can collect your passport from the municipality in which you live. Make an appointment to collect your passport.

National Passport, Business Passport or Facility Passport:

• For a person who is 18 years or older (validity 10 years) € 77.85
• For a person under the age of 18 (valid for 5 years) € 58.85
• Surcharge for emergency € 53.00
• (Home) delivery: € 16.70

You pay per pin