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

• Do you hold Dutch citizenship? Then you can apply or renew at your municipality. 
• Do you hold Dutch citizenship, but have no fixed place of residence? Then you can contact a Dutch border municipality to apply for a new passport or to renew your old one.
• Do you not hold Dutch citizenship? Visit your own embassy or consulate for a passport. 
• Do you live in the Netherlands on a valid residence permit? Are you unable to get a passport from your country of origin? You may be eligible for a vreemdelingenpaspoort (alien passport). Ask at your municipality. 
• Do you live in the Netherlands as an erkend vluchteling (recognised refugee)? Then you are eligible for a vluchtelingenpaspoort (refugee passport). Contact your municipality for this.

• A colour passport photo that complies with the Dutch passport photo requirements;
• All travel and identification documents in your possession.

Passport for children up to the age of 18

• Your child must be present when you apply.
• All parents / legal guardians must give permission for the passport application. You must fill in a form for this. You can get the form from the municipality. Bring the completed consent form with you to the application appointment.  In a number of municipalities you fill in the form and give permission using your DigiD.
• A colour passport photo of your child that meets the passport photo requirements;
• All of your child's passports and identity papers. Even if they have expired.
• A valid proof of identity of all the parents/guardians.

Do you live outside the Netherlands? See how to apply for your Dutch passport from outside the Netherlands.