Dutch embassy or consulate-general
If you live abroad, you can apply for a Dutch passport or ID card at a Dutch embassy or consulate-general.
Cost when applying at a Dutch embassy or consulate-general
| Document | Cost |
| Passport 18 years and over | € 165,70 |
| Passport 17 years and under | € 144,40 |
| ID card 18 years and over | € 164,35 |
| ID card 17 years and under | € 126,15 |
Sometimes, embassies or consulates-general set up a service desk at a temporary location where you can apply for a Dutch passport or ID card. These pop-up embassies or consulates will charge a supplementary fee on top of the amount you would pay at the embassy or consulate-general. The supplementary fee is currently €26.30.
See if a pop-up embassy or consulate will be coming close to where you live
Dutch nationals living in the Netherlands apply for a passport or ID card at their municipality. This process is more straightforward and involves fewer costs. This is primarily because the municipality can immediately see in its systems whether someone is a Dutch national. The new document also doesn’t need to be sent abroad.
If you live abroad, the process is more complicated. For a start, you are not registered with a Dutch municipality, so the Ministry of Foreign Affairs must check whether you still hold Dutch nationality. After your new document has been issued, it will need to be sent via secure means to your country of residence. All this costs more time and money. However, you will never be charged more than the actual costs.
If you live abroad, you are not registered with a Dutch municipality. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs cannot automatically assume you are still a Dutch national, so it must check this every time you apply for a Dutch passport or ID card.
VFS Global
If you live abroad, there are 9 countries where you can apply for a Dutch passport or ID card via VFS Global. This is a company that has a contract with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If you apply via VFS Global, you will be charged a supplementary fee on top of the amount you would pay at a Dutch embassy or consulate-general.
VFS Global supplementary fees per country
| VFS Global application location | Supplementary fee |
Australia (Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth) | AU$43.50 |
Canada (Edmonton, Toronto, Vancouver) | CA$46.00 |
Iraq (Erbil) | US$23.10 |
New Zealand (Auckland) | NZ$38.00 |
Spain (Barcelona, Madrid) | €18.00 |
Türkiye (Izmir) | €26.00 |
United Kingdom (Birmingham, Edinburgh, London) | £15.14 |
United States (Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles) | US$33.00 |
South Africa (Durban, Cape Town) | R528.00 |
If you’d like to find out more, read the frequently asked questions about VFS Global.
Dutch border municipality or Schiphol Airport
If you live abroad you can apply for a Dutch passport or ID card at a Dutch border municipality or at Schiphol Airport. Costs can vary between border municipalities.
Maximum cost at Dutch border municipality or Schiphol Airport
Document type | Cost (maximum) |
Passport (aged 18 and over) | €130.95 |
Passport (aged 17 and under) | €109.80 |
ID card (aged 18 and over) | €126.30 |
ID card (aged 17 and under) | €90.15 |
You’ll pay less for your passport or ID card if you apply at a Dutch border municipality than if you apply abroad. This is because your application will be processed within the Netherlands. This is more straightforward and so costs less. However, you’ll still pay more than a Dutch national who lives in the Netherlands. This is because you are not registered with a Dutch municipality, so the border municipality will have to carry out a Dutch nationality check . All this costs more time and money. However, you will never be charged more than the actual costs.