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Travel
- Airline black list
- Caribbean visas
- Q&A's Caribbean visa
- Do I need a visa for the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom?
- Short-stay Caribbean visa (90 days or less)
- Applying for a short-stay Caribbean visa
- Long-stay Caribbean visa and residence permit
- Applying for a long-stay Caribbean visa
- Caribbean Carpet Programme
- Requirements for travelling to the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom without a visa
- Caribbean parts of the Kingdom
- Checklist for travellers to the Netherlands
- What countries do I need a visa for?
- Drug smuggling
- How the embassy or consulate can help travellers
- Is my driving licence valid abroad?
- Laws, rules and customs abroad
- Travelling with luggage and souvenirs
- Medical care abroad
- Taking medicines with you when travelling
- Travelling with children
- Travelling with a passport or identity document
- Vaccinations
- Visas for the Netherlands
- Frequently asked questions about entering the Netherlands (EU entry ban)
- Q&A 's Temporary arrangement for partners in long distance relationships
- Q&A's Short-stay Schengen visa
- Q&A's Long-stay visa (mvv)
- Q&A's Effects of Brexit on airport transit visa
- Q&A's Civic integration exam
- DNA testing abroad
- Short-stay Schengen visa (90 days or less)
- Applying for a short-stay Schengen visa
- Airport transit visa
- Applying for an airport transit visa
- Staying in the Netherlands for longer than 90 days (long-stay visa)
- Long-stay visa (MVV)
- Orange Carpet Visa Facility
- Travelling on a visa
- Entering the Netherlands without a visa
- Can I extend a Schengen visa in the Netherlands?
- Objecting to the decision to refuse your visa application
- Residence permit lost, stolen or expired abroad
- Visa facilitation
- Visiting the Netherlands
- Sponsoring a visitor from abroad
- How can my sponsor invite me to the Netherlands for a short stay?
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Living & working
- Receiving an AOW pension outside the Netherlands
- Applying for consular declarations
- Certificate of residence
- Certificate of life
- Certificate of conduct (VOG)
- Certificate of legal capacity to marry
- Declaration of marital status
- Applying for a Dutch nationality certificate if you live abroad
- When do I need a Dutch nationality certificate?
- Applying for Dutch civil status records from outside the Netherlands
- Applying for a passport or identity card
- Q&A Effects coronavirus on passport or ID card applications
- Applying for a passport or identity card if you live abroad
- Applying for a passport or ID card at a border municipality in the Netherlands
- Applying for a passport or ID card at Schiphol
- Applying for a business passport
- Applying for a second passport
- Photo for a passport, identity card or visa
- Applying for emergency documents
- Applying for a Dutch nationality certificate
- Dual nationality
- Becoming a Dutch citizen
- Applying to become a Dutch citizen via the option procedure
- Civic integration examination for naturalisation
- Benefits from The Netherlands
- Child benefit outside the Netherlands
- Child budget outside the Netherlands
- Childcare benefit outside the Netherlands
- Citizen service number
- Consular fees
- DigiD abroad
- Divorcing, separating or terminating a registered partnership while abroad
- Dutch nationals imprisoned in a foreign country
- EU-approved login keys
- Filing a tax return from outside the Netherlands
- Getting a photocopy of your identity document legalised
- Having your signature legalised
- Healthcare benefit outside the Netherlands
- Health insurance abroad
- Legalisation of Dutch documents for use abroad
- Using Dutch business and trade documents abroad
- Using Dutch diplomas and certificates abroad
- Using documents issued by the Dutch government abroad
- Legalisation of Dutch legal documents for use abroad
- Using translated documents abroad
- Using Dutch medical documents abroad
- Legalisation of Dutch documents by apostille
- Legalisation by the Consular Service Centre (CDC)
- Direct legalisation of documents from certain Dutch organisations
- Countries that are party to the Apostille Convention
- Legalisation of foreign documents for use in the Netherlands
- Mediation for legalisation of foreign documents issued abroad
- What is document legalisation?
- Legalisation of documents issued by embassies and consulates in the Netherlands
- Registering a foreign document in the Netherlands
- Living in the Netherlands
- Logging in to Dutch government websites from abroad
- Long-term care outside the Netherlands (WLZ)
- Loss of Dutch nationality
- Marrying abroad
- Moving abroad
- Non-residents Records Database
- Paying taxes
- Pensions from The Netherlands
- Personal Records Database
- Receiving Dutch incapacity benefit outside the Netherlands
- Regaining your Dutch nationality
- Registering a birth and acknowledging parentage of a child abroad
- Relocating within the Kingdom
- Remigration benefit
- Renewing your driving licence abroad
- Sickness benefit outside the Netherlands
- Studying and internships abroad
- Studying and internships in the Netherlands
- Surviving dependants' benefit outside the Netherlands
- Unemployment benefit (WW) outside the Netherlands
- Using Dutch qualifications outside the Netherlands
- Using foreign qualifications in the Netherlands
- Using MijnOverheid outside the Netherlands
- Vehicle registration certificate outside the Netherlands
- Voting from abroad
- What do embassies and consulates do for Dutch nationals abroad?
- Working holiday exchange programs for the Netherlands
- Working Holiday Program when you are from Argentina
- Working Holiday Scheme when you are from Australia
- Working Holiday Scheme when you are from Canada
- Working Holiday Program when you are from Hong Kong
- Working Holiday Program when you are from Japan
- Working Holiday Scheme when you are form New Zealand
- Working Holiday Program when you are from South Korea
- Working Holiday Program when you are from Taiwan
- Working Holiday Program when you are from Uruguay
- Working abroad
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Doing business
- Business partner scan
- Applying for a business passport or a second passport
- Cultural differences in international business
- Doing business around the world with the international network
- Export controls on strategic goods
- Exporting
- Financing international business
- Importing
- Orange Carpet Visa Facility for foreign contacts
- Regional Business Developers
- Sanctions
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Urgent assistance
- What to do if you are admitted to a hospital in a foreign country
- What to do if you are arrested in a foreign country
- International child abduction
- Passport or identity card lost or stolen abroad
- What to do if you are robbed while in a foreign country
- What to do if someone dies while visiting a foreign country
- What to do if someone goes missing in a foreign country
- Forced into marriage or forced to stay abroad
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Doing business in the Gulf region
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