I am Russian and live outside the Russian Federation. Can I apply for a Schengen visa for the Netherlands there?

You cannot apply for a Schengen visa for the Netherlands for a tourist visit.

You can apply for a Schengen visa for the Netherlands if you want to visit first or second degree relatives in the Netherlands. You cannot apply for a Schengen visa to visit other relatives or friends. The following persons are first or second degree relatives:

• first degree: partner (marriage partner or registered partner), parent (also adoptive and stepparent), parent-in-law, child (also adopted and stepchild), daughter-in-law, son-in-law
• second degree: brother, sister, grandchild, grandfather, grandmother, sister-in-law, brother-in-law, stepsister and stepbrother

Would you like to visit family with your partner and children under the age of 18 (nuclear family)? Then you can also apply for a Schengen visa for your nuclear family.

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You can apply for a Schengen visa for the Netherlands for all other purposes of travel.

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