Online Appointment System - The Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands

To make your appointment for passport or legalisation online, please follow the following simple procedure:

From 08.30 until 12.30 AM only for passport or legalisation.

• Click the word Calendar on the bottom of this page.
• Click the month.
• Click the day and time.
• Fill out the registration form, make your choice for either an passport or legalisation and click submit.

Within minutes you will receive an e-mail with a link to confirm your appointment.

Click this link within 6 hours, otherwise the appointment will be cancelled automatically.

After confirmation you will receive a mail with important information. Be advised to read this information carefully before submit you application and bring a print-out at your appointment.

To change or cancel an appointment, please do the following:

• Send an e-mail to isl-ca@minbuza.nl in which you mention your name, surname and time of appointment.
• After receiving a reply that your appointment was cancelled, you can make a new one. For more information please visit our website http://www.netherlandsembassy.org.pk 

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Further information

Please be informed about the following when applying for a Dutch travel document:

Information for the application of a Dutch passport

If  you want to apply for a Dutch passport you should visit the Embassy in person and bring the following:

• An application form, fully filled out and signed;
• 2 passport photos meeting all photo requirements (separate brochure available);
• your present passport;
• if you obtained the Dutch nationality through naturalization, submit a copy of the notification (’Kennisgeving naturalisatie’ or ‘Bekendmaking van de verlening van het Nederlanderschap’)  by which you were given the Dutch nationality;
• In the case you do not have this document anymore, please ask the issuing authority (the ‘Immigratie en Naturalisatie Dienst’ in the Netherlands) to give you a copy and deliver your passport application only after you received it. The address is: IND, Unit Nationality and Naturalisation, P.O.Box 3023, 2280 GA Rijswijk, Netherlands;
• The right amount to pay the fees.

Please be informed that

• A registration card on which your photograph will be affixed has to be signed by the applicant personally at the counter;
• Fingerprints will be taken (two of each hand) except for children until 12 years;

• Each applicant regardless of his/her age, including babies and children, must present themselves at the consular section for a passport aplication;

• As for a minors (younger than 18 years) both parents and/or guardians must agree in writing that a passport is issued to the minor in question. Two possibilities
  • Also signing the passport application form in advance and joining the original passport of this parent, guardian or both to the application form (also in the case that one of the parents has another nationality)
  • A written authorisation of this parent, duly signed and legalised by a Dutch municipality or embassy
• In the case of a guardian official documentation that this person is a guardian should be shown;
• The signatures of applicants, parents and/or guardians on any form or declaration should be the same as in their passport or identity card.

Please be aware that

-          if any of the above mentioned documents is missing, your application is not complete and can therefore not be accepted

-          a Dutch passport is a traveldocument, not a proof of nationality

-          the handling time for a passport application takes about 2 weeks.

Application for those (children) who never had a Dutch travel document before.

In the case a minor (younger than 18 years) applies for a Dutch passport he or she must visit  the embassy personally and bring the following:

• an application form, fully filled out and also signed by both parents or guardians;
• 2 passport photos of the child, meeting all photo requirements (separate brochure available);
• the original passports of father and mother or guardians, with photocopies;
• legalised copy of the marriage certificate of the parents or guardians, with legalised translation into English
• legalised copy of the birth certificate of the child with legalised translation into English
• if both or one of the parents hold the Dutch nationality through naturalization, it is requested to submit a copy of
  • the notification (’Kennisgeving naturalisatie’ or ‘Bekendmaking van de verlening van het Nederlanderschap’)  by which the Dutch nationality was given;
  • In the case you do not have this document anymore, please ask the issuing authority (the ‘Immigratie en Naturalisatie Dienst’ in the Netherlands) to give a copy and deliver this together with the passport application. The address is: IND, Unit Nationality and Naturalisation, P.O.Box 3023, 2280 GA Rijswijk, Netherlands;
• the right amount to pay the fees.

Please be informed that

• a registration card on which the photograph of the applicant will be affixed has to be signed by the applicant. If the child cannot write its name then its signature will not be requested. In the new passport will then stated: ‘unable to sign’;
• no fingerprints will be taken of children younger than 12 years;
• the application form of a minor must also be signed by both parents or guardians;

• if one of the parents or guardians is not able to visit the consular section, he or she must agree in writing that a passport is issued to the minor in question. Two possibilities:
  • signing the passport application form in advance and joining the original passport of this parent to the application form;
  • a written authorisation of this parent, duly signed and legalised by a Dutch municipality or embassy;
• the signatures of applicants and/or parents / guardians on any form should be the same as in their passport or identity card;
• In the case of a guardian official documentation that this person is a guardian should be shown;

Please be aware that

-          if any of the above is missing, the application is not complete and cannot be processed. You are advised to start any passport application at the embassy only when the application is complete;

-          a Dutch passport is a traveldocument, not a proof of nationality;

-          the handling time for the first passport of a child that never had a Dutch passport before can take up to two months.