NetherlandsWorldwide

Making an appointment in Rwanda

If you are in Rwanda and need a product or service from the Dutch government, you can go to the Netherlands embassy or TLScontact, depending on what you need. To find out what to do, select the product or service you need.

Visa

You will need to go to the Belgian application centre of TLScontact. Arrive at your appointment well prepared. You can read how to prepare for your appointment on the website of TLScontact.

Make an appointment online at TLScontact

To register for the Caribbean Carpet Programme, send your completed application form to the embassy in Kigali by emailing: kig-ca@minbuza.nl. You do not need to make an appointment.

Preparing for your appointment

Prepare your application carefully. Find out what you need to do in advance in order to apply for the Caribbean Carpet Programme.

Full information about registering for the Caribbean Carpet Programme

Make an appointment at the embassy in Kigali by emailing: kig-ca@minbuza.nl

Preparing for your appointment

Arrive at your appointment well prepared. Find out what you’ll need to do in order to take the civic integration exam in Rwanda.

What you need to know about taking the civic integration exam abroad

Make an appointment online at the embassy in Kigali

Preparing for your appointment

Arrive at your appointment well prepared. Find out what you’ll need to do in order to apply for a long-stay Caribbean visa in Rwanda.

What you need to know about applying for a long-stay Caribbean visa

Make an appointment online at the embassy in Kigali

Preparing for your appointment

Arrive at your appointment well prepared. Find out what you’ll need to do in order to apply for a long-stay visa (MVV) in Rwanda. 

What you need to know about applying for a long-stay visa (MVV)

Make an appointment online at the embassy in Kigali

Preparing for your appointment 

Arrive at your appointment well prepared. Find out what you’ll need to do in order to apply for a short-stay Caribbean visa in Rwanda. 

What you need to know about applying for a short-stay Caribbean visa

You will need to go to the Belgian application centre of TLScontact. Arrive at your appointment well prepared. You can read how to prepare for your appointment on the website of TLScontact.

Make an appointment online at TLScontact

Is your residence permit for the Netherlands lost, stolen, or expired in Rwanda? And do you need an entry visa to return to the Netherlands?

Make an appointment at the embassy in Kigali by emailing: kig-ca@minbuza.nl

Preparing for your appointment

Arrive at your appointment well prepared. Find out what you’ll need to do in order to apply for an entry visa in Rwanda. 

What you need to know about applying for an entry visa

Dutch nationality

Make an appointment online at the embassy in Kigali

Preparing for your appointment

Arrive at your appointment well prepared. Find out what you’ll need to do in order to apply for a Dutch passport or ID card in Rwanda.

What you need to know about applying for a Dutch passport or ID card

Make an appointment at the embassy in Kigali by emailing: kig-ca@minbuza.nl

Preparing for your appointment

Arrive at your appointment well prepared. Find out what you’ll need to do in order to apply for an emergency travel document in Rwanda.

What you need to know about applying for an emergency travel document

Make an appointment online at the embassy in Kigali

Preparing for your appointment

Arrive at your appointment well prepared. Find out what you’ll need to do in order to apply for Dutch citizenship through naturalisation abroad.

What you need to know about naturalisation

Make an appointment online at the embassy in Kigali

Preparing for your appointment

Arrive at your appointment well prepared. Find out what you’ll need to do in order to apply for Dutch citizenship through the option procedure from abroad. 

What you need to know about the option procedure

Legalisation

Make an appointment online at the embassy in Kigali

Preparing for your appointment 

Arrive at your appointment well prepared. Find out what you’ll need to do in order to have a copy of your identity document legalised.

What you need to know about having a copy of your ID legalised

Make an appointment online at the embassy in Kigali

Preparing for your appointment 

Arrive at your appointment well prepared. Find out what you’ll need to do in order to have a document from Rwanda legalised. 

What you need to know about having a foreign document legalised

Attention:

 If you need a document from somewhere other than Rwanda legalised, it will have to be legalised in the country where the document was issued. Find out how to have your document legalised.

Make an appointment online at the embassy in Kigali

Preparing for your appointment 

Arrive at your appointment well prepared. Find out what you’ll need to do in order to have your signature legalised.

What to know about having a signature legalised

Certificate or declaration

You do not need to make an appointment. Request a certificate by emailing the embassy in Kigali: kig-ca@minbuza.nl

Prepare your request

Prepare your request carefully. Find out what you’ll need to do in order to request a certificate of capacity to marry in Rwanda.

What you need to know about requesting a certificate of capacity to marry

Make an appointment online at the embassy in Kigali

Preparing for your appointment

Arrive at your appointment well prepared. Find out what you’ll need to do in order to request a certificate of life in Rwanda.

What you need to know about requesting a certificate of life

You do not need to make an appointment. Request a certificate by emailing the embassy in Kigali: kig-ca@minbuza.nl

Prepare your request

Prepare your request carefully. Find out what you’ll need to do in order to request a certificate of residence in Rwanda.

What you need to know about requesting a certificate of residence

You do not need to make an appointment. Request a declaration by emailing the embassy in Kigali: kig-ca@minbuza.nl

Prepare your request

Prepare your request carefully. Find out what you’ll need to do in order to request a declaration of marital status in Rwanda.

What you need to know about requesting a declaration of marital status

How you request a Dutch nationality certificate depends on your situation.

Find out how to request a Dutch nationality certificate

Collecting

Do you want to collect a passport, declaration or other type of document from the embassy? Make an appointment online at the embassy in Kigali

Find out the address and closing days of the embassy