Applying for a Dutch passport or identity card if you live in Saudi Arabia

You must prove that you are legally resident in Saudi Arabia. You can do this by providing one of the following documents:

• a valid visa and supporting documents
• a valid residence permit
• if you also have Saudi Arabian nationality: a valid Saudi Arabian passport or ID card.

If you are applying for a Dutch passport or ID card for your child for the first time, use their birth certificate as proof of legal residence.

If you have a birth certificate or marriage certificate from Saudi Arabia, you must have it legalised. Find out more about having documents from Saudi Arabia legalised.

If you have documents from another country, find out if you need to have them legalised.

You can submit documents written in Dutch, English, German or French. If you have documents in another language, you should have them translated by a sworn translator.

Make an appointment online with the embassy in Riyadh

Changing or cancelling your appointment

After making an appointment it will be confirmed by email. The email will contain a link you can use to change or cancel your appointment.

You can submit your passport or ID card application at a border municipality in the Netherlands. If you wish to do this, you can skip steps 4 and 5.

• Apply for a passport or ID card at a Dutch border municipality

You can submit your passport or ID card application at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. If you wish to do this, you can skip steps 4 and 5.

• Apply for a passport or ID card at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport

Bring all the documents on your personal checklist. Print out the checklist and bring it with you.

If you needed to have documents legalised and/or translated, bring the legalised and translated versions with you as well.

The overview of consular fees in Saudi Arabia tells you how much you will have to pay for a passport or ID card and which payment methods are accepted.

Applying for a passport or ID card at a Dutch border municipality or at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport will cost you less.

No. If you need your current passport or ID card while your application is being processed, you can retain it for the time being.

When do I have to hand in my old passport or ID card?

If you are collecting your new passport or ID card in person, you should hand in your old one when you come to collect it.

If you are having your passport or ID card sent to you, you will need to first send your old one to the embassy or consulate-general. Only then will your new passport or ID card be sent to you.

This means that there will be a period when you have no passport or ID card. If you want your old passport or ID card back, inform the embassy or consulate-general.

I have a residence permit or visa in my old passport, what should I do?

If your passport contains visas or a residence permit and you want to keep those pages intact, inform staff of this when you submit your old passport.

You can collect your new passport or ID card from the embassy in Riyadh from Sunday to Wednesday between 12:00 and 15:00.

You do not need to make an appointment but first check which days our offices are closed.

You can have your new passport sent to you by courier (DHL or FedEx). You will need to pay the courier costs yourself. When you submit your application you will need to fill in an authorisation form. Give this form to the courier, together with your track and trace code and your old passport. The courier will collect your new passport from the embassy and send it to your address.

It is normally not possible to have your new ID card sent to you. But double check this when you submit your application.