I’m travelling abroad. Do I need a visa?
Are you planning on travelling abroad? If you are travelling on a Dutch passport, whether you need a visa depends on where you are travelling to. Check if you need a visa for your destination.
Choose your situation
You do not need a visa for an EU or Schengen area country for a stay of 90 days or less. These countries are:
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Norway
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
If you wish to stay longer than 90 days, you often have to register with the local authorities.
You do not need a visa for a stay of up to 180 days in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom.
This applies to:
- Aruba
- Bonaire
- Curaçao
- Saba
- St Eustatius
- St Maarten
If you wish to stay longer than 180 days, you must apply for a residence permit. Contact the local authorities of the relevant country or region of the Kingdom in the Caribbean.
If you are travelling to a country outside the EU, the Schengen area and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom, whether you need a visa depends on a number of things, including:
- the country you are travelling to
- how long you are staying
- your purpose of travel (holiday, family visit or business trip)
Read the travel advice (information in Dutch) for the country you are travelling to and check the section on passports, visas and driving licences (‘Paspoort, visum, rijbewijs’) to see whether you need a visa.
Travelling on a non-Dutch passport
If you are travelling on a non-Dutch passport, other rules may apply. Contact the embassy of the country you wish to travel to in the Netherlands to ask whether you require a visa.
Contact a foreign embassy in the Netherlands
Also useful
- Do I need a visa for the Netherlands?
- Travel advice (information in Dutch)
- Travelling outside the Netherlands