Applying for an MVV visa sticker for the Netherlands in Lebanon

Email bei-nareis@minbuza.nl to make an appointment at the embassy in Beirut.

In the body of your email, state:

• your full name and the names of your family members travelling with you
• the date of the letter from the IND informing you of its positive decision

Add to your email:

• a photo copy of your filled out MVV issue form for family reunification as a refugee
• In case you do not have a passport and the IND has granted you a laissez-passer, add a filled out passport application form.
• If applicable, your request to register your name at the Lebanese border. For more information, read “I am a Syrian national. How can I travel to Lebanon for my appointment?” under "Additional information" on this page.

About your appointment

• You will receive an email from the embassy with information on how to prepare for your appointment.
• Once your appointment is scheduled, you will receive confirmation of this by email.
• Make your appointment in good time. After receiving the letter from the IND informing you of its positive decision, you have 6 months to apply for an MVV visa sticker.

Email bei-visa@minbuza.nl to make an appointment at the embassy in Beirut.

About your appointment

• Once your appointment is scheduled, you will receive confirmation of this by email.
• Make your appointment in good time. After receiving the letter from the IND informing you of its positive decision, you have 3 months to apply for an MVV visa sticker.

If you did not receive an email confirming your appointment, check your spam folder. It is possible that it may have ended up there.

If you are a national of Syria and are travelling overland from Syria to Lebanon, the embassy can register your name with the Lebanese authorities at the border. 

Alternatively, you can arrange your entry to Lebanon yourself. Check which documents you need on the website of the Lebanese General Directorate of General Security.

Border registration arranged by the embassy

If you are entering Lebanon for your appointment at the Dutch embassy, the embassy can register your name with the Lebanese border authorities. 

If you want to arrange this, add the following to your email:

• a request to register your name at the Lebanese border
• your written consent to register your details with the Lebanese authorities

Note:

• On the day of your appointment, show the embassy email with your appointment confirmation at the border.
• Lebanese authorities will let you through the border only on the day of your appointment. Not the day or evening before. 

Please be aware that your personal details will no longer be protected under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) once they have been shared with the Lebanese authorities.

If you are a Palestinian from Syria, how exactly you can enter Lebanon depends on your travel document.

I have a travel document for Palestinian refugees

Show the email from the embassy at the border. The embassy cannot register your name with the Lebanese border authorities. Find out more about the requirements for entering Lebanon (information in English and Arabic).

I have a travel document issued by the Palestinian or Egyptian authorities

You will need a visa for Lebanon, issued by the Lebanese embassy in Damascus. You will not be able to cross the border with only an email from the Dutch embassy about your appointment.

The Dutch embassy in Beirut cannot contact the Lebanese border authorities to help you enter the country.

If you are unable to enter Lebanon in time for your appointment, email bei-ca@minbuza.nl to make a new appointment at the embassy in Beirut.

If your sponsor applied to the IND for the residence permit in the Netherlands, bring the following documents with you to your appointment:

• A completed and signed MVV issue form. If you are applying for an MVV visa sticker for family reunification as a refugee, use the MVV issue form for family reunification as a refugee.
• Your passport, and a photocopy of the page with your photo and the validity of your passport on it. Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months from the date of the appointment and contain at least 2 empty pages.
• If you are not a national of the country where you live: your residence permit (or comparable document) and a photocopy of it.
• A passport photo that meets Dutch requirements. Find out how to have a Dutch passport photo taken in Lebanon.
• A photocopy of the letter from the IND stating that your application has been approved (letter informing you of the positive decision) and which includes your alien registration number (V number). If you are applying for an MVV visa sticker because you will be studying in the Netherlands, you do not need to bring a photocopy of this letter. The email from your educational institution containing your V number is sufficient.
• All other documents listed in the letter from the IND and a photocopy of each of those documents.

Keep in mind that you will need to hand in your passport at the appointment. You will get it back when you collect your passport with the MVV visa sticker. This can take up to 10 working days.

I do not have a passport

You can apply at the embassy for a replacement travel document if you meet all of the following 5 conditions:

1. You do not have a passport.
2. You can prove that you cannot obtain another travel document.
3. The IND has given you approval to apply for an MVV visa sticker.
4. You can demonstrate that you are the person who has received approval from the IND. For example, with an official identity document that bears your photograph.
5. You are applying for the MVV visa sticker in a country other than the one where you live.

If you meet all 5 of these conditions, bring the following documents with you to the appointment as well:

• A completed and signed passport application form.
• An extra passport photograph that meets Dutch requirements. Find out how to have a Dutch passport photo taken in Lebanon.

If you are under the age of 18, your parent(s) must give consent by signing the passport application form. You will also need photocopies of the passport(s) of your parent(s). This is not required in the following situations:

• One of your parents cannot give permission, or refuses to give permission:
  You will need a declaration from a court. This must have been issued within the last 3 months.
• One parent has parental responsibility:
  You must be able to demonstrate this with a court judgment.
• A person or institute other than your parent(s) has parental authority:
  You must be able to demonstrate this with an official document. For example, a court judgment.

If you applied for the residence permit yourself at the embassy, you only have to bring your passport to your appointment. Your passport must be valid for at least another 6 months and have at least 2 empty pages.

Keep in mind that you will need to hand in your passport at the appointment. You will get it back when you collect your passport with the MVV visa sticker. This can take up to 10 working days.