Embaixada Holandesa em Lisboa, Portugal

Dutch passport, ID card

Application for passport or ID-card

You can deposit your application at the nearest Dutch Representation: Embassy in Lisbon or the consulates Azores, Albufeira, Porto and Madeira.

Please remember that your old passport or ID-card does not prove that you have the Dutch nationality. It only indicates that you had the Dutch nationality at the moment the ID-card or passport was issued. The Embassy/Consulate therefore can start an investigation about your nationality. In that case it is obligated that you can always provide documents that prove you have the Dutch nationality. If there is any doubt about your nationality, the Embassy/Consulate unfortunately can not provide you with a new travelingdocument. 

Tarifas (tarifs)

Alterações das tarifas de documentos de viagem para 2011 / the tarifs for 2011:

  • Passaporte: € 61,70

  • Passaporte para crianças: € 45,70

  • Passaporte de negócios: € 67,90

  • Bilhete de identidade: € 53,20

  • Bilhete de identidade para crianças: € 9,20

  • Averbamento de crianças: € 9,20

  • Averbamento posterior de crianças: € 21,50

  • Passaporte de emergência: € 45,20

Applying for a travel document

As a Dutch national, you can apply for a Dutch passport at Dutch embassies and many consulates. It doesn't matter if you live in the territory served by the embassy or consulate or are staying there temporarily. In some countries, you can also apply for a Dutch identity card at the embassy or consulate.

Compulsory identification

On 1 January 2005, the Compulsory Identification (Extended Scope) Act came into force. Since that date, anyone aged 14 and over must be able to produce an original valid identity document and carry it with them at all times. Failure to produce an original, valid identity document is a criminal offence.

FAQs about the new passport

Questions and answers about biometric travel documents and how their introduction will affect Dutch nationals living abroad.

Lost passports

If you lose your passport abroad, the nearest Dutch embassy or consulate can help you obtain a new passport or temporary travel document (emergency passport or laissez passer).

Passports and other identity documents

On 1 January 2005, the Compulsory Identification (Extended Scope) Act entered into force. Since then, everyone in the Netherlands aged 14 years and older has been obliged to carry an original valid identity document (not a copy). Failure to produce an original valid identity document is an offence.

Biometric information in passports

Dutch passport, ID card

You may be asked to identify yourself when you cross a border, check into a hotel or withdraw money at a bank. In many European countries, you can make do with a Dutch identity card. But in other countries, you will have to produce a passport and sometimes a visa and an inoculation certificate. A driving licence is not an official identity document and is not accepted as such abroad.

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One person, one passport

In 2009, a second biometric feature was added to the travel documents of EU member states. Every travel document carries two fingerprints. The EU has amended its regulation governing standards for security features in travel documents. As a result, parents may no longer add their children to their own passports.