Netherlands visa requirements · checked 13 October 2026
Visa & Entry Requirements for NetherlandsMost travellers need a visa for the Netherlands: 105 of 198 passports must apply at an embassy or consulate, while 93 passports enter visa-free.
The EU lists theNetherlands among the Schengen area countries, and says EU nationals have the right to travel freely there. Under Regulation (EU) 2018/1806, nationals of the countries in its Annex II are exempt from the visa requirement for stays of no more than 90 days in any 180-day period, and nationals of the countries in Annex I must hold a visa; the Schengen Visa Code sets the visa fee at EUR 90. The EU says ETIAS, the travel authorisation that will be required of visa-exempt nationals, is currently not in operation.
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United States
Visa-free
90 days
United Kingdom
Visa-free
90 days
Germany
Freedom of movement
India
Visa required
China
Visa required
Canada
Visa-free
90 days
Australia
Visa-free
90 days
Poland
Freedom of movement
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Visa for Netherlands — requirements summaryAll travellers must meet the entry rules set by Netherlands, and they depend on your nationality. Find your passport below — you may be able to enter visa-free, or need an eVisa, a visa on arrival or a visa from an embassy.
| Passport | Requirement | Max stay | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
 Afghanistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Albania |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Algeria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Andorra |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Angola |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Argentina |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Armenia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Australia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Austria |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Azerbaijan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bahamas |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Bahrain |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bangladesh |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Barbados |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Belarus |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Belgium |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Belize |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Benin |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bhutan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bolivia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Botswana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Brazil |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Brunei |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Bulgaria |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Burkina Faso |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Burundi |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cambodia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cameroon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Canada |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Cape Verde |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Central African Republic |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Chad |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Chile |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| China |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Colombia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Comoros |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Costa Rica |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Croatia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Cuba |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Cyprus |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Czechia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Denmark |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Djibouti |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Dominica |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Dominican Republic |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 DR Congo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ecuador |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Egypt |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 El Salvador |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Equatorial Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Eritrea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Estonia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Eswatini |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ethiopia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Fiji |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Finland |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 France |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Gabon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Gambia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Georgia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| Germany |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Ghana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Greece |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Grenada |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Guatemala |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guinea-Bissau |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Guyana |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Haiti |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Honduras |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Hong Kong |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Hungary |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Iceland |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
| India |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Indonesia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iran |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Iraq |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ireland |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Israel |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Italy |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Jamaica |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Japan |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Jordan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kazakhstan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kenya |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kiribati |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Kosovo |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Kuwait |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Laos |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Latvia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Lebanon |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Lesotho |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Liberia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Libya |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Liechtenstein |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Lithuania |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Luxembourg |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Macau |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Madagascar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malawi |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malaysia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Maldives |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mali |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Malta |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Marshall Islands |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Mauritania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mauritius |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Mexico |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Micronesia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Moldova |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Monaco |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Mongolia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Montenegro |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Morocco |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Mozambique |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Myanmar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Namibia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nauru |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nepal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 New Zealand |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Nicaragua |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Niger |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Nigeria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 North Korea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 North Macedonia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Norway |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Oman |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Pakistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Palau |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Palestine |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Panama |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Papua New Guinea |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Paraguay |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Peru |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Philippines |
Visa required | — | Details → |
| Poland |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Portugal |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Qatar |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Republic of the Congo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Romania |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Russia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Rwanda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Saint Lucia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Samoa |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 San Marino |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Sao Tome and Principe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Saudi Arabia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Senegal |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Serbia |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Seychelles |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Sierra Leone |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Singapore |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Slovakia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Slovenia |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Solomon Islands |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Somalia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Africa |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 South Korea |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 South Sudan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Spain |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Sri Lanka |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sudan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Suriname |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Sweden |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Switzerland |
Freedom of movement | — | Details → |
 Syria |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Taiwan |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Tajikistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tanzania |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Thailand |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Timor-Leste |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Togo |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tonga |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Trinidad and Tobago |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Tunisia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Türkiye |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Turkmenistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Tuvalu |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Uganda |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Ukraine |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 United Arab Emirates |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| United Kingdom |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
| United States |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Uruguay |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Uzbekistan |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vanuatu |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Vatican City |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Venezuela |
Visa-free | 90 days | Details → |
 Vietnam |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Yemen |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Zambia |
Visa required | — | Details → |
 Zimbabwe |
Visa required | — | Details → |
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Netherlands visa types, fees and processing timesUnder the Schengen Visa Code, children from six and below 12 pay EUR 45, and children under six are exempt.
The EU–Armenia visa facilitation agreement (Article 6) sets the fee at EUR 35 and waives it for pensioners and children under 12, among other listed categories.
Official application site →The EU–Azerbaijan visa facilitation agreement (Article 6) sets the fee at EUR 35 and waives it for pensioners and children under 12, among other listed categories.
Official application site →The EU–Belarus visa facilitation agreement (Article 6) sets the fee at EUR 35, or EUR 70 when the applicant has requested a decision within two days and the consulate has accepted, and waives it for children under 12, among other listed categories. Council Decision (EU) 2021/1940 suspended some of the agreement's provisions as regards members of Belarusian official delegations and certain officials.
Official application site →The EU–Cabo Verde visa facilitation agreement as amended in 2021 (Article 5) sets the fee at 75% of the amount charged under domestic law (the European Commission lists EUR 67.50); children aged 12 to below 18 pay 50% of it, and children under 12 pay nothing, among other listed categories.
Official application site →Standard fee under the Visa Code (Article 16): children from six and below 12 pay EUR 45, and children under six are exempt. Council Decision (EU) 2022/1500 suspended the EU–Russia visa facilitation agreement in whole as regards Russian citizens from 12 September 2022. The European Commission says Russian nationals will no longer be able to receive multiple-entry visas.
Entry requirements for NetherlandsUnder the Schengen Borders Code, a third-country national's travel document must be valid for at least three months after the intended date of departure from the territory of the Member States (a requirement that may be waived in a justified case of emergency) and must have been issued within the previous 10 years.
Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Your passport needs at least 2 blank pages.
Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Under the Schengen Visa Code, visa applicants must hold travel medical insurance valid throughout the territory of the Member States and covering the entire period of the intended stay; the minimum coverage is EUR 30,000.
Visa Code (Regulation (EC) No 810/2009), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
No official source we could read makes a return or onward ticket a condition of entry in itself. Under the Schengen Borders Code (Annex I), the supporting documents border guards may check for tourist or private trips include a return or round-trip ticket and a document showing the accommodation envisaged.
Schengen Borders Code (Regulation (EU) 2016/399), consolidated text — EUR-Lex✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The European Commission's table of reference amounts lists EUR 55 as the minimum amount per day and per person for the Netherlands.
European Commission — Reference amounts required for the crossing of the external border, fixed by national authorities✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The EU's Travel Europe site says that the first time you arrive at a border crossing point since the EES started, passport control officers will take a photo of your face and/or scan your fingerprints, and your passport will not be stamped; it says this can be quicker if you register some data in advance at a self-service system, where available, and/or through a mobile application. The UK government says there is no cost for EES registration.
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office — Netherlands travel advice: entry requirements✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The EU's ETIAS site says an ETIAS travel authorisation is an entry requirement for visa-exempt nationals travelling to any of the 30 European countries concerned, but that ETIAS is currently not in operation, no applications are collected, and the EU will announce the start date several months before launch.
European Union — ETIAS: frequently asked questions✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
A foreigner without lawful stay, or no longer with it, must leave the Netherlands of their own accord within the period in article 62. After a return decision, that period is four weeks. The Minister issues an entry ban against a foreigner who is not an EU national and who must leave immediately or did not leave within the set period. The entry ban lasts at most two years, or at most one year for a foreigner who exceeded the free period of article 3.3 by more than three days but not more than 90 days. For visitors coming for no more than 90 days, the free period is 90 days, or 180 days if the Minister extends it for special circumstances.
Overheid.nl (wetten.overheid.nl) — Vreemdelingenbesluit 2000 (Aliens Decree 2000)✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
The EU says that if you enter or leave the EU with EUR 10,000 in cash (or its equivalent in other currencies) you must declare it to the customs authorities of the EU country you are entering or leaving.
Your Europe (EU) — travelling with cash✓ Checked 13 Oct 2026
Netherlands visa requirements statisticsWe track the entry rules of Netherlands for 198 passports. The most common situation is visa required, which applies to 105 passports (53%). 47% of passports can enter without a visa. The least common is visa-free (93 passports).
Open your passport in the table for the exact rules — maximum stay, fees, how to apply and the official source. Entry rules change at short notice: confirm with the embassy of Netherlands or its official immigration website before you travel.
Frequently asked questions about Netherlands visasData: TravelRequirements.info — Entry Requirements Dataset, AXG Sp. z o.o. (CC BY 4.0) — official sources are linked on each passport page. Gaps filled from the Passport Index dataset (MIT).
Travelling from Netherlands?
Netherlands passport holders can visit 125 countries without a visa. Open a country for the exact rules.
Albania
90d
Andorra
∞
Angola
30d
Antigua and Barbuda
180d
Argentina
90d
Armenia
180d
Austria
∞
Bahamas
90d
Barbados
90d
Belarus
30d
Belgium
∞
Belize
∞
Bolivia
90d
Bosnia and Herzegovina
90d
Botswana
90d
Brazil
90d
Brunei
90d
Bulgaria
∞
Cape Verde
30d
Chile
90d
China
30d
Colombia
90d
Costa Rica
180d
Croatia
∞
Cyprus
∞
Czechia
∞
Denmark
∞
Dominica
180d
Dominican Republic
∞
Ecuador
90d
El Salvador
180d
Estonia
∞
Eswatini
30d
Fiji
120d
Finland
∞
France
∞
Gambia
90d
Georgia
360d
Germany
∞
Greece
∞
Grenada
90d
Guatemala
90d
Guyana
90d
Haiti
90d
Honduras
90d
Hong Kong
90d
Hungary
∞
Iceland
∞
Ireland
∞
Israel
90d
Italy
∞
Jamaica
90d
Japan
90d
Kazakhstan
30d
Kiribati
90d
Kosovo
90d
Kyrgyzstan
60d
Latvia
∞
Lesotho
14d
Liechtenstein
∞
Lithuania
∞
Luxembourg
∞
Macau
90d
Malawi
30d
Malaysia
90d
Malta
∞
Marshall Islands
90d
Mauritius
90d
Mexico
180d
Micronesia
90d
Moldova
90d
Monaco
∞
Mongolia
30d
Montenegro
90d
Morocco
90d
Mozambique
30d
Nicaragua
90d
North Macedonia
90d
Norway
∞
Palau
90d
Palestine
∞
Panama
90d
Paraguay
90d
Peru
90d
Philippines
30d
Poland
∞
Portugal
∞
Romania
∞
Saint Kitts and Nevis
90d
Saint Lucia
90d
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
90d
Samoa
90d
San Marino
∞
Sao Tome and Principe
15d
Senegal
90d
Serbia
90d
Seychelles
90d
Singapore
90d
Slovakia
∞
Slovenia
∞
Solomon Islands
90d
South Africa
90d
South Korea
90d
Spain
∞
Sweden
∞
Switzerland
∞
Taiwan
90d
Tajikistan
30d
Thailand
60d
Timor-Leste
90d
Tonga
90d
Trinidad and Tobago
90d
Tunisia
90d
Türkiye
90d
Tuvalu
90d
Ukraine
90d
United Arab Emirates
90d
United Kingdom
180d
Uruguay
90d
Uzbekistan
30d
Vanuatu
120d
Vatican City
∞
Venezuela
90d
Vietnam
45d
Zambia
90d
