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Are you a Dutch national and are you travelling soon? And have you lost your passport or identity card? Contact your municipality (gemeente) as soon as possible to obtain a new document. If needed, you can make an urgent application. If it is not possible to apply for a new travel document before the start of your journey, you can apply for an emergency passport.

You can read more about this on the Emergency passport page.

You can report criminal offenses committed at Dutch airports and military sites to the Marechaussee.

You can read more about this on the Report a crime page.

You need a valid travel document to travel to or from the Netherlands. This can be a passport or – in some cases – an identity card.

You can read more about this on the Travelling with a passport or ID card page.

If a child under 18 is travelling with only one parent, that parent must have permission. Otherwise they may be considered to be removing the child from parental authority and engaging in international child abduction.

You can read more about this on the Travelling with children page.

Do you have Dutch nationality and are you travelling abroad? Whether you need a visa depends on which country you are travelling to. Are you a foreign citizen and are you travelling to the Netherlands?

Then you may need a visa. You can read more about this on the Visa page.