Visa Requirements

Visa Required

Countries whose nationals are required to obtain a visa to enter the Netherlands

Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia**
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cabo Verde
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad*
China
Comoros
Congo
Côte d’Ivoire
Cuba
Democratic Republic of
the Congo
Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
Ecuador**
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Fiji

Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
India
Indonesia**
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iraq
Jamaica**
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi**
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria

Oman
Pakistan*
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Qatar
Russian Federation*
Rwanda
São Tomé and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal*
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Thailand**
Togo
Tunisia**
Turkey**
Turkmenistan
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Uzbekistan
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

* Holders of diplomatic passports from these countries are exempt from visa requirements.

** Holders of diplomatic, official, and service passports from these countries are exempt from visa requirements.

For a list of Dutch Embassies and Consulates, visit www.mfa.nl/en. The visa application form can be downloaded from the website of the relevant Dutch Embassy.

Visa Not Required

Countries whose nationals are not required to obtain a visa to enter the Netherlands

Albania §
Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina ‡
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominica
El Salvador
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia ‡
Germany
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Holy See
Honduras

Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kiribati
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malaysia
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
Monaco
Montenegro ‡
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niue
Norway
Palau
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Korea
Republic of Moldova ‡
Romania

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Serbia ‡ §
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia ‡
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Ukraine ‡
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United States of America
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

‡ Only nationals holding biometric passports are exempted from the visa obligation.

§ Exception made to Passports issued by the Serbian Coordination Directorate (Koordinaciona Uprava)