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Passport application or renewal

Last updated: 28/10/2024, 10:19

You can apply for a passport at the consular office of the Ukrainian Embassy in the Netherlands. To do so, you need to make an appointment. You can extend your passport. To do so, attend the of the embassy's visiting hours.

Apply for or renewing your passport

Extending or applying for a passport can be done at the Embassy of Ukraine in The Hague. Women and minor children can visit the embassy to renew their passports, apply for foreign passports. Men and women can also go to obtain passports for their minor children or register for Ukrainian citizenship at birth.

Ukrainian Embassy in the Netherlands

You can read all about applying or renewing your passport on the Ukrainian Embassy website.

You can apply for a special document if your passport has expired and you do not want to enter military service

Has your passport expired and can you not renew it because you do not want to enter military service? Then you can apply for an O-document from the IND. This is only possible if you are a Ukrainian male, under 25 years old and your passport has already expired or will expire within a few days. Bring your passport with you to the appointment at the IND.

Appointment planner of Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)

You can use the appointment planner to make an appointment with the IND.

Do you want to return to Ukraine for your military service? Then you can get a laissez-passer or certificate to return to Ukraine from the Ukrainian authorities.

You can apply for temporary protection in the Netherlands without a passport

If the

Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)
determines that you meet the conditions of the
Temporary Protection Directive
you will receive temporary protection in the Netherlands, even if your passport has expired. For your registration in the Netherlands, however, a municipality must be able to verify your identity, nationality and country of origin. This is possible even if your passport has expired. Ukrainians with an expired passport, identity document or domestic identity document may be registered in a Dutch municipality
(BRP)
and thus receive temporary protection. However, the photo in your identity document must match you.

Do you already have temporary protection in the Netherlands and your passport has now expired? Then you keep your right to temporary protection.

You need a sticker in your passport to stay in the Netherlands

You need a sticker in your passport to show that you are allowed to live and work in the Netherlands. You get this from the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND). With a sticker as proof of residence or O-document, you are entitled to temporary protection in the Netherlands at least until 4 March 2026.

In these cases, you do not need a new sticker

You do not need a new sticker if:

  • You have a new passport because your old passport has expired and your sticker is stuck in the old domestic or foreign passport. Then keep your old passport with the sticker.

  • You got a new passport and you have your sticker on a loose piece of paper. And your sticker is linked to a valid ID card, an expired ID card or a domestic passport. Then keep your loose sticker

  • You applied for a new passport because of your new last name and you have a sticker on a loose piece of paper. Then keep your loose sticker and report the change of your last name to your municipality.

  • You have a new passport and an O-document with a letter from the IND instead of a sticker. Then keep your O-document and the letter from the IND

In these cases, you do need a new sticker

You do need a new sticker if:

  • You have a biometric passport and you have your sticker on a loose piece of paper. And your sticker is linked to a certificate

  • You do not yet have a biometric passport and have your sticker on a loose piece of paper. And your sticker is linked to a certificate. In this case, you must request an O-document and letter from the IND.

Appointment planner of Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)

You can use the appointment planner to make an appointment with the IND.

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