Applying for a Schengen visa
Make an appointment
We would like to remind you that it is compulsory to make an appointment for visa application at the Embassy or at the Consulates-General in Guangzhou and Shanghai. You do not need to make an appointment for visa application in Hong Kong.
It is possible to make a reservation online through the online appointment system. As a result it will be not necessary to stand in line to apply for a visa. Please make your appointment using the online visa appointment system.
Where to apply?
- Residents of Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are advised to apply at the Consulate General of the Netherlands in Shanghai.
- Residents of Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region are advised to apply at the Consulate General of the Netherlands in Guangzhou.
- Residents of the special administrative region of Hong Kong and the special administrative region Macao are advised to apply at the Consulate General of the Netherlands in Hong Kong.
- Residents of all other provinces, Tibet Autonomous Region, northern, central and western China are advised to apply at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Beijing.
Residents of Mongolia
Residents of the Republic of Mongolia should apply for a visa for the
Netherlands at the
German
Embassy in Ulaan Baatar.
Duration of stay
The length of your stay in the Schengen area is limited to the number of days
indicated on your visa, even if your visa-sticker has a longer validity. If you
overstay, you risk a two year visa sanction for all Schengen countries.
If you have a multiple entry visa with a validity of one or more years, the maximum number of days indicated on the visa sticker, will always be 90 days. This only means that, if you travel frequently, you may never exceed 90 days within a six month period.
If you need to stay in the Netherlands more than 90 days per six months, you must apply for a Temporary Residence Permit (MVV) with the IND (Dutch immigration services).
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To apply for a personal Schengen-visa, MVV or an ADS-visa in Beijing, Guangzhou or Shanghai you need to make an appointment.
As from 10 October 2010 the Netherlands Antilles has been dissolved as a political entity. The Caribbean parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands henceforth consist of Aruba, Curaçao, St Maarten and the Caribbean Netherlands (of which the latter comprises the Dutch public bodies of Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba). This political reform will directly affect the issue of visas: the four Caribbean parts of the Kingdom (Aruba, Curaçao, St Maarten and the Caribbean Netherlands) will have a single visa. This means that travellers who want to visit more than one Caribbean part will need only to apply and pay for a single visa which enables them to visit the four different parts.